Tesco electrifies deliveries to more than 400 city centre stores
In an industry first, Tesco has become the first retailer to launch a zero-emission electric lorry to make deliveries from its distribution centres to stores in city centres.
Articles in category: Retail Technology
Retail technology news on innovation, integration, rollout and the people behind developing retail technology systems. Be it payments, supply chain or chiller cabinets we cover the bits & bytes of retail tech.
Kalibrate launches competitive insights technology
Kalibrate, the recognised authority in location intelligence software and consulting, has launched Competitive Insights, software that enables retailers to see a real-time view of consumer’s footfall traffic patterns at a given location. Built for retail, restaurant, retail health, hospitality, retail
SPOKE London drives 6% revenue uplift with Wunderkind’s personalisation solution
SPOKE London, the custom-fit menswear brand, has grown its digital revenues by 6% partnering with Wunderkind, the leading performance marketing engine that powers personalisation at scale.
Zapp launches ‘Self-Love Store’ to deliver orgasms 24/7
Zapp, the 24/7 convenience delivery app, has launched a ‘Self-Love Store’, to coincide with International Female Orgasm Day, 8th August. The first rapid delivery ‘Self-Love Store’ has all the pleasure essentials including premium vibrators, water-based lube, along with other self-love
Tosca reveals how to unlock new efficiency with retail-ready bins
From unloading to stocking, restocking, and displaying products, grocery retailers rely on many manual processes to keep the daily operation running. The efficiency of these tasks, both behind the scenes and in the store, directly impacts profitability. Unfortunately, however, these
Unlocking the potential of online email marketing in 2022
Email marketing is an essential part of any online or offline business in 2022. Reaching out to past, present, and potential customers to let them know what you have on offer and to keep them up to date with news
GasBuddy celebrates 100M Users with $10,000 #BetterWithABuddy gas giveaway
GasBuddy, a PDI company, is celebrating 100 million app downloads since its launch in 2010. To mark this milestone, the company is giving users the opportunity to celebrate their lifelong road trip "buddies" and collectively win $10,000 in free gas.
DFS Furniture chooses Medallia for customer experience
Medallia, Inc., the global leader in customer and employee experience, has announced that DFS Furniture has selected Medallia as its experience management platform of choice.
Upstairs Downstairs takes multichannel operations to a new level
Furniture retailer Upstairs Downstairs is undergoing a new kind of makeover as the latest merchant to transform its multichannel processes with Brightpearl.
bp to invest up to £50 million in new global battery research and development centre in Britain
bp today unveiled plans to invest up to £50 million (around $60 million) in a new, state-of-the-art electric vehicle (EV) battery testing centre and analytical laboratory in the UK. bp has previously announced its intention to invest up to £18
PayPoint launches ‘Refer a Retailer’ scheme
PayPoint has launched a ‘refer a retailer’ scheme to reward PayPoint One retailers and encourage new retailers to sign up to the company’s PayPoint One offering.
Zapp debuts ‘Zapp Boutique’ – a way for customers to shop premium brands, delivered in minutes
Zapp, the fast growing 24/7 convenience app, has launched ‘Zapp Boutique’, becoming the first company in the quick commerce space to stock Daylesford, Dr. Barbara Sturm, OnlyRoses, Lelo, Trudon and a number of other premium brands.
Reactive Reality ties with Hugo Boss, allowing shoppers to try on clothes before buying via a virtual dressing room
Reactive Reality (www.reactivereality.com), the leader in virtual try-on and scalable 3D digitization developing photorealistic digital dressing room technology, today announces their partnership with German luxury fashion house, Hugo Boss. Launching today across Germany, the UK, and France, customers visiting the
Shepper’s data collection app gains 1,000 users per day due to cost of living crisis
As a direct result of the growing cost of living crisis, an innovative data-collection service app, Shepper, has seen a dramatic surge in popularity, with a 158 per cent increase in the number of users.
Marks & Spencer digitally transforms HR strategy to enhance business agility
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) has helped Marks and Spencer (M&S) digitally transform its HR function and align its future business goals and HR strategies to deliver a modern, digital employee experience.
Planning-inc unveils Unilyze to tackle the tensions marketers face when reviewing their data solutions
Leading first-party data agency Planning-inc has unveiled Unilyze, its new Customer Data Platform (CDP) solution to enable businesses to fully leverage their customer data and achieve sustainable growth.
Boots launches INNOVATE Agile Incubator, Powered by TCS PACE™ to develop new technology ideas
Tata Consultancy Services and Boots, a leading UK health and beauty retailer, announce the launch of the new INNOVATE workspace, powered by TCS Pace™, at the Boots headquarters in Nottingham. The new workspace is aimed at nurturing a start-up culture
How to induct new employees into digital aspects of business
In the digital age we live in, it comes as no surprise that most aspects of the business involve technology such as computers as a way of improving efficiency in the workplace. Whilst this will include using applications such as
Stuart expands same-day delivery options for Pets at Home, in collaboration with order management specialists OneStock
Same-day last-mile delivery specialists Stuart have partnered with Pets at Home and OneStock to create a best in class delivery service for pet owners across the country.
New tool from dunnhumby and VST gives brands instant access to Tesco planogram publisher
dunnhumby – a global leader in customer data science – and retail technology company VST have today announced the recent launch of Planogram Publisher, a consumer-packaged goods (CPG)-focused software product available exclusively in the UK as part of Tesco Media
Retail space experts CADS win Sainsbury’s Innovation in Technology award
Sainsbury’s has awarded retail spacing solutions company CADS for its innovative use of technology at the recent awards for the supermarket giant’s strategic partners.
Grocery app Yuu partners with same-day delivery company Gophr to guarantee one hour delivery
Scottish grocery app Yuu has announced a partnership with last-mile, on-demand delivery network Gophr, to deliver everyday essentials across Glasgow within 60 minutes as it looks to tackle the rise of ‘dark stores’ in Scotland.
BetterCommerce agrees partnership with AdYogi to accelerate growth for modern D2C brands
BetterCommerce, a leader in the provision of composable and headless ecommerce solutions for mid-market retailers and brands has announced a strategic partnership with AdYogi, a leading multichannel marketing agency with multi-disciplinary expertise across Google, Facebook and Instagram, underpinned by cutting-edge
HelloFresh selects Domo to support HR operations
Domo, announced that HelloFresh, the world’s leading integrated food solutions group, chose Domo to power its growing HR operations with transparent and efficient access to BI and analytics.
Adyen supports Etsy in reaching ten million buyer donations through donation feature Giving
Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, and Etsy, which operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world, announced today that Adyen has enabled ten million Etsy
