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.
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., the world’s largest express transportation company, announces a new partnership with PayPoint. Through the partnership with PayPoint, FedEx will join Collect+, the UK’s largest independent store-based delivery and returns service. The association
ITG has been crowned winner in the ‘Innovation in Ways of Working’ category at the Oystercatchers Awards 2019, after delivering a tech-centric creative production model for its new client Co-op. The award coincides with the announcement that the Co-operative Group
Baukjen is introducing social commerce onto its website with the launch of a gallery of shoppable customer generated content. The premium womenswear brand is working with Curalate to harness social media posts, curating them on its home page and
The Stockholm-based luxury fashion house Acne Studios announces that they have chosen payments tech company Adyen today to deliver a first-class shopping experience for customers in APAC, North America and Europe – including its stores in the UK.
Openpay, the UK’s latest interest free payment solution, has today announced its latest partnership with Ideal World and Create and Craft, part of Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd, some of the UK’s most dynamic multi-channel retailers.
Damart, a leading European fashion brand, has revamped its customer experience, so that even the most traditional order methods – such as those using the postal service – are digitally integrated, using technology from Avaya Holdings Corp.
Independent fashion retailer, M&Co, has boosted overall online conversion rates by an extra 150 basis points (bps) and has seen a 27% increase in average order value (AOV) since implementing True Fit, the data-driven fashion personalisation platform, on their site.
Portech Systems, an expert in bespoke solutions for the enterprise mobile workforce, has launched the Urgent Android Migration service for organisations that have not started the planning process to migrate their Windows Embedded Mobile 6.5 devices and scanners.
UK retailers incorporating PayPal Credit into their online checkout have seen an average 15% incremental increase in sales, new data from PayPal reveals.
Symphony RetailAI, the leading global provider of AI-enabled retail solutions and customer-centric insights for retailers and CPG manufacturers across the entire value chain, today announced a five-year Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) contract with Poundstretcher which will see the discount retailer migrate its
The UK’s much loved and popular high street fashion retailer, Oasis, credits data driven video email marketing specialist Playable and AI marketing platform Emarsys for driving innovation in its email channel through the introduction of responsive, embedded video available immediately
APEXX Global, the first single marketplace for global payments, is today announcing that it has added international cross-border e-commerce giant, eShopWorld as a client, to support the payments process in Russia on its platform. eShopWorld is the global eCommerce partner
2019 to date has proven to be a record growth year for Klarna, and this is before the much anticipated shopping holidays. Each day thousands of new consumers are choosing Klarna, with especially strong preference building in the UK and
According to a UK consumer survey by nCipher Security, 23% of people in the UK don’t know how to tell if a website is secure and 53% will only feel “somewhat safe” if they see a formal seal of encryption
AiFi, the technology company creating the world's most advanced store automation systems, is powering and providing the Nanostore template for the new Albert Heijn digital store which literally “landed” at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
Travelex, a Finablr company and a market leading foreign exchange specialist, has today announced a new agreement with Transaction Network Services (TNS), a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions.
Spike will be assisting Rohan in developing an integrated digital marketing strategy, to boost their e-commerce performance in outdoor clothing via the web. In addition, there is a focus on using digital advertising to promote targeted Rohan locations whilst also
British luxury clothing brand, Hackett, achieved twofold (97%) growth in international online revenue only three months after partnering with cross border ecommerce specialist Global-e.
Following nine months of investment, graphic display specialist Leach has revealed a new ultra-slim wall-mounted system designed to bring further flexibility to the retail sector.
With Black Friday and Christmas just around the corner, new research from Santander reveals the perils of online shopping, particularly for young adults. Data from the bank shows a staggering four in five (82%) Brits aged 16–29 have been
wing, family-owned high street toy retailer in the UK, recently announced the launch of the new and improved website for The Early Learning Centre, ELC.co.uk, developed by LiveArea, the global commerce services provider. The new site aims to streamline the
Leading craft retailer Hobbycraft delivered a leading mobile experience using insight from their digital analytics platform, supplied by Contentsquare.
As the UK’s second largest supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s receives over five million supplier invoices a year. Thanks to itim’s invoice matching software, the accounts payable department is able to process 90 percent of invoices without manual intervention, ensuring that 98
One of the world’s leading sock retailers, Happy Socks, has chosen Sitoo as its global mobile point of sale (mPOS) system.
Space NK London Apothecary has partnered with Adyen, the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, to help the specialist, multi-brand, British beauty retailer enhance its ecommerce payment offering as the business expands internationally.
