Technology

Online shopping dominates the 2025 retail sector, with an increased number of people shifting to a more convenient, accessible, and quick way of purchasing goods. This shift brings more pressure...

Nine in 10 retailers now use AI to manage festive and Black Friday demand – yet almost half remain in the early stages of rollout, exposing gaps in readiness and...

New UK research from leading payments consultancy, PSE Consulting, highlights the rapid adoption of AI-driven shopping tools and growing consumer trust in agentic AI ahead of Black Friday and Christmas this...

 Weavr is expanding the availability of its Google Pay and Apple Pay service that creates a consumer-like experience for business payments. With 82% of surveyed businesses predicted to increase their use of virtual...

Do you work a lot with outdated systems? Then it may feel as if you are often mainly busy solving problems. Think, for example, of outdated servers, software that has...

AI voice agents are rapidly becoming must-have automation tools for businesses across many industries – and retail is no exception. These smart voice AI solutions are designed to automate voice...

Retail payments have changed dramatically in the last few years, driven by the rise of contactless technology, mobile wallets, and faster digital checkout systems. Today’s shoppers expect transactions that are...

BENEFIT, the Bahraini innovator and a leading company in fintech and electronic financial transactions service, and Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, headquartered in...

Retailers who are honest and consistent with their customers earn trust and loyalty as the buyers feel more appreciated in the long run. Electronic shelf label technology is rapidly rising...

Keychain, the AI-powered manufacturing platform transforming the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, today announced its entrance into the United Kingdom, marking the next phase of its European growth. Already used...

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a world leader in transforming the way people bank and shop, has successfully supported the Swiss market expansion of ROSSMANN, one of Europe's largest drugstore chains. The scope...

At its inaugural flagship event CoCreate Europe in London, Alibaba.com, a leading platform for business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, today launched  ‘AI Mode’ – a new feature which integrates agentic AI capabilities...

BR-DGE, the independent payment orchestration provider, has partnered with THG Ingenuity, the leading global e-commerce group, to deliver BR-DGE Vault, a PCI-compliant hybrid tokenisation solution. THG Ingenuity provides cutting-edge ecommerce...

 Edenred Payment Solutions supports WonderDays’ expansion into third-party channels with end-to-end gift card processing and technical distribution. Edenred Payment Solutions has announced a new partnership with WonderDays, the UK's most exciting experience...

Gumtree, one of the UK’s most popular online marketplaces, has partnered with Mangopay to power its transformation from a traditional classifieds site into a fully transactional C2C marketplace. With 10...

Akeneo’s autumn release extends the use of AI across the product cloud and reinforces the company’s commitment to advancing the use of AI to help make product information management smarter...

It’s a little hard to ignore retail tech is seeping into the casino world, probably faster than most folks expected. Significant spending is on the rise, and it looks like...

Walk into almost any shop today whether it’s a supermarket in Leeds, an independent boutique in Brighton, or a beauty retailer in London and you’ll notice something small, but quietly...

HomeByMe solutions are enabling the European online furniture and décor retailer Sklum to offer engaging 3D shopping experiences that transform how consumers interact with products, and help them make confident purchase decisions. Sklum...

VusionGroup, the global leader in digitalization solutions for physical commerce, announces a strategic partnership with DM, Germany’s leading drugstore retailer, to deploy the innovative EdgeSense digital shelf platform, that integrates...