Retail expert shares the top six eCommerce trends for 2023 and why businesses shouldn’t ignore them

Millennials and Gen Z are driving the demand for Metaverse fashion with a fifth having already made a Non Fungible Token (NFT) fashion purchase, the latest research from Centra, the headless commerce platform for fashion and lifestyle brands, reveals.

New research from NTT DATA UK&I, the IT services provider for the retail industry, has uncovered the struggles that retailers had to battle with during Black Friday this year.

There are over 60 million eCommerce users in the UK alone (Source: Statista), meaning the vast majority of UK residents now shop online. When a new generation of tech-savvy kids start shopping, the industry will only expand further, so it’s crucial that online retailers continue to innovate if they want to keep growing too.

By Ashley Klepach, Product Marketing Manager, FourKites.

According to a survey by the National Retail Foundation, retail returns jumped to an average of 16.6% in 2021 versus 10.6% a year ago. That adds up to more than $761 billion of merchandise that retailers expect will wind up back at stores and warehouses.

Kallik, the global provider of label and artwork management (LAM) technology, has launched what it describes as a unique mobile-based app for new and existing users of its Veraciti label and artwork management (LAM) solution.

If the headlines were to be believed, the 2022 Peak season was expected to be a low-spending affair by historical standards.

Sewell on the go has become the latest retailer to join forces with mobile app Gander to enable its customers to snap up reduced-priced foods and mitigate food waste. Its stores on Chanterlands Avenue and in Cottingham are the first to be integrated with the app.

Retail peaks such as Black Friday can seriously challenge intralogistics operations. Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) offer a cost-effective solution that will help remove much of the risk, smooth the spikes and ensure continuity of service to customers, writes Frazer Watson, VP-Sales UK/Ireland at mobile robot designer and manufacturer iFollow.

Customs4trade, the European SaaS platform for customs management solutions, has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Rupert Spiegelberg as its new CEO.

Canon Europe has announced that Hiro Imamura, Vice President Marketing & Innovation EMEA, Digital Printing & Solutions (DP&S), has been promoted to Executive Vice President DP&S, Canon EMEA.