Logistics & Supply Chain Technology, Transportation & Distribution

Cybercrimes targeting online shoppers are most likely to come from outside the retailer’s business, according to a new report from Verizon Business.

ReachFive, provider of SaaS-based Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) for retail, has selected Google Cloud for a strategic global partnership that further expands ReachFive’s ecosystem and underlines growing demand from retailers to scale their digital transformation with reliable and secure cloud solutions that allow consumers to access personalised offers anytime and from any touchpoint.

The pandemic has transformed the high street, with smaller retail brands having to quickly innovate, and global household names becoming more agile to meet consumer demands and expectations.

Women comprise 41% of the supply chain workforce in 2021, up from 39% in 2020, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc.

By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa. 

Online retail sales are booming thanks to the pandemic and shoppers increasingly recognising the convenience of buying online. This is backed up by figures from the ONS that reveal ecommerce sales grew 46 per cent in 2020, compared with 2019. The fastest growth since 2008. 

One third of the UK public have not completed an online purchase in the past year due to a bad experience with a website or app, according to new research from brand strategy agency, Curious, in partnership with YouGov.

61% of end users say the right technology solutions empower professionalism.

Fear of buying from fraudulent websites (72%), damaged or delayed deliveries (72%) and issues with customs (68%) are putting UK consumers off from cross-border ecommerce purchases, new data suggests.

Abu Dhabi Terminals, in the presence of His Excellency Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, UAE Ministry of Artificial Intelligence (AI), has announced a partnership agreement with Microsoft that heralds the next phase in the digital transformation of Abu Dhabi’s flagship maritime asset, Khalifa Port.

LogRhythm has been selected by CDON, the Nordic region marketplace, to deploy its NextGen Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Platform.