Woolworths has launched its shopping app for Android, following strong demand from its iOS cousin.

Supermarket retailer, Coles Group, is gearing up for Cloud computing, the consumerisation of IT, and Big Data as the company ramps up an improved IT strategy.

The Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA) has estimated it will take up to a year before consumers feel comfortable with contactless credit card technology.

Supermarket giant Coles should reconsider its "disappointing" decision not to publish its in-store grocery prices online, a leading consumer group says.

Social networking, improved site content and utilising analytics are the top areas CIOs need to be looking at in the online retail space.

It all started, as these things sometimes do, with a chicken.