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Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

Source: © LinkedIn In 2025 AI will transform advertising, signalling a fundamental shift in how advertisers approach digital marketing

AI to transform advertising in fundamental shift in digital marketing in 2025

3 Jan 2025

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTok

By Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2025

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Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

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Retail and the metaverse: A new world of consumer connection

9 Feb 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

31 Jan 2022

Here are the world's top 5 smart cities for 2022 - Juniper Research study

Here are the world's top 5 smart cities for 2022 - Juniper Research study

25 Jan 2022

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Global e-commerce payment transactions to surpass $7.5tn by 2026

17 Jan 2022

Subscription economy to hit $275bn in 2022: Where's the growth coming from?

11 Jan 2022

Source: Sergey Soldatov -

AI shop assistants: Get ready for a world where you can't tell humans and chatbots apart

Shweta Singh 7 Jan 2022

Virtual sneakers produced by RTFKT. Source: RTFKT

Nike buys NFT fashion and collectibles startup RTFKT

14 Dec 2021

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TikTok hits one billion users

9 Dec 2021

The rise of fake e-commerce sites around Black Friday - and how to spot them

5 Nov 2021

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

Patrick Lecomte 19 Oct 2021

'It's our stuff': Consumers wage right-to-repair revolution

Carey L. Biron and Umberto Bacchi 19 Oct 2021

Smart TV voice assistant transactions to hit nearly $500m in 2023

14 Oct 2021

Total number of mobile phone users hit nearly 5.3 billion

Total number of mobile phone users hit nearly 5.3 billion

2 Sep 2021

B2B cross-border transaction value to exceed $42,7tn in 2026

31 Aug 2021

Source: Spar Austria

Spar International rolls out integrated e-commerce platform globally

11 Aug 2021

Voice assistant transaction values to hit $19,4bn by 2023

3 Aug 2021

Source: Walmart

Walmart opens up its retail tech to other businesses

2 Aug 2021

LG aims for 100% renewable energy use by 2050

22 Jul 2021

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Smart POS terminals in service to grow by 156% by 2026

8 Jul 2021

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How Covid-19 accelerated retailer investment in tech

6 Jul 2021

POS transaction values predicted to exceed $17.3tn globally by 2026

POS transaction values predicted to exceed $17.3tn globally by 2026

18 May 2021

Domino's trials self-driving pizza delivery robot

Domino's trials self-driving pizza delivery robot

19 Apr 2021

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Carling Bieg, Evan Fraser and Sarah Marquis 16 Apr 2021

E-commerce to account for half of global retail growth by 2025

25 Mar 2021

Jeff Bezos reshaped retail as CEO of Amazon. AP Photo/John Locher

How Bezos and Amazon changed the world

Venkatesh Shankar 4 Feb 2021

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

3 Feb 2021

Product design to racial justice: Global plan to promote ethical AI

Product design to racial justice: Global plan to promote ethical AI

Zachary Fagenson 29 Jan 2021

Global agtech market value to reach $22bn by 2025

26 Nov 2020

Why harmonised retail is the future

Oliver Guy 13 Nov 2020

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Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied

Retail and the metaverse: A new world of consumer connection

9 Feb 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

Luxury giant invites startups to enter LVMH Innovation Award 2022

31 Jan 2022

Here are the world's top 5 smart cities for 2022 - Juniper Research study

Here are the world's top 5 smart cities for 2022 - Juniper Research study

25 Jan 2022

Source: ©Ivan Kruk via

Global e-commerce payment transactions to surpass $7.5tn by 2026

17 Jan 2022

Subscription economy to hit $275bn in 2022: Where's the growth coming from?

11 Jan 2022

Source: Sergey Soldatov -

AI shop assistants: Get ready for a world where you can't tell humans and chatbots apart

Shweta Singh 7 Jan 2022

Virtual sneakers produced by RTFKT. Source: RTFKT

Nike buys NFT fashion and collectibles startup RTFKT

14 Dec 2021

Source: © rawpixel

TikTok hits one billion users

9 Dec 2021

The rise of fake e-commerce sites around Black Friday - and how to spot them

5 Nov 2021

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

Patrick Lecomte 19 Oct 2021

'It's our stuff': Consumers wage right-to-repair revolution

Carey L. Biron and Umberto Bacchi 19 Oct 2021

Smart TV voice assistant transactions to hit nearly $500m in 2023

14 Oct 2021

Total number of mobile phone users hit nearly 5.3 billion

Total number of mobile phone users hit nearly 5.3 billion

2 Sep 2021

B2B cross-border transaction value to exceed $42,7tn in 2026

31 Aug 2021

Source: Spar Austria

Spar International rolls out integrated e-commerce platform globally

11 Aug 2021

Voice assistant transaction values to hit $19,4bn by 2023

3 Aug 2021

Source: Walmart

Walmart opens up its retail tech to other businesses

2 Aug 2021

LG aims for 100% renewable energy use by 2050

22 Jul 2021

Source: © rido -

Smart POS terminals in service to grow by 156% by 2026

8 Jul 2021

Source: ©gajus -

How Covid-19 accelerated retailer investment in tech

6 Jul 2021

POS transaction values predicted to exceed $17.3tn globally by 2026

POS transaction values predicted to exceed $17.3tn globally by 2026

18 May 2021

Domino's trials self-driving pizza delivery robot

Domino's trials self-driving pizza delivery robot

19 Apr 2021

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Carling Bieg, Evan Fraser and Sarah Marquis 16 Apr 2021

E-commerce to account for half of global retail growth by 2025

25 Mar 2021

Jeff Bezos reshaped retail as CEO of Amazon. AP Photo/John Locher

How Bezos and Amazon changed the world

Venkatesh Shankar 4 Feb 2021

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

3 Feb 2021

Product design to racial justice: Global plan to promote ethical AI

Product design to racial justice: Global plan to promote ethical AI

Zachary Fagenson 29 Jan 2021

Global agtech market value to reach $22bn by 2025

26 Nov 2020

Why harmonised retail is the future

Oliver Guy 13 Nov 2020

Transforming the VR experience in hospitality

Transforming the VR experience in hospitality

15 Oct 2020

The fourth agricultural revolution is coming - but who will really benefit?

The fourth agricultural revolution is coming - but who will really benefit?

David Rose and Charlotte-Anne Chivers 16 Sep 2020

Can Huawei survive the US sanctions?

Can Huawei survive the US sanctions?

Jean-Paul Michel Larçon 3 Sep 2020

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

23 Jul 2020

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jul 2020

Algorithms are designing better buildings

Algorithms are designing better buildings

Silvio Carta 19 Jun 2020

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

Bernhard Reinsberg 12 Jun 2020

Smart clothing to drive fitness wearable revenue

Smart clothing to drive fitness wearable revenue

11 Jun 2020

Global e-retail transaction values to exceed $4tn by 2024

Global e-retail transaction values to exceed $4tn by 2024

24 Mar 2020

#BlockchainAfrica: New prototype of blockchain-based voting machine unveiled

#BlockchainAfrica: New prototype of blockchain-based voting machine unveiled

2 Mar 2020