UK Q3 retail performance expected to dip -1 point, as interest rate misery sinks...
Retail performance faces a tipping point in Q3 2023, according to the KPMG/RetailNext Retail Think Tank (RTT), an independent board of retail experts, as...
Lidl GB Adopts Electronic Shelf Labels in Nationwide Rollout
Lidl GB has embarked on a transformative journey, announcing a switch from traditional paper pricing tags to Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) across its entire...
The Barcode At 50: The Universal Tech Icon That Changed the World Forever
There’s more to the barcode than meets the eye—or ear—with the familiar, expected “beep” when scanned. It revolutionised how the world conducts business across...
E-commerce Payments in 2025: How Businesses Can Survive and Thrive in a Tough Economic...
The e-commerce sector has seen major technological changes and dramatic growth over the last half-decade. Despite an economic downturn and evolving consumer behaviour, there...
Black Friday spending soars to beyond pre-Covid levels
Black Friday spending levels have surpassed the previous two years, provisional data has indicated.
Figures from Barclaycard – showing credit card spending from midnight to...
Klarna Introduces Flexible Payment Solutions to Boots.com and App in the UK and Ireland
Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has today announced the launch of its flexible payment options on boots.com and in the Boots app...
More than a quarter of payments in 2020 were contactless as cash use plunged
More than one in every four payments last year were contactless as cash use plunged, according to figures from a trade association.
Coins and banknotes...
£15.4m lost to scams last Christmas
Scam online shopping “bargains” that turned out to be too good to be true cost shoppers £15.4 million over Christmas last year, according to...
Elavon and Woo to Elevate Small Business Payments Offering
Elavon, a global payments company, will work with Woo to help micro and small businesses take online payments.
Woo is the maker of WooCommerce, an open-source ecommerce...
Deadline to implement Strong Customer Authentication fast approaching
Retailers with an online presence need to ensure they fully support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) by 14 March 2022 or risk customer purchases being...