Apple
This coverage examines Apple’s operations and strategy within the UK retail and technology market, focusing on store performance, product launches, marketing initiatives, sustainability efforts, and leadership decisions. Reporting highlights how Apple drives consumer engagement and innovation while navigating competitive and regulatory pressures — providing insight for executives, managers, and professionals in technology, retail, and brand management.
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Jun- 2022 -6 JuneComment
How headless commerce answers many retail tech issues
Work in online for any time, and you start to get used to bracing for the next big Google’s core algorithm change. The latest one, Core Web Vitals, was bigger than most, featuring prominently in on marketeers’ lives since last year for mobile, and earlier this year for desktop. As…
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1 JuneComment
What’s the deal with EV charging on retail sites?
There are already many electric vehicles (EVs) on the UK’s roads, and soon there’s going to be a lot more. By 2035 every new car or van sold in the UK will be fully electric. Before that, in just eight years, sales of new petrol or diesel cars or vans…
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May- 2022 -25 MayComment
AI-powered self-service is the future of physical retail
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, retail was among the most impacted industries: over 17,500 chain stores closed in the UK in 2020. At the same time, e-commerce growth numbers went through the roof. According to Digital Commerce 360, “the pandemic facilitated a gain of around $218 billion in…
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16 MayAdvice
The Metaverse: The next retail frontier
The metaverse has burst onto the scene as the next big thing, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dubbing it the “successor to the mobile internet”. So, what is the metaverse exactly? It’s a group of 3D virtual worlds, built by multiple entities, focused on social connections, that merges both physical…
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4 MayComment
How retail can go hyper-personal
Offering tailored experiences to customers has been a goal for retailers for years. It’s not hard to see why one in five consumers who expressed an interest in personalised products or services are willing to pay a 20% premium. Delivering the expected But it’s not just about the opportunity. Increasingly,…
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Apr- 2022 -26 AprilElectrical
Apple expands recycled materials used across products by 20%
Apple has revealed it has increased the use of recycled materials across its products, with nearly 20% of all materials used in Apple products in 2021 having been recycled. The company introduced certified recycled gold for the first time, and more than doubled the use of recycled tungsten, rare earth…
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26 AprilComment
Why retailers must change their data approach to overcome Amazon
The post-pandemic business landscape has seen retailers fast-track their digital efforts in an attempt to become truly omni-channel – and safeguard against a repeat of 2020’s disruption. Conversely (and perhaps more interestingly), we’re also getting a better sense of where bricks and mortar fits into the strategies of the digital-first…
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Mar- 2022 -28 MarchOnline & Digital
CyberJammies wakes up to dream solution from Brightpearl
Key facts TREBLED revenue Live in JUST 120 days 5-star customer service Britain’s fastest growing fashion brand, and 11th overall fastest growing online retailer according to Brightpearl’s Lightning 50 “Absolutely everything has improved significantly since we signed up with Brightpearl” – Mark Tweed, brand director, CyberJammies 2020 was the year…
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Feb- 2022 -21 FebruaryAdvice
Six ways retailers can handle labour shortages
The retail industry is challenged by labour shortages across the board, from delivery drivers to warehouse staff, store staff to IT specialists. And it’s a challenge faced everywhere from the UK to the US and Australia. The shortages can be traced back to a whole plethora of reasons – from…
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7 FebruaryFeatures
Rising from the ashes: How retailers can come back even stronger in 2022
If 2020 was the year of unprecedented events, then 2021 was the year of the aftermath. Even at the beginning of the year, when we hoped the worst of the pandemic was over, lockdown restrictions stopped many retailers and brands in their tracks. For those with a physical-only presence, the…
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