Tmall Launches Try-Before-You-Buy Service Christine Chou | June 16, 2018 Article and Images courtesy of Tmall on Saturday introduced a “try before you buy” option for fashion fans shopping on the platform. In a market where e-commerce is already ubiquitous, the B2C marketplace said it wanted to make shopping even more convenient by eliminating the […]
AlipayHK, GCash Launch Cross-Border Remittance Service via Blockchain Jenny W. Hsu | June 25, 2018 Article and Images courtesy of AlipayHK and Philippines-based payment service platform GCash on Monday launched a cross-border remittance service based on blockchain technology – the first of its kind in the world. Effective immediately, the around-the-clock service allows users of […]
E Tail 2018, London – (online + offline)*(AI/customer convenience) = Unified Commerce Martin Oxley | IORMA Retail Futures Director 22nd June 2018 Keep calm, but above all don’t just carry on in the same way you have been has to be the message coming out of this year’s London E tail, held over the […]
Amazon – Much Ado about Nothing ? Martin Oxley | IORMA Retail Futures Director The retail sector is walking in fear of Amazon and many are creating Departments, What Amazon Does not Do (WADNOD). So I talk to a number of Industry Icons to find out just how much has really changed and you […]
The Grocerant: How smart grocery stores are becoming hybrids “Grocerant” is a new term that describes what smart grocery stores are becoming – a place for shoppers not only to stock up on essentials, but also to buy high quality prepared meals that can be taken home or eaten on site. (Shutterstock) Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie […]
The coming transport revolution could deal a death blow to car ownership October 16th 2017 1.43 pm BST The coming transport revolution could deal a death blow to car ownership Monkey Business Images Marcus Mayers, University of Huddersfield and David Bamford, University of Huddersfield The traditional model for car ownership is bust. The gleaming steed on […]
Growing role of artificial intelligence in our lives is ‘too important to leave to men’ Google Wendy Hall, University of Southampton I must not have got the memo, because as a young lecturer in computer science at the University of Southampton in 1985 I was unaware that “women didn’t do computing”. Southampton had always recruited […]
Global Consumer Spending and A Rising Middle Class: Where Are We Going to ? Aad Weening, Director International Consumer Trends IORMA London, 1 February 2017 According to experts, global consumer expenditure is on the rise again. Growth can be estimated at 3% in real terms (around 4,2% in current prices), up from around 2,5% in 2015, largely on account […]
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