New ‘Predictive Basket’ speeds up online grocery shopping
FACT-Finder has launched a new tool that uses machine learning technology to cut online grocery shopping time by two-thirds for consumers and speed up the buying process for retailers.
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Mobile user journey study: Product discovery a major barrier to sales
Weak mobile performance for brands is directly linked to poor product discovery, rather than mobile payments, according to a new study looking into the mobile user journey.
Brits lead France and Germany for online grocery shopping
Although 53% of people in the UK are doing some or all their grocery shopping online, there’s a massive gap between what consumers want, and what retailers are offering, according to new research.
Wagamama creates first ‘walk out and pay’ app with Mastercard
Pan-Asian restaurant wagamama today launches wagamamago, an app that it describes as ‘Uber for diners’ allowing customers to walk in, order, eat and for the first time ever, simply go.
Global AI trends: UK leads US for jobs
The UK’s artificial intelligence sector is growing faster than rivals in America, Canada and Australia – putting Britain on course to be the global leader in AI technology.
New in-app tool protect brands in programmatic environments
Integral Ad Science (IAS) has launched a mobile in-app solution, which will work to protect brands on programmatic platforms, including The Trade Desk, DoubleClick Bid Manager, Oath, Viant’s Adelphic, AppNexus, and MediaMath.
Guest comment: Can data help retailers understand the modern consumer?
With multiple different issues driving purchase and shoppers using different technologies to buy products, Uwe Weiss, CEO at Blue Yonder, asks how retailers can ever predict customer behaviour?
Google ‘removes more than 100 bad ads per second’
Google has released its annual report detailing the type and number of ‘bad ads’ they remove from their platform.
Fintech trends: Will bank tellers disappear within 10 years?
Financial sector leaders feel more positive than peers in other industries (89 percent) about tech change within their organisations, according to Fujitsu’s Tech in a Transforming Britain report.
Women in Tech – How long can we wait?
Inspiring the next generation into IT is clearly important, but says Zoe Cunningham, Managing Director, Softwire, the skills gap and gender imbalance will never be addressed without some radical thinking. There is a massive opportunity to use the new Apprenticeship Scheme to bring women back into the workforce as software developers – delivering both a … [Read more…]