Nothing to do with the coronavirus outbreak…Carphone Warehouse to close all standalone stores, which will result in the loss of 2,900 jobs

Nothing to do with the coronavirus outbreak…Carphone Warehouse to close all standalone stores, which will result in the loss of 2,900 jobs
With fast mobile broadband, low latency, edge computing and the Internet of Things about to become a reality thanks to 5G, what this mean for the retail sector?
Walmart is to use Microsoft’s cloud services as it looks for ways to fend off pressure from Amazon
Microsoft is working with retailers to build checkout-free systems like the Amazon Go shop that opened to the public in January
Couple of billion dollars added to Bezos backpocket as Amazon shares grow on positive results
Amazon Go relies on sensors, cameras and artificial intelligence to tell when customers are taking items from shelves, eliminating checkout queues
Supermarket Morrisons could be forced to pay compensation after rogue employee posted salary details online
INTERVIEW: Criteo’s Gregory Gazagne talks AI, machine learning, Brexit and why smaller publishers and retailers can compete with Google, Facebook & Amazon
Automation and e-commerce are set to phase out 80 percent of transportation and warehousing jobs and 63 percent of sales employment, says Oxford University
Two thirds of Brits have made a contactless card payments since the tech arrived in the UK in September 2007
CeX says online users should change passwords but in-store customers are fine
Scourge of the High Street? How a simple online book seller transformed itself into global e-commerce and tech giant
Shopping is fast becoming an online activity, but Westfield has a plan to keep consumers coming back to its two London facilities
CTO and co-founder of Qudini Fraser Hardy talks about his career in IT
It’s still not an April Fool. More brands get Amazon Dash one-tap ordering buttons as number reaches 65
Samsung Pay now supports HSBC, M&S Bank and First Direct, even if a few are still missing
ANALYSIS: The on-line retailing giants long quest to become a major player in the grocery industry is about to come to fruition in a very big way with its proposed $13.7 billion buyout of Whole Foods
Salesforce is pushing its Einstein AI platform hard and personalisation is the order of the day
Waitrose Quick Check lets customers scan items as they move around the shop, saving time, boosting sales and giving supermarket richer data to analyse
INTERVIEW: Gumtree UK CTO Bas Anneveld talks cloud, microservices, big data, security and the abolition of top down development
eBay’s head of analytics in Europe says big data will change both online and offline retail forever – if you have the right technology and culture
Gumtree UK CTO Bas Anneveld tells our Silicon 360 panel why it used the cloud and what challenges it faced to support developers
Incidents involving the use of drones in nuisance or criminal cases grew twelve-fold in the UK over the past two years, an investigation has found
Square arrives in the UK, helping even the smallest of retailers digitise and accept mobile payments
BT and Co-operative Group agree five year deal to overhaul IT infrastructure and make it simpler and easier to shop. Not to mention free Wi-Fi
INTERVIEW: DFS discusses how Rackspace partnership helps it cope with sale demand and how mobile, VR and AR are the future of sofa buying
A list of well-known restaurants across the US are amongst those affected by the latest mass point-of-sale breach
Partnership will seek to improve the in-store experience for consumers in restaurants and retail stores
The online grocery giant is looking to further push its automation agenda
INTERVIEW: CTO Gary O’Connor explains how a network infrastructure transformation has fuelled the rapid growth of UK-based click & collect service Doddle