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#BizTrends: 6 global retail trends making their mark in FMCG

#BizTrends: 6 global retail trends making their mark in FMCGLauren Hartzenberg

5 ways retail will double-down on digital in 2023

5 ways retail will double-down on digital in 2023

24 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Retail's reality check

#BizTrends2023: Retail's reality check

By Howard Saunders 17 Jan 2023

How the Covid-19 crisis could remodel the luxury industry

How the Covid-19 crisis could remodel the luxury industry

Isabelle Chaboud 20 May 2020

Covid-19 will bring about a retail apocalypse

Covid-19 will bring about a retail apocalypse

Howard Saunders 8 Apr 2020

Online shopping meshes with bricks and mortar

Online shopping meshes with bricks and mortar

Eben Esterhuizen 13 Jun 2018

Location and voice technology are the future of retail

Location and voice technology are the future of retail

Gary Mortimer and Louise Grimmer 11 Apr 2018

#SeamlessAfrica: Store 4.0 is an attitude, not a technology

#SeamlessAfrica: Store 4.0 is an attitude, not a technology

Lauren Hartzenberg 12 Mar 2018

Understanding today's omnishopper

Understanding today's omnishopper

30 Mar 2017

The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable design

The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable design

Jamie Matroos 3 Feb 2017

Amazon testing cashier-free retail store

6 Dec 2016

Amazon 'Prime' plane takes flight

5 Aug 2016

Wal-Mart reports stronger US sales; shares jump

Wal-Mart reports stronger US sales; shares jump

20 May 2016

Tag Heuer unveils high-end rival to Apple Watch

11 Nov 2015

Google adding 'buy' buttons to mobile search ads

Google adding 'buy' buttons to mobile search ads

16 Jul 2015

P&G to spin off beauty brands to Coty in US$12.5bn deal

P&G to spin off beauty brands to Coty in US$12.5bn deal

13 Jul 2015

Amazon TV stick goes abroad, gets new features

Amazon TV stick goes abroad, gets new features

31 Mar 2015

Yahoo sees 'end-to-end' email encryption by year-end

Yahoo sees 'end-to-end' email encryption by year-end

16 Mar 2015

Burger King cuts soft drinks from kids' meals

Burger King cuts soft drinks from kids' meals

12 Mar 2015

Apple Watch may move the needle on wearable tech

Apple Watch may move the needle on wearable tech

10 Mar 2015

San Francisco. (Image: Sunnya343, via Wikimedia Commons)

Alibaba opens US data centre in new challenge to Amazon

6 Mar 2015

(Image: Public Domain)

Google backflips on Blogger sexual content ban

2 Mar 2015

US electronics chain RadioShack pulls plug

US electronics chain RadioShack pulls plug

6 Feb 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey arouses sex toy boom

Fifty Shades of Grey arouses sex toy boom

6 Feb 2015

Netflix eyes empire as internet TV battle heats up

Netflix eyes empire as internet TV battle heats up

22 Jan 2015

Amazon allows some buyers to 'make an offer'

Amazon allows some buyers to 'make an offer'

10 Dec 2014

Vox Media raises capital for global expansion

Vox Media raises capital for global expansion

3 Dec 2014

Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media

Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media

25 Nov 2014

Amazon offers Washington Post app on Kindle

Amazon offers Washington Post app on Kindle

24 Nov 2014

Microsoft's Tuula Rytila says that the Nokia name will be dropped from Lumia smartphones but will still be used on the cheaper phones offered by the company. Image:

Nokia name dropped from Lumia smartphones

27 Oct 2014

Call for entries: Global healthcare advertising

Call for entries: Global healthcare advertising

5 Jun 2014

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 is a combination of a tablet and a serious business computer claims Microsoft's Satya Nadella. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Microsoft's new Surface Pro 3 computer and tablet

22 May 2014

Android out to conquer businesses with start-up Divide

Android out to conquer businesses with start-up Divide

21 May 2014

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How the Covid-19 crisis could remodel the luxury industry

How the Covid-19 crisis could remodel the luxury industry

Isabelle Chaboud 20 May 2020

Covid-19 will bring about a retail apocalypse

Covid-19 will bring about a retail apocalypse

Howard Saunders 8 Apr 2020

Online shopping meshes with bricks and mortar

Online shopping meshes with bricks and mortar

Eben Esterhuizen 13 Jun 2018

Location and voice technology are the future of retail

Location and voice technology are the future of retail

Gary Mortimer and Louise Grimmer 11 Apr 2018

#SeamlessAfrica: Store 4.0 is an attitude, not a technology

#SeamlessAfrica: Store 4.0 is an attitude, not a technology

Lauren Hartzenberg 12 Mar 2018

Understanding today's omnishopper

Understanding today's omnishopper

30 Mar 2017

The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable design

The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable design

Jamie Matroos 3 Feb 2017

Amazon testing cashier-free retail store

6 Dec 2016

Amazon 'Prime' plane takes flight

5 Aug 2016

Wal-Mart reports stronger US sales; shares jump

Wal-Mart reports stronger US sales; shares jump

20 May 2016

Tag Heuer unveils high-end rival to Apple Watch

11 Nov 2015

Google adding 'buy' buttons to mobile search ads

Google adding 'buy' buttons to mobile search ads

16 Jul 2015

P&G to spin off beauty brands to Coty in US$12.5bn deal

P&G to spin off beauty brands to Coty in US$12.5bn deal

13 Jul 2015

Amazon TV stick goes abroad, gets new features

Amazon TV stick goes abroad, gets new features

31 Mar 2015

Yahoo sees 'end-to-end' email encryption by year-end

Yahoo sees 'end-to-end' email encryption by year-end

16 Mar 2015

Burger King cuts soft drinks from kids' meals

Burger King cuts soft drinks from kids' meals

12 Mar 2015

Apple Watch may move the needle on wearable tech

Apple Watch may move the needle on wearable tech

10 Mar 2015

San Francisco. (Image: Sunnya343, via Wikimedia Commons)

Alibaba opens US data centre in new challenge to Amazon

6 Mar 2015

(Image: Public Domain)

Google backflips on Blogger sexual content ban

2 Mar 2015

US electronics chain RadioShack pulls plug

US electronics chain RadioShack pulls plug

6 Feb 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey arouses sex toy boom

Fifty Shades of Grey arouses sex toy boom

6 Feb 2015

Netflix eyes empire as internet TV battle heats up

Netflix eyes empire as internet TV battle heats up

22 Jan 2015

Amazon allows some buyers to 'make an offer'

Amazon allows some buyers to 'make an offer'

10 Dec 2014

Vox Media raises capital for global expansion

Vox Media raises capital for global expansion

3 Dec 2014

Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media

Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media

25 Nov 2014

Amazon offers Washington Post app on Kindle

Amazon offers Washington Post app on Kindle

24 Nov 2014

Microsoft's Tuula Rytila says that the Nokia name will be dropped from Lumia smartphones but will still be used on the cheaper phones offered by the company. Image:

Nokia name dropped from Lumia smartphones

27 Oct 2014

Call for entries: Global healthcare advertising

Call for entries: Global healthcare advertising

5 Jun 2014

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 is a combination of a tablet and a serious business computer claims Microsoft's Satya Nadella. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Microsoft's new Surface Pro 3 computer and tablet

22 May 2014

Android out to conquer businesses with start-up Divide

Android out to conquer businesses with start-up Divide

21 May 2014

Shopping cart abandonment syndrome: The future of retail is now

Shopping cart abandonment syndrome: The future of retail is now

Mark Kirkpartick 20 May 2014

Omnicom, Publicis ditch merger talks

Omnicom, Publicis ditch merger talks

12 May 2014

Microsoft sets original TV shows for Xbox One

Microsoft sets original TV shows for Xbox One

30 Apr 2014

McDonald's profit dips as US sales slump

McDonald's profit dips as US sales slump

23 Apr 2014

Creative Week May 2014

Creative Week May 2014

11 Apr 2014

Pirelli's 2012 Annual Report wins PR News award

Pirelli's 2012 Annual Report wins PR News award

10 Apr 2014

Intel has invested heavily in Cloudera as the pace of cloud computing increases dramatically. Image: V. Poth

Intel buys stake in Cloudera

1 Apr 2014

Facebook's Susan Buckner. Image: LinkedIn

Facebook airs TV-style ads

14 Mar 2014

Masayoshi San, chairman of Softbank. Image:

Japan's Sprint owner eyes US telecom price war

12 Mar 2014

Instagram signs deal with major ad agency

Instagram signs deal with major ad agency

11 Mar 2014