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India's Samsung Mall powered by AI and machine learning

Companies now have the power to process millions of product records in minutes, using artificial intelligence (AI), without any humans in the loop with Indix’s prediction services. The product AI company recently announced the broad availability of its AI-based prediction services for product categorisation, brand identification, standardised attribute extraction and product clustering.

India's Samsung Mall powered by AI and machine learning

Companies now have the power to process millions of product records in minutes, using artificial intelligence (AI), without any humans in the loop with Indix’s prediction services. The product AI company recently announced the broad availability of its AI-based prediction services for product categorisation, brand identification, standardised attribute extraction and product clustering.

New carrier mapping tool gives retailers instant access to carrier routes, services

Delivery management technology provider MetaPack recently introduced a new service for retailers and brands with the launch of its MetaPack Carrier Mapping tool. This service sees the publishing of MetaPack’s comprehensive carrier label library.

Diebold Nixdorf names Gerrard Schmid as president and CEO

American financial security and services corporation Diebold Nixdorf recently announced Gerrard Schmid as its president and chief executive officer (CEO). He also joins the Diebold Nixdorf Board of Directors.

Annual growth of global smartphone market will shrink to 2.8%: report

The growth momentum in global smartphone market will remain weak in 2018 due to lower demand and less replacement purchases, said global market intelligence provider TrendForce.

Simon Property Group announces amended and extended revolving credit facility

American commercial real estate company Simon Property Group recently announced it has amended and extended its US$3.5 billion unsecured multi-currency revolving credit facility.

Shopmatic joins hands with the Asia-Pacific MSME Trade Coalition

Singapore-based e-commerce company Shopmatic has announced its strategic partnership with the Asia-Pacific MSME Trade Coalition (AMTC), a working committee of the Asia Business Trade Association (ABTA). The association is aimed at extending Shopmatic’s e-commerce offerings and technological capabilities to more micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in various high-potential markets across the region through AMTC, enabling them to build, launch, manage and scale their online presence in a seamless and hassle-free manner.

Bestseller improves business intelligence and innovation with Centric Software

Product lifecycle management (PLM) software provider Centric Software recently announced the release of a success story video about its customer, clothing and accessories company Bestseller.

Celebrating innovation in modern multi-channel retailing

Retail Design Expo (RDE) is looking for industry innovations in visual merchandising, retail design, branding, POS and marketing as it makes its last call for exhibitors to enter the Innovation and Trail awards.

Tesco to tackle food waste with new Colleague Shops

Grocery and general merchandise retailer Tesco is set to introduce ‘Colleague Shops’ in all its UK stores to give employees the opportunity to take food approaching its expiry date, as part of its wider work to prevent good food from going to waste.

ShopBack searching for Singapore's biggest online shopaholic

E-commerce start-up ShopBack is teaming up with online social networking service LinkedIn to hunt for its Chief Shopping Officer.

Giant offers fortune telling for the year of the dog

Hypermarket chain Giant Singapore has launched a series of exciting activities this Lunar New Year to usher in good luck and prosperity.

Retailers wrap up romance this Valentine's Day

Florists, chocolate and jewellery retailers are expected to be extremely busy for Valentine’s Day, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said.

Projecting the future of e-commerce with new media and video

How can video and new media content help online retailers? Muneerah Bee catches up with Ankiti Bose, CEO and co-founder of Zilingo, to find out more.

What makes a company ‘iconic'?

Retailers generally grasp the challenges they face in achieving excellent customer experience levels and they understand how they can deploy technology and talent to sustain them. Erwann Thomassain, vice-president of Marketing, APJ, Genesys, shares a brief checklist of the strategies and perspectives distinguishing iconic firms in the retail industry that optimise their resources in service of their brands from those that do not.

Optimising online marketing with technology

With South-east Asia set to be the leader in the e-commerce space, it is important for retailers to know how to best reach their customers. Muneerah Bee finds out what multiple retargeting is all about and how it can boost the online shopping experience.

E-commerce transforming the use of retail space for retailing purpose

As of the third quarter of 2017, there are about 5.3 million sqf of vacant retail space in Singapore, according to the republic’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and e-commerce could have contributed to a substantial portion of that.