Retail

Walmart runs creepy 'advergame' on Roblox, where kids can make toy wish lists

Toys that can then be purchased at... you guessed it, say critics in letter to watchdog

Offbeat25 Jan 2023 | 2

Japanese convenience store chain opens outlet staffed by avatars and robots

Like Clippy, but for snacks, booze, and cigarettes

AI + ML29 Nov 2022 | 55

Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech

Comment Alexa, how does Amazon decide when the grand plan for conversational commerce has failed?

Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 228

Amazon CEO says company will slow hiring rate, no hard return to office planned

Anyone fancy renting some office space?

PaaS + IaaS08 Sep 2022 | 2

Big Apple Apple Store workers hope to form union

Amazon staff success spurs similar spirit in NYC for a sporting share of super-profits

Personal Tech19 Apr 2022 | 19

Funky Pigeon pauses all orders after 'security incident'

Parent WH Smith says no customer payment data exposed, according to current investigations

Security19 Apr 2022 | 17

US biz to blow $120bn on AI by 2025, says IDC

Get ready for machine-made decisions, whether you're shopping, banking, reading, working

AI + ML17 Mar 2022 | 4

Microsoft tweaks Teams and Viva to help bridge gap between frontline workers and their managers, among other things

Want a pay rise and paid leave? Can't help you there. Need better workplace tech? Walk this way...

Off-Prem12 Jan 2022 | 21

No cards, thanks, we're contactless-less: UK supermarket giants hit by card payment TITSUP*

Money talks in Morrisons and Co-Op

SaaS26 Jan 2021 | 48

It's 2020, so let's just go ahead and let Amazon have everyone's handprints so it can process payments

Read mine off my forehead, Jeffrey

Science30 Sep 2020 | 59

We've reached the endgame: Bezos 'in talks' to turn shuttered department stores into Amazon warehouses

Gutted Sears, JC Penney locations could become 'fulfillment centers'

Personal Tech10 Aug 2020 | 59

Amazon launches itself into retail IT with 'all the necessary technologies'. Not saying which, but you know...

We have to Just Walk Out of that shop, right? Oh... with products

SaaS10 Mar 2020 | 20

A stranger's TV went on spending spree with my Amazon account – and web giant did nothing about it for months

Crook exploited security hole, hijacked punter's bank cards

Security31 Oct 2019 | 155

Margin mugs: A bank paid how much for a 2m Ethernet cable? WTF!

El Reg brings you the hall of shame

Channel28 Sep 2019 | 211

Know the enemy and know yourself: Walmart's new chief techie spent 15 years in the Amazon

Updated So grocery giant need not fear the result of a hundred battles – at least that's the theory

On-Prem29 May 2019 | 24

Holy high street, Sainsbury's! Have you forgotten Bezos' bunch are the competition?

AWS Summit London Supermarket chain helps Amazon, er, live well for less through AWS

SaaS10 May 2019 | 21

Amazon is at this point a money-printing cloud machine with a grocery store in the parking lot

$3bn-a-quarter in profit and most of coming in from AWS

SaaS26 Oct 2018 | 36

A story of M, a failed retailer: We'll give you a clue – it rhymes with Charlie Chaplin

Comment You got to give credit – but critically, only where it is due...

On-Prem26 Sep 2018 | 124

Maplin shutdown sale prices still HIGHER than rivals

UK tat bazaar enters final death spiral

Channel14 Mar 2018 | 192

Worldwide smartphone shipments DOWN for first time ever

Chinese phone giants grow, Apple and Samsung hit

On-Prem22 Feb 2018 | 30

Shopped in Forever 21? There was bank-card-slurping malware in it for, like, forever

For seven months, fashion shop's POSes were real Ps of S

Security03 Jan 2018 | 24

Amid all the fanfare and cheerleading, Amazon's AWS growth is slowing

'Meteoric' success downgraded to mere 'rocketing'

SaaS28 Apr 2017 | 7

BezosBux: Amazon gets into scrip game with Cash scheme

Payment system lets punters use quaint concept of 'paper money'

On-Prem03 Apr 2017 | 19

Apple Store in Pennsylvania hit with discrimination complaint

Ex-worker claims African-American shoppers were targeted

On-Prem31 Mar 2017 | 37

Google to Chrome-plate our shops with creepy mood-sensing AI signs

Google Next '17 You look down – why not buy some stuff to cheer yourself up?

AI + ML08 Mar 2017 | 20

You know how online shops love to keep tabs on you? Now it's coming to the offline world

Intel taps IoT tech to gather stats on shoppers

Edge + IoT18 Jan 2017 | 42

Apple ordered to cough up $2m to store workers after denying rest breaks

Now, each of you, take this check for $95 and get the hell out of my sight

Legal13 Dec 2016 | 35

FYI: Amazon's corner stores scan your plates

Convenience shops want to know when you're driving up

On-Prem12 Oct 2016 | 18

Big Red alert: Oracle's MICROS payment terminal biz hacked

Shops, hotels worldwide warned after support portal pwned

Channel08 Aug 2016 | 18

Did mock cop bot trot on fraught tot? Maybe not

Mall patrol droid maker hits back at claims its machine ran over a kid

On-Prem15 Jul 2016 | 44

Dixons, UK's fifth 'emergency service', brushes off Brexit scare stories

CEO: 'volatility inevitable' but look at our fiscal '16 financials, we are peerless

Channel29 Jun 2016 | 20

You Acer holes! PC maker leaks payment cards in e-store hack

Lost info includes names, addresses, numbers and security codes

Security17 Jun 2016 | 22

Australia's Dick finally drops off

Vulture South ventures visits troubled tech retailer Dick Smith on its last trading day

On-Prem17 Apr 2016 | 79

Want a job in security? Lock down US military's supermarkets

American officials fear commissaries will fall to hackers

Security08 Apr 2016 | 10

Nearly a million retail jobs will be destroyed by the march of tech, warns trade body

Switch from physical to digital, move to analytical

On-Prem29 Feb 2016 | 88

IBM introduces fleecing-you-as-a-service for retailers

And the price is … whatever the cloud says you'll pay. And maybe more

Software18 Jan 2016 | 23

Forget the drones, Amazon preps its own cargo container ship operation out of China

Wow, beat that, Docker

On-Prem15 Jan 2016 | 16

US House okays making internet tax exemptions permanent

Trade deal includes forever renewal of banning ISP charge

Legal11 Dec 2015 | 53

Many UK ecommerce sites allow ‘password’ for logins – report

As well as ‘abc123’ and ‘123456’, would you believe

Security20 Nov 2015 | 48

Microsoft is about to launch a UK store within a store

WLTM new partner, GSOH, extra storage space desirable

Channel12 Nov 2015 | 17

iOS 9 update set to bork 'hundreds of thousands of EU businesses'

Can’t pair, won’t pair, says iZettle

Security22 Sep 2015 | 54

Embarrassed Amazon admits to actually MAKING MONEY as cloud biz blooms

Investors blindsided by unexpected profit

SaaS23 Jul 2015 | 3

It's official – HP really will get you a Windows 10 PC on July 29 (barely)

Better order early, though

Personal Tech15 Jul 2015 | 11

Apple Watch sales in death dive after mega launch, claims study

That's according to inbox-snooping market researchers

Channel07 Jul 2015 | 42

Buh bye fakers? Amazon tweaks customer product reviews system

Retail giant hopes machine learning will weed out tricksters

Software21 Jun 2015 | 65

Facebook tosses creepy Place Tips beacons at stateside retailers

Bluetooth and location turned on? Then watch out, sucker shopper!

On-Prem09 Jun 2015 | 31

Gasping for an Apple Watch? You'll have to tremble and shake for two more weeks

But seven more countries will soon be able to join the queue

Personal Tech04 Jun 2015 | 6

Microsoft: Here's what you'll cough up for Windows 10 next year

Retail pricing revealed

OSes01 Jun 2015 | 45

'Nokia store? I dunno no Nokia store. This here's a Microsoft Reseller'

Redmondification of Nokia's former retail presence begins

Personal Tech14 May 2015 | 22

Systemax CEO closes 31 retail stores in US as losses widen

Anyone want to buy a globo B2B tech reseller for $385m?

Channel11 Mar 2015 | 6

Amazon tries to patent 3D printers on trucks

Who needs distribution hubs when you can make kit in the delivery van?

Legal25 Feb 2015 | 36

Online retail giant Amazon GOES TITSUP ACROSS EUROPE

Prime vid service AND Fire apps hide under weekend duvet

On-Prem15 Feb 2015 | 37

RadioShack lists 1,800 stores facing the axe across America

You've got questions, we've no longer got any answers

On-Prem10 Feb 2015 | 30

Bankrupt RadioShack to close up to 2,900 stores, share others with Sprint

Carrier to prop up ailing retailer with store-within-store plan

On-Prem06 Feb 2015 | 25

Bankruptcy could see RadioShack close doors for good – report

Penny-priced stock to be delisted from NYSE

On-Prem03 Feb 2015 | 36

Amazon, flush with cash, says it will let you peek inside AWS' pants

Plans to break out numbers for cloud biz for first time this year

SaaS30 Jan 2015 | 1