… but fashion retailers must find a way to convince ‘impatient’ mobile visitors to make purchases in 30% less time per visit New research suggests that online fashion shoppers globally now spend more on mobile than desktop: 46% v 44%[1]. But with each visitor spending nearly 30% less time on a site when they come via mobile than they do on desktop, retailers face the key challenge of optimising the mobile experience so shoppers can browse their sites quickly, find exactly what they are looking for and leave having made…
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Secondary mobile market tops $25b – exceeding demand for new products – and trend set to continue, says B-Stock
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, B-Stock releases iPhone X trade-in and used pricing report and urges providers to ensure consumer data is protected before re-selling B-Stock – the world’s largest B2B marketplace for trade-in and overstock mobile phones and devices – is reporting that the used phone market is currently worth $25 billion and growing faster than the primary market. Today, the average mobile phone will be used by two to three people before it is scrapped; as a result, the company is urging mobile providers and manufacturers to adequately…
Read MoreL’OCCITANE launches ‘Ship From Store’ same day delivery across the UK
French beauty retailer partners with On the dot for faster deliveries than Amazon UK, London, 23rd January 2019 — On the dot today announced that the leading natural cosmetics manufacturer and retailer, L’OCCITANE, has selected the last mile retail delivery startup as its partner for its same day delivery service proposition ‘Ship From Store’ across the UK. The service has launched in London and, with plans to extend across the remaining 86 UK stores in early 2019, L’OCCITANE needed to find a partner with national scale and a large network….
Read MoreMatalan partners with SML to roll out item-level RFID across 220 stores to enhance inventory accuracy & customer service
January 2019: SML RFID, a global leader in delivering high-performance RFID solutions for the retail market, today announced that it has deployed SML’s RFID tags and SML’s Clarity® item-level solutions for Matalan across all 220 stores in the UK. SML RFID has been working with Matalan for the past 2 years and the retailer determined it needed to improve its inventory accuracy across its entire business. To facilitate this, it embarked on deploying RFID into 2 pilot stores using SML’s Clarity® software suite. The outcome was that the retailer discovered…
Read MoreNew Study: Mobile Phones Are Driving 56% of Festive Online Fashion Sales
Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 were 36% Bigger for Online Fashion Retail than 2017 New Nosto Research Reveals Consumers are growing more comfortable buying fashion items on their phones reveals new Black Friday and Cyber Monday data from AI-powered retail personalisation platform, Nosto. And for fashion retailers, Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 were 36% bigger than last year. Nosto’s analysis of millions of visits to fashion sites globally suggests mobile accounted for 71% of traffic and 56% of sales revenue (up from 64% of traffic and 50% of…
Read MoreOKI Europe Continues Spirit of Innovation with Launch of Augmented Reality App, Designed to Open Up a World of Instore Print Applications to Retailers
The OKI Augmented Reality (AR) Showroom is the first application utilising AR to help retailers realise the potential of printing in-store to drive customer engagement and increase basket value Egham, Surrey, 18th October 2018 – OKI Europe Ltd today announced the launch of its new smartphone app, the ‘OKI AR Showroom’ at VISCOM Italia. This innovation enables customers to visualise OKI’s devices as well as high impact visual communications materials in their own environments through the use of Augmented Reality (AR). Designed for retailers, the app is free to use…
Read MoreStar launches unique POS printer with 5 Interfaces and Multiple Peripheral Hub Functionality at Restaurant and Bar Tech Live 2018
High Wycombe, UK, 20 September 2018 At Restaurant and Bar Tech Live 2018 (25 – 26 September 2018, ExCel, London), international POS printer manufacturer Star Micronics will be demonstrating on Stand 2760 how it leads the field in POS innovation for hospitality with its latest launch of the first POS printer with 5 traditional and unique interfaces with multiple peripheral hub functionality. Star will be joined by a number of software and payment partners including AccentPOS, Emperium POS, iZettle and TouchBistro. Ever mindful that hospitality venues are looking for sustainability,…
Read MoreWaitrose & Partners launches two-hour delivery trial
Supermarket partners with On the dot to offer customers two-hour and same-day deliveries LONDON, 19th September 2018 – From today, Waitrose & Partners customers can have their food and drink delivered straight to their door within two hours or on the same day for the first time as part of a new trial. The supermarket has teamed up with On the dot, the last mile retail delivery startup*, to launch ‘Waitrose Rapid Delivery’ in selected London postcodes (SW5, SW6 , SW10, WC1, WC2, EC1, CR5 and CR8). Customers in these…
Read MoreDiscover the Latest Innovations of Retail Printing with BIXOLON at Paris Retail Week 2018
Showcasing the future of POS, Label and Mobile Printing Technology Paris Retail Week (10-12 September 2018, Paris, France) – BIXOLON a leading global manufacturer of advanced Mobile Label and POS printers, will be encouraging visitors onto the BIXOLON stand S 039 at Paris Retail Week 2018 to explore the future of printing technology for today’s complex Retail market. Inspiring retailers with the future of POS receipt printing, BIXOLON will be exhibiting the SRP-Q300 3-inch (80mm) Direct Thermal cube desktop printer series offering flexible mPOS printing. Including the SRP-QE300 entry-level printer…
Read MoreNew AI-based ecommerce personalisation tech helps golf retailer increase online order values by 18%
Function18 doubles on-site engagement and makes visitors 1.3x more likely to buy with newly launched Nosto technology that delivers a ‘personalised store to every customer’ Function18.com, which sells golf clothing from top sports brands such as Nike and Adidas, has seen an 18% increase in average order values while doubling page views and time-on-site with new AI-powered personalisation technology from Nosto. The newly launched technology can automatically personalise every element on a retail site from the navigation bar, banners, videos and Call To Actions (CTAs), to logos – for…
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