Planet: Gen Z is driving UK’s significant retail spending abroad post-Brexit

British shoppers continue to be among the top five nationalities when it comes to Tax Free spending abroad, according to new findings from Planet, a global technology leader providing integrated software, payment, and technology solutions.

Excess containers stranded across Europe are causing congestion bottlenecks and space shortages at ports, warehouses, and storage yards, according to the March edition of the Europe Container Market Forecaster, published by Container xChange.

Manhattan Associates Inc in partnership with Google Cloud and Zebra Technologies, has announced the findings of what is claimed to be the industry’s first real-world analysis of Unified Commerce in specialty retail.

Thousands of industry professionals will gather on May 24th & 25th for the one-day event – which is free to attend.

Investment in devices deployed both in the back office and at the point of sale is increasing, with more than 900,000 units installed globally at end-2022.

Britain’s supply chain has been threatened with disruption like never before over the past decade, with Brexit, the pandemic, product shortages, border closures and the war in Ukraine slowing or stopping the passage of goods to their end customer.

Inflation is set to influence every aspect of retail for the next 12 months and beyond. In the first week of January, shop prices surged to 8%, hitting a record high, according to the latest figures from the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.

EKM, the software solutions provider for simplified managed print, remote service automation, and anything-as-a-service (XaaS) subscription enablement, has entered into an international partnership with Global Document Lifecycle Solutions Integrator, @DOCS, an end-to-end provider for document, records, print and visitor management solutions.

By Nina Müller, Director of The Ethical Commerce Alliance.

Social commerce could well be seen as a £700bn opportunity for retailers, however, there are serious concerns about the ethical validity and potential data security risks of this growing sales channel.

Businesses looking to transform operational performance in the warehouse should not be limited to choices from a single automation manufacturer.