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What CEO's need to know about cannibalisation and exponential complexity of the omni-channel

What CEO's need to know about cannibalisation and exponential complexity of the omni-channel

Online has led to widespread high-street store cannibalisation putting profitability at risk. CEO...
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The real reason for the demise of high street retailers - customer service

The real reason for the demise of high street retailers - customer service

Retail is detail... and customer service.  Long gone are the days when you could instruct your st...
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Arket - interesting concept store, but lacking in details

Arket - interesting concept store, but lacking in details

We visited Arket on Long Acre in Lodnon's Covent Garden earlier this week. The store is located ...
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A review of VR World Event - 2018 by Nexus Media

A review of VR World Event - 2018 by Nexus Media

If you are into 3D this will be for you! Our recent visit to VR World Expo 2018 yielded little t...
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A review of RBTE 2018

A review of RBTE 2018

RBTE (Retail Business Technology Expo) is a yearly event now held in London's Olympia trade show ...
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A review of Retail Without Borders by We Are Pentagon

A review of Retail Without Borders by We Are Pentagon

Definitely worth visiting!  Retail Without Borders 2018 #RWB18 is one of the better conferences ...
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How to measure customer delight?

How to measure customer delight?

Customer feedback is normally an intrusive piece of research, post action/purchase /eating/etc. a...
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Retailers IT estate the next battle ground for suppliers & partners? - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

Retailers IT estate the next battle ground for suppliers & partners?

On our recent visit to NRF2018 we saw the new piece of EPOS hardware Square payments had just rec...
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A review of The Delivery Conference by MetaPack

A review of The Delivery Conference by MetaPack

  A five star event! The Delivery Conference receive a 5/5 star rating from Styleintelligence f...
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Zara Concept Store in Westfield Stratford, London

Zara Concept Store in Westfield Stratford, London

  Yet another concept store open and we are still as keen as ever to check out the new awesome t...
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APPLY: Fashion Tech Accelerator, closing Feb 28, 2018

APPLY: Fashion Tech Accelerator, closing Feb 28, 2018

Apply to the latest fashion tech accelerator at FTA, announced today! FTA has announced a partne...
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Day 3 @ NRF Big Show, New York

Day 3 @ NRF Big Show, New York

  Final day at the NRF 2018 show. (images to come - upload speed is particularly bad at JFK airp...
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Day 2 @ NRF Javits New York

Day 2 @ NRF Javits New York

Day 2 of meeting up with retail technology suppliers at NRF, New York.
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Day 1 @ NRF Javits New York - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

Day 1 @ NRF Javits New York

  It was our first visit and a bit overwhelming initially. But as we found our footing it was q...
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Seasonality gone out of the window? Tesco easter products on display Jan 2nd...

Seasonality gone out of the window? Tesco easter products on display Jan 2nd...

Was going to check out what Tesco did with their Christmas shelves in the new year. We were sligh...
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The Boohoo & Missguided effect is creating new business in Manchester; this time LOTD - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

The Boohoo & Missguided effect is creating new business in Manchester; this time LOTD

Sitting in a cafe a day or two before Christmas 2017 we saw a bus with an advertisment promoting ...
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Europe's busiest shopping street to become a 'people only' place; London's Oxford Street to transform from 2018

Europe's busiest shopping street to become a 'people only' place; London's Oxford Street to transform from 2018

Oxford Street is being transformed to a people-only place in 2018, starting with closing the stre...
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China Watch: Self-Serve Convenience Stores

China Watch: Self-Serve Convenience Stores

Self-service stores is a big thing in China. At what point will Chinese companies lead and businesses like Amazon follow?
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Gamification - making online shopping fun! (a chat with Hullabalook)

Gamification - making online shopping fun! (a chat with Hullabalook)

Hullabalook aim to make product discovery fun from its current offices located in True.'s incuba...
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Last mile delivery using network of autonomous delivery vehicles

Last mile delivery using network of autonomous delivery vehicles

Last mile? Add wheels to parcel lockers and provide autonomous driving capapbilities!
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Show Review: FinTech Connect Live, Excel, London, UK. Dec 6-7, 2017

Show Review: FinTech Connect Live, Excel, London, UK. Dec 6-7, 2017

FinTech Connect Live, Excel, London, UK. Dec 6-7, 2017 Our score for this show is 4/5. We visited...
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Breakfast meeting @ Retail Week Prospect, 4 Dec 2017

Breakfast meeting @ Retail Week Prospect, 4 Dec 2017

As many other traditional publishers, Retail Week have suffered from a slump in paper copy sales ...
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Christmas Windows 2017: Piccadilly, Regent Street, Oxford Street and Argyll Street

Christmas Windows 2017: Piccadilly, Regent Street, Oxford Street and Argyll Street

Christmas window display on Regent Street, Oxford Street and Argyll Street. Hunter, Topshop, Tommy Hilfiger, Superdry, Burberry and more
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What is happening at Shop Direct? - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

What is happening at Shop Direct?

In 2017 Shop Direct lost three senior executives to Missguided. Why? Shop Direct was apparently ...
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A Review of AI Europe Conference, London Nov 21-22, 2017

A Review of AI Europe Conference, London Nov 21-22, 2017

The AI Europe conference, organised by Events Corp, was located on the third floor of the Queen E...
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Is the future of Retail Technology visual? | A review of Tech London Associates event Oct 3, 2017

Is the future of Retail Technology visual? | A review of Tech London Associates event Oct 3, 2017

Retail Technology: A Visual Future? This is a review of startup companies that we randomly met or...
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Trade show report: Ecommerce Expo, London, September 2017

Trade show report: Ecommerce Expo, London, September 2017

Our verdict (of 5): Admittedly we visited Ecommerce Expo in 2016 and were very impressed and the...
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What has Walmart and Farfetch in common?

What has Walmart and Farfetch in common?

The answer is: An interest in the Chinese online market. In June 2016 Walmart acquired a 5.9% sta...
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New CMO at Farfetch: Third CMO since 2013!

New CMO at Farfetch: Third CMO since 2013!

Farfetch appointed its third CMO since 2013 in May 2017. No other position has changed to the sa...
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Boozt.com, a Nordic Fashion Retail IPO success story

Boozt.com, a Nordic Fashion Retail IPO success story

Boozt.com, the PE- & industry-backed Swedish fashion etailer, listed on Nasdaq Nordic on 31 ...
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Farfetch's Store of the Future... is it already old?

Farfetch's Store of the Future... is it already old?

At a networking event yesterday (May 2017) we learned that not only does Intel, Deloitte and BT h...
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Our next Retail diagnostic report will be on... Arcadia Group (Topshop) - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

Our next Retail diagnostic report will be on... Arcadia Group (Topshop)

There are so many questions about the retailer, its presumed staged divestment of BHS, its [lack ...
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Styleintelligence on the panel at TechPitch 4.5 - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

Styleintelligence on the panel at TechPitch 4.5

TechPitch 4.5 is monthly pitch platform for tech startups. Thomas Andersson of Styleintelligence ...
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Who will buy Jimmy Choo?

Who will buy Jimmy Choo?

Since JAB went public with their intention to sell off Jimmy Choo there has been continued specul...
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The latest online retailer to go offline... Alibaba!

The latest online retailer to go offline... Alibaba!

Today we cannot just separate online and offline... wise words by Daniel Zhang, the CEO of Alibab...
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Arket (the sheet), H&M's new format following disappointing sales growth

Arket (the sheet), H&M's new format following disappointing sales growth

H&M today finally announced the name and type of new brand they are launching. This ends a pe...
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