Retail stories
Higher basket sizes are helping Matalan's new app outperform its website, after 1.76 million downloads and a 4.4% conversion rate.
With nearly 49,000 knife offences recorded in England and Wales last year, employers are being told to prepare for violent incidents on site.
Businesses are now tracking how AI answers mention them, as ChatGPT and Perplexity accounted for 24% of scraping requests in Decodo's top 10.
Consumer trust could decide whether AI projects pay off, as Sherwen Studios says technical readiness alone does not guarantee adoption.
Eligible merchants in seven countries will get decisions within hours and funding within 48 hours through their existing Planet software.
Merchants can now cut Magento page-load times without replatforming, as scandiweb makes Expedio's core freely available for open-source use.
Rising prices helped European notebook revenue climb 16% in September even as unit sales fell 2.8%, according to CONTEXT.
The update is aimed at lifting approval rates and cutting costs for operators handling unattended payments, where failed transactions mean lost sales.
Four in five shoppers would cut spending or walk away if tighter rules hit frequent returners, a Blue Yonder survey found.
Consumers using chat-based shopping tools can now be offered protection in-conversation, as Cover Genius targets trust concerns around AI-led purchases.
A pilot showed a 70-80% boost in development velocity, prompting Etam to replace its legacy commerce system across three brands.
The move gives retailers and other distributed operators cloud security for small branches without adding on-site firewalls or endpoint software.
Retailers in Australia and New Zealand will get new AI tools as the software maker says the update can cut manual work and complexity.
The footwear retailer has cut time to hire from 14 days to six, easing the burden on store managers across 422 locations.
Many firms are missing the profit drag hidden in stock, logistics and fulfilment costs, leaving value creation to gut feel and assumptions.
New research suggests 69% of Australians bulk cook to trim grocery bills, with more than a third saying their fridge is too small.
The fresh capital will help the Austin-based firm expand sales and engineering as enterprises push AI projects into live operations.
The rollout gives TBC Bank Uzbekistan customers a faster way to pay in shops and online as digital wallets gain ground in the market.
Cleaner customer records can cut undeliverables, reduce wasted marketing spend and help retailers deliver smoother holiday orders and campaigns.
Millions of customer records were exposed after attackers used keys pulled from public apps to breach backend systems at Japanese firms.
