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• CIO50 2019: #2 Shane Lenton, Cue Clothing Co.

  Cue Clothing Co. is at the vanguard of the reinvention of retail, says chief information officer, Shane Lenton.

• Mobile distracted shoppers buy more, study suggests

  ​A small study suggests people who use their mobiles while shopping are more likely to make unplanned purchases and forget items they had planned to buy.

• Coles goes on ‘digital network’ shopping spree

  Coles is set to digitise its stores with the rollout of a high-speed network across 2400 stores, supply chain and corporate sites in a bid to drive efficiencies.

• Wesfarmers' discounts to counter Amazon likely boosted sales, hit bottom line

  Wesfarmers is likely to say in its upcoming earnings report that annual sales are higher than ever before, despite the arrival of Amazon.

• Ivan Ortiz leaves UBET for LGIAsuper

  Ivan Ortiz has packed in his head of technology role at Australian bookmaking company, UBET, to take on a similar role in the financial services sector at LGIAsuper.

• Sharing the stories of the CIO50 2017: #2 Kim Wenn, Tabcorp

  Smartphones have transformed the gambling industry. Digital turnover for ASX-listed Tabcorp – which generated more than $2 billion in revenue in FY17 – grew by close to 14 per cent over the last financial year.

• Amazon launches delivery business for third-party sellers in Australia

  Amazon.com has launched its signature delivery business for third-party sellers in Australia, marking the latest phase of its expansion in the country.

• Kiwi retailer Foodstuffs to dump checkouts, deploy new AI tech

  Forget Amazon Go, real retail innovation is being rolled out by our friends across the ditch. Grocery shoppers in New Zealand will be the first in the world to trial new artificial intelligence technology that removes the need for checkouts at a Four Square store in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie.

• Amazon's Australian invasion begins

  Amazon has revealed it will create "hundreds" of jobs with the opening of its first Australian fulfilment centre in Victoria's Dandenong South.

• Aussie budget bot Cartman victorious in Amazon robotics prize

  A robot built by engineers from the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision (ACRV), and held together in part by cable ties, has won an international competition backed by online retailer Amazon.

• ​Latitude Financial Services in post-GE tech makeover

  Latitude Financial Services is adopting a cloud-first strategy, starting with a company-wide deployment of Workday, nine months after its separation from GE’s global organisation.

• ANZ draws Blade on CBA's Albert

  ​ANZ Bank will be releasing an all-in-one mobile point-of-sale device later this year to compete with the likes of CBA’s Albert.

• Galaxy S7 and mid-range phones boost Samsung’s profit

  Samsung Electronics’ flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones and sales of its mid-range devices in emerging markets have likely helped the company boost its operating profit in the first quarter.

• Here's how Hololens could transform car buying

  Microsoft's Hololens promises to merge the real and virtual worlds in ways that haven't been possible before, and on Thursday morning, it demonstrated one way the gadget could transform the way we buy cars and just about any other major product.

• Facebook may use Messenger to push into retail payments

  Facebook is pushing the concept of Messenger as a platform, with possible new features including retail in-store payments.