Global consultancy Prophet has announced the results of the fourth annual Brand Relevance Index (BRI) in the UK, a ranking of the most relevant brands in consumers’ lives today.
This year saw the NHS soar to the top for the first time, a spot that has been previously dominated consecutively by Apple. Following the NHS in second and third place sit the streaming giants, Spotify and Netflix. Lush and Samsung were new entrants into the top 10, replacing Amazon and Android.
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The top ten most relevant UK brands revealed
Sep 24, 2019
Building an e-commerce platform from scratch
Sep 24, 2019
By Ievgen Kustorovskyi, Head of Magento and specialist in eCommerce development, Ciklum.
Building a custom e-commerce platform may seem like a daunting task and building one from scratch is not an easy task. These days, it’s increasingly becoming the preferred choice of online retailers who wish to take total control of their customer experience.
Three quarters of businesses change tactics to protect against third party risk
Sep 24, 2019
Recent research carried out by Gurucul, a security and fraud analytics provider, has uncovered 74% of companies are being driven to actively take steps to mitigate security risks posed by third party vendors following recent breaches.
Comfort eating? Online shoppers put their money where their mouth is
Sep 24, 2019
Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail figures for August highlighted the pre-Brexit wobble in consumer confidence, says the home delivery expert ParcelHero, with sales volumes down -.2% compared to July, and department store sales continuing to tumble -1.3% on the previous month and -2.5% on August 2018.
Huawei reveals Intelligent Campus Ecosystem Plan, collaborating with the industry to win a Trillion-Yuan market
Sep 24, 2019
During Huawei Connect 2019, Huawei introduced its Intelligent Campus Ecosystem Plan and the intelligent HiCampus solution jointly developed with partners for enterprise customers in China and beyond. The announcement came during an intelligent campus summit themed around "bringing digital to every campus for pervasive intelligence."
Epiq launches global information governance services to manage sensitive legal and corporate data
Sep 24, 2019
Epiq has introduced enhanced information governance services to help clients efficiently and compliantly manage their electronically stored information in all environments, including on premise servers, in the cloud, or in hybrid systems.
Atheon Analytics launches SKUtrak DataShare – a secure data sharing solution with Snowflake to boost accessibility of retail supply chain data
Sep 24, 2019
Snowflake, the data warehouse built for the cloud, has announced Atheon Analytics as the first UK Snowflake Data Sharing customer, and the launch of Atheon’s SKUtrak DataShare solution. By using Snowflake’s Secure Data Sharing, Atheon is driving daily data insights and visibility across the retail supply chain, automating the ETL process, and helping retail suppliers save time and money when gathering, accessing and analysing data.
Honing in on your differentiators rather than trying to compete with the might of Amazon
Sep 24, 2019
By Matthew Robertson, Co-CEO, NetDespatch.I recently read an interesting report in Internet Retailing that shows the UK is leading the world in online shopping, with over a third of consumers buying online multiple times a week. I have to admit I was not surprised by these statistics and I had assumed this to be the case for some time now.
‘Wardrobing’ is costing retailers £1.5bn per year
Sep 24, 2019
UK retailers are losing up to £1.5bn potential sales because dishonest customers are returning products after using them, according to new research from Checkpoint Systems, the global source-to-shopper solutions provider.
What does AI really mean for retailers?
Sep 24, 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undoubtedly become one of the biggest buzzwords of 2019 and its use within retail is only set to grow, not just for large market-leading retailers, but for retailers of all shapes and sizes across many sectors.
