Every workday at 5 p.m. sharp, a speaker in the corner of Mark Spates’ home office starts playing bossa nova. Spates, who leads Google’s smart speaker efforts, set up this …
As brick-and-mortar chains teeter in the face of the pandemic, Amazon continues to gain ground. The retail juggernaut is valued at no less than $1.4 trillion—roughly four times what it …
Walmart is testing a store design that takes the self-checkout experience to a new level. The discount giant is officially confirming mid-June media reports that it opened a pilot supercenter format in …
Tired of schlepping into dressing rooms to try on clothes and find your right size? And feeling like you’re a different size at different stores? Well, there’s a new solution …
These retailers and brands are leading the way in providing technology and experiences that are one step ahead of their customers’ expectations. 1. X5 Retail Group Russian food retailer X5 …
As the German poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing once said: ‘Good ideas are gifts of fortune.’ And sometimes also of misfortune: as the gastronomy ramps up again and prepares for a …
Carrefour and Google have launched a new voice-based e-commerce grocery shopping experience. The voice-enabled grocery shopping service works via Google Assistant, a digital assistant available on smartphones and other devices, …
Ahold Delhaize is accelerating its development of robotic technologies that can clean stores and process orders amid the coronavirus outbreak. “All the researchers said this Covid-19 situation is so urgent, …
The last couple months have seemingly changed everything about stores. Social distancing. Employees behind shields. Customers wearing masks. And how about these stories exemplifying how quickly things have changed: Walmart’s …
With six kids, two parents and a box that fits one roll of toilet paper, delivery drones have been stopping by the Merrill household in Christiansburg, Va., as often as …