Monday, February 4th, 2019
NY can be icy cold in the winter so with arctic wind swishing behind our ears, NRF2019 retail tech conference was deeply underwhelming (more about it next week) so what better afternoon than checking on the top 5 experience-led shops in the Big Apple. It was illuminating to see the magic tricks used by the
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
One pound will not buy you much today, only a middle size shopping center in Scotland. Fall in retail tenants by 50% and lack of funds to maintain the large building in Kirkaldy led the owners to...
Monday, January 7th, 2019
Our winter sourcing trip to Asia brought us to leading edge robotics warehouses and fully automated clothing factories but we had time to scout the retail tech in local stores and also to chomp on first-hand food...
Thursday, December 13th, 2018
New York New Crowdsourcing Amazon Go shops are expanding in US, after a cracking start in New York. Although it has the charm of Argos on a rainy day and only a fraction of Argos’ range, the...
Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
In the battle of David versus Goliath, Magento ecommerce platform was the giant that everyone wanted to beat. Late with their 2.0 development, Magento is increasingly looking like a struggling gazelle and the wolves of E-commerce are...
Saturday, November 18th, 2017
To celebrate International Womens’ Day, here is my top 5 badass women who changed the world to be a better, healthier and more equal place, here are Eva Pascoe’s (our own female digital pioneer) top 5: Maria...
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016
Read Eva’s contribution “Surf and turf – the future of retail” below (page 66)
Thursday, February 11th, 2016
Originally published on The Knowledge Transfer Network on February 11th 2016 “Right now is the best time to be a young retailer…” As the latest episode in our series of articles exploring innovation around ‘future retail’, Sophie Walpole...
Tuesday, January 5th, 2016
Originally published on Digital Catapult Centre on January 5th 2016 Now that Christmas is over and the January sales are in full swing, Eva Pascoe, Head of Retail Futures at The Retail Practice, reveals how the Internet of...
