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'Philadelphia Experiment' Could Put A Halt To Amazon Go-Style Stores

The Amazon Go-style cashierless store concept is being heralded as the next big thing in convenience retailing, except in Philadelphia, USA, that is. In...

Colruyt To Roll Out Electronic Price Labelling To All Stores

Belgian retailer Colruyt has announced that it will replace traditional paper price labels with electronic labelling by the end of 2019, across its 240 sto...

Plant Protein Startups Vie To Tap China’s Hungry Market

Start-ups specialising in alternative protein, from eggless eggs to pea-stuffed burgers and cell-grown fish products, are piling into the Chinese territory...

Retailers Will Need To Use Technology To Develop Competitive Advantages: Moody's

Companies operating in the European retail sector will need to use technology to develop distinct competitive advantages in the long term, if they want to...

How Finland's K Group Is Addressing AI’s Ethical Question

With artificial intelligence on the rise, ESM chats to Minna Vakkilainen of Finland’s K Group about the efforts that the retailer has made to ensure...

French Online Retail Sales Could Rise Despite 'Gilets Jaunes': Fevad

Online retail sales in France could top €100 billion this year, despite fears of slower consumer spending due to anti-government gilet jaune (yel...

Pam Panorama Tests Dynamic Discounting Platform

Italian supermarket chain Pam Panorama has successfully tested a 'dynamic discounting platform' that facilitates advanced payment for invoices raised by su...