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.
Builders’ merchant, Bradfords Building Supplies, has transformed the way it merchandises its products online using a solution from Akeneo, the global leader in product experience management (PXM) and product information management (PIM). With better, enriched product data, Bradfords has
Same-day delivery business Gophr today announced its integration with global ecommerce delivery technology leader Metapack, empowering online retailers in the UK with faster and more sustainable deliveries.
IONITY, the leading high-power charging network in Europe, is helping retailers and landowners across the UK to bring in new loyal customers to their sites, generating additional sales from a new customer base of Electric Vehicle (EV) drivers and future
Cheetah Digital, a leading cross-channel customer engagement solution provider for the modern marketer, has announced it has strengthened its partnership with Castorama, part of the British DIYgroup Kingfisher, to rapidly scale its customer loyalty strategy.
Zapp, the 24/7 convenience delivery app, today announced the launch of Zapp Media Services, a full-service advertising platform for supplier brands that combines the speed to market of quick commerce with industry leading reach and consumer insights.
As we emerge from the pandemic, so to have the new hobbies and interests we discovered. Whether it’s a love for baking banana bread or taking up a new sport, we’ve all now got a desire to do more with
Price matching practices are becoming more exhaustive as retailers turn-up the heat on one another to stay ahead as the cost of living increases. An ever growing number of retailers are subscribing to Exhaustive Price Matching (EPM) – a new
Finaro, global cross-border payment provider and fully licensed bank empowering international commerce through brilliantly simple payments, has today announced a dynamic new partnership with Payrexx, the Swiss-based all-in-one cloud-based payment solution provider, to launch Samsung Pay for merchants in Switzerland.
The Restory, the leading provider in luxury aftercare, today announces its partnership with Brown Thomas and Arnotts, launching repair services in-store and online.
GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, announced today that it will handle logistics for the nationwide ecommerce of Majestic Wine, the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer.
Homebase, the home and garden expert, has selected RELEX, provider of unified retail planning solutions, to automate and optimise its supply chain processes. RELEX will service Homebase stores across the UK and Ireland, three distribution centres and online, supporting forecasting
DHL, a global leader in logistics, has rolled out what3words location technology to its UK Parcel App. From today, customers can add their what3words address in the Delivery Preferences section of the DHL Parcel App, enabling them to specify deliveries
InPost Group delivered strong financial performance despite tightening market conditions. Achieved market share and margin gains in Poland and advanced strategy to automate Europe’s e-commerce last mile post Mondial Relay acquisition.
VMware today announced that leading global retailer Carrefour France has achieved a critical milestone in its ambitious goal to move 50% of its applications to the public cloud by 2022. Using Google Cloud VMware Engine, the retailer has successfully completed
How many times has a shopper searched for a product on a store’s website only to get results that aren’t relevant—or worse, provided no search results at all? While most ecommerce sites have search capabilities, few accomplish their ultimate goal:
It’s up and away for leading balloon distributor Balloons Direct, the latest e-commerce merchant to sign up with Brightpearl to supercharge their multi-channel growth.
Blue Yonder, a leader in digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfilment, and Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, today announced a partnership to transform access to disparate data for supply chain management. Blue Yonder’s Luminate™ Platform, Powered by Snowflake, is
REWE has been offering Mobile Self-Checkout since 2019, testing different providers and solutions. Now, Scan & Go is being standardized on the solution of the Austrian provider shopreme.
Avery Dennison Corporation is pleased to announce new features to its atma.io connected product cloud, which will help transform how brands meet net-zero targets and reduce waste across the supply chain. Currently, over 22 billion items are managed by the
Aptos, a recognised market leader in retail technology solutions, today announced that Mulberry has deployed the company’s Order Management solution. The system – which serves as a centralised commerce hub to help Mulberry profitably manage orders through their lifecycle –
Leading e-commerce fulfilment technology provider Huboo has been announced as the Official eCommerce Partner of professional rugby team Bath Rugby as part of a multi-year agreement.
The British Fashion Council is again looking to match the in-person catwalk creativity displayed at London Fashion Week (LFW) and tailor the supporting digital experience. Appointed as the digital agency for London Fashion Week for the year, IBM will redesign
Founded in 1946, Silentnight is the UK's biggest bed manufacturer and an acknowledged superbrand. As the UK’s most trusted sleep brand, Silentnight is dedicated to ensuring that all their customers get a good night sleep.
Costa Express, Costa Coffee’s chain of on-the-go self-service machines, has seen increased availability, improved responsiveness, and more accurate stock forecasting thanks to its roll-out of RELEX Solutions’ replenishment and inventory solution to manage forecasting and replenishment between its sites and
Whether they meet customers online, offline, or in some combination, retailers share a big problem: How can they offer the right choices, when and how the customer wants, without overwhelming (and often losing) the buyer?
