The QR codes offer the same functionality as barcodes at checkout while also being scannable by consumers with smartphones to access detailed product information such as allergen advice.

Shopify is about to hit the Target Plus marketplace. Target Corp. and the global e-commerce enabler are teaming to grow in a digital marketplace where even bigger players like Amazon and Walmart are duking it out.

Target has announced plans to roll-out a new generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool to team members at all of its nearly 2,000 stores by August.

Amazon.com plans to launch a section on its shopping site featuring cheap items that ship directly to overseas consumers from warehouses in China, tech news site The Information has reported, citing slides shown to Chinese sellers.

Fast Retailing, the owner of Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo, plans to put digital tracking technology in its supplier factories to help prevent its stores from running out of hot items.

UK parcel delivery company, Evri, has announced a £19 million investment in new plans to fast track the roll-out of electric cargo bikes. The move, which is expected to give Evri the UK’s biggest fleet of e-cargo bikes for parcel delivery, are part of a wider £19 million investment in sustainability.