Cafés provide the perfect grey area between home and work, but the ongoing pressure to buy more coffee or get out can be distracting and uncomfortable. Enter Russian 'anti-café' Ziferblat, where it's impossible to outstay your welcome.

Men's clothing store Hointer is out to revolutionise retail. Founded by a senior ex-Amazon employee, it combines the best of physical and digital in a customer-centric real-world experience that's as fast and efficient as buying online.

Technology is increasingly integrating into the world around us. But with people placing more and more emphasis on 'true' artisanal creations, can automated coffee-maker Briggo Coffee Haus win over its target market of connoisseurs?

With smartphone adoption rising across the developed world, the global race is on to figure out what exactly the 'mobile wallet' does – and how it can improve customer experience. McDonald's is rolling out mobile payments across the whole of France.