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Correcting the flaws appearing in online customer service systems
By Karl Reindl published
Industry voice Karl Reindl, Managing Director of Youstice, discusses the thorny issues involved with ensuring your customer service system doesn't fall behind the times.

eBay barcode scanner app brings stealth price checking to Google Glass
By Chris Smith published
Shoppers can now see whether eBay is offering a better deal than physical stores ... without offending the owner.

Apple is working on its first iBeacon hardware, but what could it be?
By Chris Smith published
A mystery iBeacon-enabled piece of tech has taken a trip through the FCC in the United States.

Is the 'hybrid self-checkout' about to transform retail?
By Desire Athow published
Hybrid checkouts improve customer experience and personalise cross-channel shopping, explains Sarah Kellet of Fujitsu, who have supplied retail group Auchan with the new solution.

Google Now adds location-based product reminders for retail stores
By JR Bookwalter published
New update delivers Google search results to retailer's front doors, something that should have Amazon worried.

Amazon Dash is a free Wi-Fi barcode scanner for grocery shopping
By Chris Smith published
Amazon's has outed its latest piece of its hardware and this time it has your local grocery store in its sights.

Amazon's 'anticipatory shipping' will send packages before you click buy
By Chris Smith published
Retailer planning to send items in bulk to areas they'll be popular, even to physical addresses before customers buy.

Mobile retail purchases to hit more than $700 billion by 2018
By Alex Hamilton published
Juniper Research has released a report stating that mobile retail will account for more than 30% of retail by 2018.
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