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.
Clearpay, a leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) payments, known as Afterpay (ASX: APT) outside the UK and Europe, has announced new partnerships with top fashion and beauty brands - offering consumers more places to shop for the latest
PayPoint today announces the national roll-out of its Counter Cash service, which enables anyone to withdraw specific denominations of cash from £0.01 to £50, from participating PayPoint retailer partners. The service will initially be targeting specific areas of the UK
Critizr, Europe’s customer interaction management specialists, had today (20 October) announced the launch of WhatsApp within their leading Critizr Connection platform.
GoodBox, the fintech revolutionising how we donate, has partnered with the Costa Foundation to offer their award-winning contactless devices across Costa Coffee stores in a number of locations around the UK to support existing fundraising for the Costa Foundation. These
Demand for SnapFulfil’s functionally rich, cloud-based WMS has seen the technology innovator invest £2million in building its team to support growth.
Nedap, a global leader in RFID solutions, is selected by fast-growing sports and outdoor retailer XXL All Sports United to deploy its iD Cloud platform. The key driver for implementing RFID is to increase inventory accuracy, which results in high
Online fashion orders were boosted by ‘back to the office’ outfitting prompted by the steady return of workers to the office in September, the latest data from True Fit, the leading consumer experience platform leveraged by apparel and footwear retailers
Klarna, the leading global retail bank, payments and shopping service, today announces a package of changes to expand and strengthen it’s UK offering to give consumers more choice, clarity and control over how they pay. ‘Pay Now’ ensures UK consumers
Quantum Metric, a SaaS platform that helps organisations build better digital products faster, today announced a new partnership with iconic luxury fashion brand La Perla. Quantum Metric will help the global luxury fashion business elevate its digital shopping experience to
Caribbean cuisine entrepreneur Levi Roots and beauty and wellness megabrand founder Liz Earle are leading a new campaign to encourage UK small businesses to unlock the benefits of digital skills training to help drive their post-pandemic growth and prosperity.
AliExpress, part of Alibaba Group and one of the world’s largest online retail marketplaces, has introduced innovative logistics solutions in partnership with Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics arm. Ahead of the world renowned 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, this enables the Company to
The digital gift card and voucher market is reported to have grown in the UK by almost £1 billion, now estimated to be worth £6.9 billion. Recognising accelerating demand by consumers to shop digitally as well as physically, digital payments
The retail segment has come a long way during the pandemic. The initial shift towards an e-commerce model was a massive transition. While stores reopen, you cannot expect foot traffic to be as usual. Even if shoppers return, they will
Jewellery retailer, Daisy London, has appointed performance marketing agency, Journey Further, to manage its paid social activity.
Revolution Beauty’s fast-fashion approach to beauty sees it launch products weekly, with a highly engaged influencer and customer base involved in spreading the word. But Sally Minto, digital director, Revolution Beauty, shared: “We wanted to better surface trending items and
Funky Pigeon signs a new deal for real-time social proof messaging from Taggstar, highlighting to its customers which cards and gifts are popular, are trending and are selling fast - helping them to navigate the breadth of choices available to
Qlik® today announces that leading fast food chain Burger King has turned to Qlik to support its data and analytics business needs by consolidating data from different systems and improving the decision-making process at all levels within the business across
Piglet in bed, the digital-first, eco-friendly bedwear and linen retailer, has partnered with Wunderkind, the leading consumer engagement platform that scales one-to-one messages for retailers and brands, to power its personalisation capabilities.
Mirakl, the industry’s first and most advanced enterprise marketplace SaaS platform, and the boohoo group, leading online fashion retailer, today announced the launch of the Debenhams online marketplace. The marketplace allows Debenhams, leading UK fashion and beauty retailer, to evolve
Spanish fashion retailer, Desigual, has increased employee engagement and streamlined operational efficiencies in partnership with YOOBIC, the digital workplace solution for frontline teams.
The UK retail market is one of the most dynamic markets in the world, where consumers demand great products and an excellent customer experience, through any channel at any time. That is why Asda, one of Britain’s leading retailers with
Nedap Retail, the global leader in RFID solutions, today reveals the important role it played in generating a completely transparent supply chain and a seamless customer experience with G-Star RAW. The denim brand has selected the Nedap iD Cloud platform
Ubamarket has today announced their integration with one of the leading EPoS providers, Point Four. With a respective client base of over a thousand retail stores across the UK, the partnership will enable Ubamarket's retail technology to be implemented widely
Leading out-of-home and eCommerce delivery company InPost has today announced a new partnership with Tesco Plc, the UK’s largest supermarket chain.
The Data Privacy Group, the global data privacy compliance provider, announces the launch of its new layered configuration of the cookie compliance tool powered by OneTrust in a move to help clients meet current cookie regulations and future proof their
