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.
With the global supply chain crisis still raging, the need for agile, accurate demand planning has never been greater. With SAS Cloud for Intelligent Planning, retailers and consumer goods manufacturers can anticipate shopper needs and shipping disruptions more effectively. The
Global insight provider IGD has published its predictions for the global retail trends that are set to shape the international food and consumer goods industry in 2022.
Vilebrequin, the French luxury brand specializing in swimwear, has appointed IMG to extend its brand globally through product and brand licensing partnerships, in a multi-year global deal.
Independent clothing brand Busby & Fox is dressed for success after signing up with Brightpearl to amplify their growing, multi-channel retail business.
ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company that makes work, work better for people, today announced that it has agreed to a deal with Asda to improve its colleague and customer experience, and to drive business value and innovation. Leveraging the
Leading variety store chain Flying Tiger Copenhagen today announced it is rolling out MishiPay’s mobile self-checkout solution to its UK stores. The announcement comes following a successful trial across stores in Denmark, Sweden and Norway that generated positive feedback on
Nedap, the global leader in RFID solutions, has been selected by major French-based womenswear retailer Promod to deploy the iD Cloud platform throughout its stores. After rolling out to Promod’s own retail stores, the aim is to connect international partner
Norwegian sports and leisure retailer GetInspired.no’s real-time social proof messaging trial delivered a 9.05% conversion rate uplift in only 22 days and marks Taggstar’s first Norwegian-based customer.
A scheme enabling Heart of England Co-operative Society shoppers to snap up cut-price bargains from the shelves and reduce food waste has been hailed a success in its first year.
Klarna today announced it is teaming up with the Chicago Bulls, the legendary franchise of the National Basketball Association. The partnership will promote Klarna’s all-in-one shopping service and popular interest-free Pay in 4 option to Chicago Bulls fans, with the
Robert Dyas, a UK-based garden, DIY, electricals & homewares retailer, will enhance its competitive data monitoring with Competera's Competitive Data solution and consulting partner KIVALUE. The partnership is the first step of the retailer's pricing journey to AI-based price optimisation.
Leading high street retailer River Island has partnered with Segura, the leading platform for next generation supply chain transparency, to ensure its suppliers are ethical, sustainable, efficient and compliant. Segura is the only solution in the market that enables companies
With a continued focus on innovation and the customer experience, menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt ran a social proof messaging trial to test the concept with its discerning customer base. The strategy worked, delivering an impressive 1.8% conversion rate uplift and
Perfect Corp., the leading artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) beauty and fashion tech solutions provider, partnered with leading beauty brand, M·A·C Cosmetics, and online product sampling platform, SoPost, for a first-of-its-kind digital-meets-physical personalized product sampling experience for M·A·C
Sensei, the leading European provider of autonomous stores, has partnered with global, edge-to-cloud company Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) as its original equipment manufacturer.
Contentsquare, the global leader in digital experience analytics, today announced its partnership with global end-to-end ecommerce platform, THG Ingenuity.
Diebold Nixdorf has announced a major update to its ongoing partnership with East of England Co-operative Society, one of the larger consumer cooperatives in the U.K. with 122 stores. The retailer has deployed more than 180 DN SeriesTM EASY eXpress
With the global supply chain crisis still raging, the need for agile, accurate demand planning has never been greater. With SAS Cloud for Intelligent Planning, retailers and consumer goods manufacturers can anticipate shopper needs and shipping disruptions more effectively. The
Long promised in the land of science fiction, augmented reality technologies are now finally entering the mainstream. Though their primary uses are often touted in gaming and medicine, almost any business could see significant advantages through the integration of this
dunnhumby, the world’s leading retail data science organisation, has today launched dunnhumby Sphere, an all-in-one customer first retail media platform.
Fix Price, one of the leading variety value retailers globally and the largest in Russia, announces that it will roll out self-service checkouts at all new company-operated stores in Russia. The first batch of self-checkouts are scheduled to be delivered
Tecsys Inc., an industry-leading supply chain management software company, is pleased to announce its growing leadership position in the footwear industry across its Omni™ and Elite™ software platforms and its capacity to meet the specific requirements involved in omnichannel distribution
Ulisse, a new physical space analytics platform for connected spaces, is launching the only radar and computer vision-based IoT AI platform to help retailers turn their spaces into intelligent places to improve overall experiences and results. Also appropriate for office
Zellis, the UK and Ireland’s leading provider of payroll and HR solutions, is delighted to announce the renewal and extension of its Managed Payroll and HR Services agreement with Boots, the leading health and pharmacy retailer.
Kantar, the world’s leading data-driven analytics and brand consulting company today announces the acquisition of all software intellectual property (IP) and the development team from MindIT, the Bologna, Italy-based artificial intelligence (AI) company. MindIT, a spin-out from Bologna University, is
