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Skechers launches Luna, an AI stylist, at Singapore store

Skechers launches Luna, an AI retail assistant, at its new Punggol Coast Mall store in Singapore, offering personalised style advice via kiosk and Telegram.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 1st May 2025

Global Stories

Retail stories

Digital Transformation

Blackstone eIT & Nintex launch AI platform for risk control

Blackstone eIT and Nintex have launched an AI platform combining vision intelligence and workflow automation to boost real-time risk management across industries.

By Kaleah Salmon • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025

Customer Experience

Manhattan launches Shopify app to tackle £38B reported losses

Manhattan Associates launches a connector app on Shopify, offering retailers real-time inventory, order tracking, and diverse payment options to boost omnichannel fulfilment.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025

Customer Experience

Dresses & jumpsuits top returns as Aussies shop online

Data from birdsnest.com.au reveals dresses and jumpsuits top the return list in Australia, with a 31% rate from over 85,000 returns last year.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Fri, 16th May 2025

Robotics

ANZ firms boost AI investment to future-proof supply chains

Organisations in Australia and New Zealand are boosting investment in AI supply chain technologies to enhance resilience, productivity, and meet evolving customer demands.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 15th May 2025

Partner Programmes

GPC Asia Pacific adopts AI-powered platform to streamline supply chain

GPC Asia Pacific chooses RELEX Solutions to optimise forecasting and replenishment across 600 stores, aiming to improve inventory and product availability.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 8th May 2025

Digital Transformation

Retailers boost performance with personalisation & new tech

Cloudinary's survey reveals 93% of retailers see up to 4x better results from personalisation, boosting online and in-store customer experiences globally.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 6th May 2025

Retail

Athos Commerce refreshes brand to focus on retail innovation

Athos Commerce has rebranded, focusing on helping Australian retailers adapt to market shifts by optimising product discovery and boosting ecommerce growth.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 6th May 2025

Data Analytics

Personalised data & AI crucial for brands' future success

Circana's new report reveals how brands can boost customer lifetime value through personalised commerce, leveraging data tech and predictive analytics.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd May 2025

Unified Communications

Endava partners with OpenAI to drive enterprise growth

Endava formalises its partnership with OpenAI, joining the Beta Services Partner Program to advance AI-driven business transformation globally.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Mon, 28th Apr 2025

EduTech

Scalefusion launches in UK & Ireland to bolster cybersecurity

Scalefusion has launched in the UK and Ireland, offering unified endpoint management to bolster cyber security amid rising cyberattack risks in the region.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 28th Apr 2025

Customer Experience

Cost of living & supply chain woes top retail concerns

Retailers name the cost of living crisis their biggest challenge in 2025, with 56% citing it as the main concern amid economic uncertainty, says Fluent Commerce.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 25th Apr 2025

Software-as-a-Service

AI revolutionises seasonal pricing for retail & eCommerce

AI-driven pricing is transforming retail and eCommerce, enabling businesses to adjust prices in real time and boost profits amid seasonal demand shifts.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Tue, 22nd Apr 2025

Customer Experience

Identity fraud costs firms USD $7 million annually worldwide

Identity fraud costs businesses USD $7 million yearly worldwide, with Asia Pacific firms facing rising threats from sophisticated attacks, a new study finds.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Apr 2025

Stories from Other Regions

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Data Analytics

Strong data management could unlock AUD $115 trillion globally

Global firms could boost revenue by AUD $115 trillion through better data management, yet poor data integrity risks costing billions worldwide.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 14th May 2025

Disaster Recovery

Park Place acquires CSI to expand hybrid cloud services

Park Place Technologies has acquired UK-based CSI, bolstering its hybrid cloud services and strengthening support for legacy IBM infrastructures globally.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 7th May 2025

Data Analytics

Nexer names Gareth Mitchell-Jones UK Data & AI Lead

Nexer Enterprise Applications has named Gareth Mitchell-Jones as Head of Data and AI UK to drive advanced Microsoft-based solutions across sectors.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 2 min read • Sat, 3rd May 2025

Digital Transformation

H&M to deploy Honeywell tech for greener Southern Europe stores

H&M is set to enhance energy efficiency across 90+ Southern European stores using Honeywell's cloud-based building management, advancing its net zero goal.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 24th Apr 2025