In an increasingly digital-first marketplace, social connections are more important than ever before. Consumers are looking to form relationships that help shape their identity, promote a greater feeling of belonging, drive personal …
A luxury UK-based fashion website is gearing up for a stock exchange listing that is expected to value the company at more than £4bn – or close to the current …
Walmart is opening an emerging technologies office in Plano to work on new systems designed to improve store operations. The world’s largest retailer already employs 2,000 technologists in Silicon Valley, …

Silicon Valley-based startup Bear Robotics has introduced robots that can deliver food to tables in restaurants. The robotic system, dubbed Penny, uses AI self-driving technology to navigate its way through the restaurant, …

Zara wants to knock the kinks out of “click and collect.” The fashion behemoth has honed an online strategy that is the envy of its more lumbering competitors, exploiting a …

Alibaba bolstered its cloud computing presence in Europe on Tuesday with new products aimed at taking on the dominance of Microsoft and Amazon. The Chinese technology giant launched cloud products around artificial intelligence (AI) …

Reports have emerged that online retail behemoth Amazon is planning to open many as six more Amazon Go stores this year. The news was first revealed by technology website Recode, which said …
Walmart on Tuesday reported earnings that missed analysts’ expectations for the holiday period as its e-commerce operations cooled off, overshadowing the fact that same-store sales and revenue surpassed forecasts. The company’s …
Snap, Nike’s Jordan brand, Darkstore and Shopify teamed up in a collaboration of epic proportions to pre-release the Air Jordan III “Tinker” on Snapchat with same-day delivery last night after …

China’s tech giants Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd, worth a combined $1 trillion, are on a retail investment binge, forcing merchants to choose sides amid a battle …
