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The retailer race to be top of the tree this Christmas is on. Retailers including John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Iceland have been teasing
Uniqlo has pipped its competitors to the post by being the first brand given permission to fully take over a Chicago Transit train, giving
Retailers develop forward-thinking strategies that allow shoppers to optimise every store visit. Mobile has opened up the possibility to seamlessly bookmark, browse and buy across
Ralph Lauren, Restoration Hardware and even Microsoft are dialling up their flagship stores. This month, Microsoft throws its hat into the flagship ring with a
Get out your crayons and mobile phones. The Toys 'R Us holiday catalogue drops this week. At 96 pages, "The Great Big Toys 'R
Retail innovation is often credited to the little guys—quirky companies and specialised startups that invent technologies to disrupt an industry. However, several larger brands
While new technologies have certainly impacted the customer experience—digital and otherwise—they haven’t completely overtaken the physical retail experience for today’s shoppers. From price comparison and
With its clunky headsets and project names like Oculus and Morpheus, virtual reality has so far been the realm of hard-core gamers and other
Japanese based fashion brand UNIQLO and Isobar Australia have launched UMood, a retail activation that helps consumers select from over 600 T-shirts by identifying
This is the eight-year-old bumbling ballerina who has stolen the hearts of a nation in the latest moving John Lewis advert. Unsteadily pirouetting her way around