BROWSING: retail

Walmart has put automated pick-and-pack robots to work at a so-called ‘supercenter’ in Salem, New Hampshire. The new system, called Alphabot, is live in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse-style extension at its Salem superstore, which has been opened as a grocery pickup point with drive-thru lanes for...

  Germany, France and the U.K. will be the markets with the highest level of IoT adoption in 2019   Revenues for the European internet of things market are forecast to increase by 19.8% year-on-year to reach $171 billion in 2019, according to a recent report by...

The industry announcement of the Open Retail Initiative (ORI), (see this blog as well), spearheaded by Intel and Dell, couldn’t have come at a better time.  Pithy statements like “Data is the new oil” and “Data is the future” sound great, but the reality...

To sell 5G to verticals, you've got to speak their language At the recent AT&T Business Summit in Dallas, Texas, executives highlighted the wide ranging benefits 5G can bring to various enterprise and industrial verticals. But, in this case, it's not about just selling a...

AT&T is inviting companies in the manufacturing, retail, health, finance, and public sector industries into its Foundry innovation lab in Plano, Texas, for the first time to collaborate on new digital solutions. A new area within the facility has been given over to “all aspects...

Black Friday is fast approaching, and mobile holiday shopping is expected to continue its growth as users hunker down with their smartphones and tablets to make holiday purchases in addition to -- or instead of -- visits to retail stores. Here are four predictions for...

Visual light communications enables precise in-store location and wayfinding – down to an item on a shelf Indoor positioning systems (IPS) can enhance the shopping experience in a physical retail store. As a quick review: IPS technology is similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS)...

Fresh food: A growing use case for machine learning. Machine learning can help retailers address the challenges of offering fresh foods, which account for up to 40% of a grocers’ revenue and one-third of the cost of goods sold, according to a...

Fresh food: A growing use case for machine learning. Machine learning can help retailers address the challenges of offering fresh foods, which account for up to 40% of a grocers’ revenue and one-third of the cost of goods sold, according to a...

Clothing retailer looks for lighting savings at distribution center. We have all seen a pair of jeans with an eagle stitched in them, or at least seen that iconic Americana logo during a trip to the mall. American Eagle Outfitters is a U.S.-based clothes...

Clothing retailer looks for lighting savings at distribution center. We have all seen a pair of jeans with an eagle stitched in them, or at least seen that iconic Americana logo during a trip to the mall. American Eagle Outfitters is a U.S.-based clothes...

Telcos risk shrinking retail revenue if they don’t shift sales models to capitalize on demand for in-store, highly personalized customer experiences The physical retail channel plays an important role in telecommunications sales. According to recent research from Accenture Strategy. For telcos, the strategy to expand their physical...

Electronics retailer GameStop closed on acquisition of trio of AT&T authorized retailers, pushing footprint to more than 1,400 locations The relationship between telecom giant AT&T and electronics retailer GameStop grew tighter this week as GameStop completed the acquisition of three national AT&T authorized retailers – Cellular World,...

Amdocs examines ways mobile telecom retailers can rethink their digital role to enhance the in-store buying experience A successful digital business is more than just the sum of its digital channels and products. Behind every effective digital business is an understanding of the need to...

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales were up 15.1% in the third quarter of 2015. When compared to an 1.6% increase in total retail, it’s easy to see that brick-and-mortar stores are facing a serious competitive challenge. However, brick-and-mortar stores have...

Retailers this week are focusing on the relationships among mobile and big data analytics at the National Retail Federation show, with the mobile experience and retail analytics particularly expected to impact retail trends. "Mobile shopping continues to grow in its reach and breadth," said Carolyn...

Sprint retail expansion to begin with 20 locations as part of JV Sprint’s retail expansion plans are set to continue as the carrier announced a deal with U.S.-based Dixons Carphone to own and operate Sprint stores in a handful of U.S. markets. The deal calls for...

Barclays projects mobile shopping to increase dramatically Analysts with Barclays said that consumer spending on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices will exceed an astonishing $77 billion annually by 2024. Currently, research suggests consumers are spending a little more than $14 billion each year while shopping on...

Mobile browsing is expected to drive nearly half of online traffic and almost 25% of online sales over the five-day period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, according to new figures released by IBM. The company said that overall online sales are expected to increase 15%...

RadioShack (RSH) announced that it will begin selling its own brand of wireless phones and service in its retail stores nationwide, using Leap Wireless' (LEAP) Cricket network. Starting tomorrow, RadioShack No-Contract Wireless powered by Cricket will offer a line of devices and services to RadioShack...

  AT&T Inc. (T) has opened a sleek, new retail store on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, showcasing the company’s range of mobile services and offering customers a glimpse of future technology. “The Magnificent Mile is a unique shopping experience and so is this store,” said AT&T North...

Desktop or laptop users are a bit more likely than tablet users to make a purchase from a retailer's website, but those tablet users who do buy something are big spenders. Adobe Systems(NASDAQ: ADBE) analyzed 16.2 billion anonymous visits to the websites of more...

Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) is being carried by its Nook business as physical sales continue to decline. The company reported a $57 million loss on total revenue of $1.4 billion in the recently closed quarter.Sales through BN.com jumped 36% from a year ago,...

Greenpacket has been awarded a 2-year contract by Wateen Telecom, WiMAX operator in Pakistan, for the supply of Greenpacket’s modem, the UH350. Wateen Telecom is a venture of the Abu Dhabi Group, which also owns Warid Telecom, Pakistan’s mobile operator. Value undisclosedDialogic announced that...