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The success of Nosto’s AI-powered personalisation solution for golf apparel retailer Function18.com has been recognised at the 2018 Direct Commerce Innovator Awards, winning in the category for best CRM, Data, Targeting & Personalisation at the prestigious awards.

Finnish growth company Noccela Oy has received awards in two different categories at the esteemed international Retail Risk Fraud Awards.

Waitrose and Ocado are the best supermarkets for consumers looking to shop for vegan food online, a study from eCommerce analytics platform, E Fundamentals, has found.

Business services specialist Toshiba TEC, has expanded its product portfolio to include two new A4 monochrome printing devices.

The once commonplace desktop PC has been relegated to Britain’s dusty workplace store room, joining relics such as the fax machine and the landline phone, while the retail sector adopts tablets and smart devices at breakneck speed and ahead of other business sectors.

The ecommerce industry is growing rapidly. Ecommerce sales are expected to top $4 trillion by 2020. This is because more people prefer to shop online from the comfort of their homes instead of going to the store.

Rise of the unfaithful consumer: Total cost of shopper defections in the retail industry adds up to £147 billion

Research suggests logistics companies are struggling to keep pace with rising online sales. Making it easier to recruit temporary staff would help to get them back on track, says TempRocket’s Andrew Johnston.

By Wayne Lam, principal analyst, mobile devices and networks, IHS Markit.

Toward the end of the Series 4 Apple Watch and updated iPhone Xs launch event in September, and after the initial fanfare of the introductions, CEO Tim Cook mentioned there was “one more thing” to be revealed.

Brother UK is running an end user campaign on its P-touch range of labelling machines, to help resellers drive sales in the run up to Christmas. The campaign marks 30 years of Brother’s labelling solutions.

The Retail climate is proving increasingly challenging for bricks-and-mortar stores of all sizes, with many major brands and familiar high-street names announcing profit warnings, job cuts and even store closures.