Apple sued for allegedly firing, threatening union organizers
iGiant urged to think different about workers' rights
Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 25
Retail
Amid the gloom of widespread layoffs, Fujitsu is hiring and acquiring
Buys GK Software and intends to put 1,600 new people on staff – some of them oldies
Software02 Mar 2023 | 7
JD Sports admits intruder accessed 10 million customers' data
No payment details exposed in breach, says retailer, but shoppers told to be 'vigilant about potential scams'
Cyber-crime30 Jan 2023 | 25
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
BROADER TOPICS
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
Spavined RadioShack to file for bankruptcy next month – report
May sell off some retail locations to Sprint
On-Prem16 Jan 2015 | 35
Dixphone's half-year P&L accounts are in. So much RED INK
Restructuring charges wipe out 'barnstorming' UK sales at Frankencorp
Channel17 Dec 2014 | 7
HORRIFIED Amazon retailers fear GOING BUST after 1p pricing cockup
Nightmare before Christmas courtesy of RepricerExpress
Networks14 Dec 2014 | 83
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