Retail Technology, EPoS, Retail Supply Chain, e-Commerce

By Orly Bar Lev, Cybersecurity expert, Mimecast.

The holiday season is fast approaching, and consumers are turning to online websites to they make purchases– leaving them exposed to fake websites impersonating legitimate brands consumers know and love.

Six months after COVID-19 started making its mark across the world, lockdown restrictions and widespread working from home offices have caused many consumers to rethink their shopping habits. Retail technology company Conversity believes that understanding the intricacies of these new mindsets is vital if brands are to thrive in the post-pandemic world.

Ergonomic Solutions provides an added layer of protection across its product range designed to repel bacteria and offer an enhanced sense of wellbeing to customers at the POS, payment and service points, where the company’s solutions are installed in future.

With 2020’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday predicted to be the busiest ever, eCommerce expert Optiseller is urging online retailers to make sure their data is in good shape, or risk missing out on valuable sales.

By Stephen Burnley, Client Delivery Manager at technology and engineering company, Expleo.

It’s a no brainer that technology is central to retaining a competitive edge for most businesses today. But the rapid rate of technological development, both for end users and in the ‘back office’, has made it difficult for companies to judge which systems and tools they should invest in – and further, how to evaluate the success of these investments.

The business disruption caused by COVID-19 has resulted in four out of five (82%) retailers changing their approach to stock management and is driving five retail supply chain trends.

The Posiflex Group has responded to rising demand from customers in Europe by recruiting a seasoned executive to boost the European sales and marketing operations in its KIOSK subsidiary, a manufacturer of kiosks and interactive displays.

With consumer behaviour drastically changing as a result of Covid-19, just under a half of UK shoppers (44%) plan to complete their Christmas shopping online this year – with a majority (42%) looking to turn to Amazon first. This is according to newly released findings from Episerver, the customer-centric digital experience company.

Supply chain resilience has never been more important. Global markets are apt to change at a moment’s notice, often a result of dramatic shifts in consumer demand and availability of products – as can be seen most recently, in the restriction in component supply due to global lockdown. These sudden changes in demand can affect manufacturers in every sector.

Online sales will be critical to retailers’ survival over the festive period, as the second-wave of COVID-19 measures hit, according to new research from logistics platform 7bridges and YouGov.