With reports of store closures on the rise, and many countries on lockdown, luxury retailers need to make sure they’re running as an effective omni-channel business. Shalina Ganatra, Senior Consultant UK at Wunderman Thompson Commerce, looks at what the luxury sector can do to prepare itself for the impact of Covid-19.
Despite the rising popularity of influencer marketing as a sales channel by retailers and brands – with spend on influencer marketing growing 83% year-on-year in 2019, according to new research.
Ikea has started selling its products on Alibaba’s Chinese e-commerce platform Tmall, as the furniture retail giant looks to expand in Asia online.
As more young people want to shop online, savvy retailers are investing in ways to accommodate and engage with young people, nurturing them for the future. Randa Bennett, founder of VeeLoop talks about how retailers can engage these young people responsibly.
Michael Valdsgaard, former head of digital transformation at IKEA, has used his keynote speech at Retail Without Borders to launch his latest venture: a high-tech immersive commerce solution provider, London Dynamics.
There is a high rate of distrust among UK consumers when it comes to brands removing or censoring legitimate consumer reviews across the internet, with four-in-ten (42%) saying they are very concerned about their freedom of speech, according to new research.
Focusing on customer experience directly leads to higher business growth, according to new research.
Amazon has launched its first Amazon-branded supermarket called Go Grocery, located in the online retail giant’s home city of Seattle.
With demand for friction free payment transactions, such as contactless payments, using cards and digital wallet, predicted to grow by 300% globally over the next five years, retailers need to diversify and reimagine the traditional point of payment in-store and online, according to a new report.