Tag: Retail
An interview with Asli Kunt, Head of Supply Chain at Hugo...
With the Internet of Supplychain DE, taking place on the 9-10 October 2019 in Berlin, on the horizon, our team caught up with Asli...
AI adoption in retail increases seven-fold
Over a quarter of retailers have deployed AI to date. This is according to Capgemini’s Research Institute’s latest AI in retail report. The research...
Intel & Tencent team up on AI-enabled cameras for retail
Chinese tech giant Tencent has partnered with Intel to create artificial intelligence-enhanced cameras that provide insights into retail environments.
The collaboration will initially see Tencent...
Robot Pires: Chatbot AI gives Arsenal fans a ‘personalised experience’
Arsenal football club has introduced an official chatbot to liaise with fans.
The Arsenal bot has been dubbed 'Robot Pires', after former left-winger and midfielder...
Blockchain “ubiquitous” in supply chain by 2025, claims Capgemini | Analysis
A new report by the Capgemini Research Institute claims that blockchain could become “ubiquitous” by 2025, entering mainstream business and underpinning supply chains worldwide.
“Through...
IoT security: Alexa down worldwide, speaks ill of Amazon
Internet of Business says
Amazon’s Alexa service went down in many parts of the world on 26 September, with #Alexadown problems reported in the UK,...
IoT retail: Snap, Amazon join forces on ubiquitous mobile shopping
NEWSBYTE Snap and Amazon have announced a visual shopping partnership, which brings a future of ubiquitous retail one step closer.
Following the deal, Snapchat users...
Retail IoT: Amazon to open 3,000 checkout-free stores | Sector analysis
Amazon is reportedly considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new Amazon Go cashier-less convenience stores worldwide.
The concept could see the retail...
Five ways the Internet of Things is transforming businesses today
As Internet of Things (IoT) adoption continues to accelerate, Andrew Hobbs explores the key ways it is shaking up the business world.
Internet of Business...
Retail IoT: The new cashier-free stores transforming shopping
Cashier-free stores are shaping up to be the future of retail – but that future is likely to be led by China, as Jessica...
Retail: Scan & go checkout-free shopping comes to Sainsbury’s
In what it claims is a UK first, Sainsbury’s is trialling new scan, pay, and go technology in one of its London stores, removing...
The future of retail is personalised AI-driven customer ‘extra-periences’
Anil Gandharve, VP and head of Retail, CPG and Manufacturing at Mindtree, discusses why the future of retail lies in customer-centric artificial intelligence (AI), augmented...