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Microsoft, Walmart Join Forces Against Amazon
Walmart is to use Microsoft’s cloud services as it looks for ways to fend off pressure from Amazon
Microsoft Working On Shop Automation Tech To Rival Amazon Go
Microsoft is working with retailers to build checkout-free systems like the Amazon Go shop that opened to the public in January
Amazon Posts Largest Ever Profit thanks To Prime, AWS & Alexa
Couple of billion dollars added to Bezos backpocket as Amazon shares grow on positive results
Amazon Go Brings Checkout-Free Supermarket To Public
Amazon Go relies on sensors, cameras and artificial intelligence to tell when customers are taking items from shelves, eliminating checkout queues
Morrisons ‘Ultimately Responsible’ For Rogue Employee Leaking Payroll Data
Supermarket Morrisons could be forced to pay compensation after rogue employee posted salary details online
Criteo: AI & Data Sharing Can Help Publishers & Retailers Fight Back Against Tech Giants
INTERVIEW: Criteo’s Gregory Gazagne talks AI, machine learning, Brexit and why smaller publishers and retailers can compete with Google, Facebook & Amazon
Transportation, Sales & Retail Jobs ‘To Disappear’ As Robots Take Over
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
Contactless At 10: One Third Of All Card Payments Made With A Tap
Two thirds of Brits have made a contactless card payments since the tech arrived in the UK in September 2007
CeX Admits Data Breach Could Impact 2m Online Customers
CeX says online users should change passwords but in-store customers are fine
Tales In Tech History: Amazon – From Online Book Retailer To Tech Giant
Scourge of the High Street? How a simple online book seller transformed itself into global e-commerce and tech giant
Westfield CIO: Data And Personalisation Are Key To Shopping Centre Survival
Shopping is fast becoming an online activity, but Westfield has a plan to keep consumers coming back to its two London facilities
IT Life: Fraser Hardy, CTO Qudini
CTO and co-founder of Qudini Fraser Hardy talks about his career in IT
Heineken, Duracell & Tassimo Get Amazon Dash IoT Buttons
It’s still not an April Fool. More brands get Amazon Dash one-tap ordering buttons as number reaches 65
Samsung Pay Is Now Supported By HSBC With American Express ‘Soon’
Samsung Pay now supports HSBC, M&S Bank and First Direct, even if a few are still missing
Amazon’s Buyout Of Whole Foods To Speed Up Its Move Into Grocery Sales
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 Gives Some Personality To Commerce Cloud Einstein
Salesforce is pushing its Einstein AI platform hard and personalisation is the order of the day
Waitrose Quick Check Mobile Scan App Combines Best Of Physical & Online Retail
Waitrose Quick Check lets customers scan items as they move around the shop, saving time, boosting sales and giving supermarket richer data to analyse
Gumtree CTO: Giving Up Control Is Worth It To Foster Tech Responsibility
INTERVIEW: Gumtree UK CTO Bas Anneveld talks cloud, microservices, big data, security and the abolition of top down development
eBay: Big Data Can Humble A CEO And Change The Future Of Retail
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
Silicon 360: Gumtree UK CTO – Cloud Was Easier For Us But We Still Had Challenges
Gumtree UK CTO Bas Anneveld tells our Silicon 360 panel why it used the cloud and what challenges it faced to support developers
Drone Crime Rises In UK As Switzerland Trials Deliveries
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
Jack Dorsey’s Square Mobile Payment System Arrives In UK
Square arrives in the UK, helping even the smallest of retailers digitise and accept mobile payments
Co-op Hopes Overhauled Network And IT Will Support Food Retail Growth
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
DFS Embraces Rackspace, Cloud And Virtualisation To Drive Digital Transformation And Suck-Up Sales
INTERVIEW: DFS discusses how Rackspace partnership helps it cope with sale demand and how mobile, VR and AR are the future of sofa buying
Card Scammers Hack Top Restaurants In POS Attack
A list of well-known restaurants across the US are amongst those affected by the latest mass point-of-sale breach
Mastercard And Oracle Bring Smartphone Digital Payment Service To The World Of Retail And Hospitality
Partnership will seek to improve the in-store experience for consumers in restaurants and retail stores
Ocado Works With EU Universities To Create Soft Touch Robotic Arm
The online grocery giant is looking to further push its automation agenda
Doddle: The Right Network Infrastructure Makes Click & Collect, Well, A Doddle
INTERVIEW: CTO Gary O’Connor explains how a network infrastructure transformation has fuelled the rapid growth of UK-based click & collect service Doddle
Tesco Bank Halts Transactions After Online Fraud
Cash taken from 40,000 bank accounts over the weekend, prompting Tesco to halt online transactions