Technology

Environment lucks out as supermarket chain introduces biodegradable packaging to its own brand meat.

Retail Directions-led event aids Motor Neurone Disease victims.

Samsung's battle with Apple has intensified with a new Galaxy Smartphone revealed overnight.

RIM unveils a prototype of the Blackberry its commercial life depends upon - but shareholders appear unimpressed.

Jon Bird questions what tomorrow's generation is going to expect in stores... and finds the first examples.

Phones drive record quarterly sales and profits for Korean giant. 

BlackBerry says it could take years to recover from its current woes.

Company taps into Japan's fear of disaster by introducing a shopping bag that doubles as a safety helmet.

Large screens boost value of Australia's TV market.

Estonian company develops virtual dressing room for online shoppers.

African start-up responds to Zimbabwe's currency shortage with an internet payment platform offering "mobile airtime".

Discount department store pushes e-commerce by trailing a body scanner project of sci-fi proportions.

Luxury label celebrates the launch of a new flagship store in Beijing with a "holographic" catwalk show.

Smartphone app lets retailers notify their customers directly in real-time about items reaching expiry date.

Japanese company creates a scanner that reads items based on appearance rather than barcodes.