Skip to main content

The STIQ Ltd BLOG

Industry 4.0 conference at the UK Manufacturing Technology Centre

Industry 4.0 conference at the UK Manufacturing Technology Centre

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Intelligent Manufacturing We visited the mtc in March for their "Intelligent Automation Dissemina...
Continue reading
Retailers! Adopt Alibaba's innovation processes to drive high street traffic. - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

Retailers! Adopt Alibaba's innovation processes to drive high street traffic.

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Learn how Alibaba has innovated in its Hema (Freshippo) stores.
Continue reading

Asian retailers are adapting technology on a different scale

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
TRUE Branding Shop in Thailand is using the very latest in vending machinery, the 3D rotating scr...
Continue reading
A review of LogiMat, 2019

A review of LogiMat, 2019

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
OUR VERDICT: LogiMAT is held annually at Messe Stuttgart in Germany. It is one of the key logist...
Continue reading
A review of EuroCIS, February 2019

A review of EuroCIS, February 2019

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
EuroCIS 2019 was a relatively small trade show spread out over two halls (9 & 10) at Dusseldo...
Continue reading
Should Amazon start technology licensing?

Should Amazon start technology licensing?

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Amazon had applied for 17,199 patents by February 9th, 2019 (source) Amazon has developed a numbe...
Continue reading
A review of Robotics at NRF 2019

A review of Robotics at NRF 2019

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Robotics is one of the more exciting spaces right now and while there was no lack of vendors at N...
Continue reading
NRF 2019 Review of Frictionless Stores

NRF 2019 Review of Frictionless Stores

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
A review of the frictionless store concepts on view at #NRF2019; Ai-Fi, Cloud Pick, Cisco, Toshiba, Zippin, and Soul-M. Only one of these appeared commercially available right now - Cloud Pick, a Chinese company.
Continue reading
How do you explain to your customers that their elbows look like Cheerios?

How do you explain to your customers that their elbows look like Cheerios?

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
At a recent visit to #NRF2019 we noticed a less than perfect working AI which apparently mistook ...
Continue reading
NRF 2019 (National Retail Federation), New York Jan 13-15

NRF 2019 (National Retail Federation), New York Jan 13-15

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
This simply is the place to be if you are into retail and retail technology. The show attracts 37...
Continue reading
A review of Noah London Conference, October 2018

A review of Noah London Conference, October 2018

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
A review of Noah Conference London, Oct 30-31, 2018. A list of retail technology companies looking for funding. Some of which may be looking at an IPO in 2019 (Farfetch presented at the conference in 2017 and IPO'd in 2018!).
Continue reading
Manhattan Associates #MAExchange in Amsterdam 2018

Manhattan Associates #MAExchange in Amsterdam 2018

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Push Possible Manhattan Associates organises an annual event in Europe for EMEA customers. This w...
Continue reading
Are ecommerce retailers prepared for coordinated consumer action?

Are ecommerce retailers prepared for coordinated consumer action?

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Security breaches are an almost daily occurence, but... On an almost daily basis we hear about se...
Continue reading
A review of eCommerce Expo, Olympia London September 26-27, 2018

A review of eCommerce Expo, Olympia London September 26-27, 2018

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Styleintelligence view: (down from 5 in 2017) eCommerce Expo is one of the largest ecommerce eve...
Continue reading
A review of Connected World Summit & AI Tech World

A review of Connected World Summit & AI Tech World

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Connected World Summit & AI Tech World Sep 25, 2018 Styleintelligence's view:  AI is merging...
Continue reading
A review of the FT Future of Retail event by Financial Times

A review of the FT Future of Retail event by Financial Times

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
FT Future of Retail Conference, 20 Sep, 2018 Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom Styleintellig...
Continue reading
This is how you do scaffolding in Harrod's style

This is how you do scaffolding in Harrod's style

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
20/09/2018: Passed by the famous Knightsbridge Harrods store on the way back from FT Future of Re...
Continue reading
Emart Everyday cashier-less store in Gangnam, Seoul

Emart Everyday cashier-less store in Gangnam, Seoul

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
We recently visited Seoul and Emart's latest cashier-less store which opened a few weeks ago in t...
Continue reading
Farfetch IPO - Our view

Farfetch IPO - Our view

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
After a relatively long period of media speculation, Farfetch has finally filed an intention to l...
Continue reading
The story of House of Fraser

The story of House of Fraser

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
01 August, 2018 The saga about House of Fraser has now rolled on from the Spring without any res...
Continue reading
What CEO's need to know about cannibalisation and exponential complexity of the omni-channel

What CEO's need to know about cannibalisation and exponential complexity of the omni-channel

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Online has led to widespread high-street store cannibalisation putting profitability at risk. CEO...
Continue reading
The real reason for the demise of high street retailers - customer service

The real reason for the demise of high street retailers - customer service

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Retail is detail... and customer service.  Long gone are the days when you could instruct your st...
Continue reading
Arket - interesting concept store, but lacking in details

Arket - interesting concept store, but lacking in details

·
Written by Haesoon Jung
We visited Arket on Long Acre in Lodnon's Covent Garden earlier this week. The store is located ...
Continue reading
A review of VR World Event - 2018 by Nexus Media

A review of VR World Event - 2018 by Nexus Media

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
If you are into 3D this will be for you! Our recent visit to VR World Expo 2018 yielded little t...
Continue reading
A review of RBTE 2018

A review of RBTE 2018

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
RBTE (Retail Business Technology Expo) is a yearly event now held in London's Olympia trade show ...
Continue reading
A review of Retail Without Borders by We Are Pentagon

A review of Retail Without Borders by We Are Pentagon

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Definitely worth visiting!  Retail Without Borders 2018 #RWB18 is one of the better conferences ...
Continue reading
How to measure customer delight?

How to measure customer delight?

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Customer feedback is normally an intrusive piece of research, post action/purchase /eating/etc. a...
Continue reading
Retailers IT estate the next battle ground for suppliers & partners? - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

Retailers IT estate the next battle ground for suppliers & partners?

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
On our recent visit to NRF2018 we saw the new piece of EPOS hardware Square payments had just rec...
Continue reading
A review of The Delivery Conference by MetaPack

A review of The Delivery Conference by MetaPack

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
  A five star event! The Delivery Conference receive a 5/5 star rating from Styleintelligence f...
Continue reading
Zara Concept Store in Westfield Stratford, London

Zara Concept Store in Westfield Stratford, London

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
  Yet another concept store open and we are still as keen as ever to check out the new awesome t...
Continue reading
APPLY: Fashion Tech Accelerator, closing Feb 28, 2018

APPLY: Fashion Tech Accelerator, closing Feb 28, 2018

·
Written by Haesoon Jung
Apply to the latest fashion tech accelerator at FTA, announced today! FTA has announced a partne...
Continue reading
Day 3 @ NRF Big Show, New York

Day 3 @ NRF Big Show, New York

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
  Final day at the NRF 2018 show. (images to come - upload speed is particularly bad at JFK airp...
Continue reading
Day 2 @ NRF Javits New York

Day 2 @ NRF Javits New York

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Day 2 of meeting up with retail technology suppliers at NRF, New York.
Continue reading
Day 1 @ NRF Javits New York - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

Day 1 @ NRF Javits New York

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
  It was our first visit and a bit overwhelming initially. But as we found our footing it was q...
Continue reading
Seasonality gone out of the window? Tesco easter products on display Jan 2nd...

Seasonality gone out of the window? Tesco easter products on display Jan 2nd...

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Was going to check out what Tesco did with their Christmas shelves in the new year. We were sligh...
Continue reading
The Boohoo & Missguided effect is creating new business in Manchester; this time LOTD - STIQ Ltd (t/a Styleintelligence)

The Boohoo & Missguided effect is creating new business in Manchester; this time LOTD

·
Written by Thomas Andersson
Sitting in a cafe a day or two before Christmas 2017 we saw a bus with an advertisment promoting ...
Continue reading