Top retail technology stories of 2019
Retail technology has made great strides in 2019. Computer Weekly shares what technologies that retailers were rushing to adopt how consumer behavior is changing. In an attempt to deal with today’s fickle’s customers, retailers have been implementing modern technologies to cater to shopper habits. Experimentation with different technologies, data, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mobile applications have made huge impacts in the industry. Some of the top trends in retail technology this year include:
- More than half of customers will shop for food online by 2021
- Fundamentals of retail won’t change despite tech disruption, say experts
- Retailers are using social to reach Gen Z and beyond
- Kellogg’s tests VR for developing merchandising strategy
- Retailers engineer new ways to recruit and retain IT talent
- Retail store technology is filling the ‘imagination gap’
To read the full list of trends, refer to the link below and read the full article on Computer Weekly.
