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.
Kibo, a leader in unified commerce, announced that customer Helly Hansen increased performance in the U.S. and Europe with personalization from Kibo Personalization, powered by Monetate and Certona.
Henri Lloyd, the British heritage sailing apparel and fashion brand, has partnered with lifestyle focused e-commerce platform, Centra, to pivot to a digital-first, direct-to-consumer (DTC) only business model, built around its online flagship store, in response to the accelerated digitisation
Spoon Guru, the London-based AI powered food search and discovery technology start-up, announces today that it has secured a Series A funding round with W23, the Venture Capital arm of Australia’s largest retailer, Woolworths Group. The multi-million dollar investment
Leading digital guest experience platform, Paytronix Systems, recently announced a top market retailer had launched its loyalty program. That retailer was QuickChek Corporation. It operates 160 convenience store locations across New Jersey in the US. QuickChek has chosen to launch
Buymie has announced a new partnership with Dunnes Stores, Ireland's second most popular grocery chain, which will enable customers to order groceries from 24 stores in the greater Dublin area and in Cork City for same-day delivery. Under the
X5 Retail Group, a leading Russian food retailer that operates the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Karusel retail chains, has begun to implement a robotic telephone platform. The system, which uses speech technology to carry out various business functions, is a proprietary
Today, Bally, the heritage Swiss luxury brand established in 1851, confirms its latest commitment to digital-led operations, in conjunction with digital transformation leaders, Hyphen-Group. Following the success of its digital showroom, designed and built by Hyphen-Group in the wake of
Cleveron will pilot its first self-service screen and parcel robot integration together with telecom company Telia in Estonia. Telia will set up a “self-service pod” in a small town, where the company’s clients can connect with customer service through a
Marketplace-as-a-service pioneer Mirakl plans to invest at least £23.5 million in the UK market and create 40 new jobs within the next two years, the company has today announced. Despite Brexit, the French-headquartered business considers the UK to be of
Today, the Co-op is relaunching its membership offering and introducing more great value personalised offers to new and existing members alike in its food stores, while doubling funds being given to community groups.
Co-op Group, one of the world’s largest consumer cooperatives, has expanded its relationship with Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD) to include managed services and remote monitoring of self-service and point-of-sale (POS) systems throughout the UK. This comprehensive offering optimizes members’ shopping
Martin George, head of customer at Waitrose, has spoken in depth about the impact of COVID-19 on the business and how it has changed the future of retail at Advertising Week 2020. George covered the challenges Waitrose faced dealing with panic buying back in
One Identity partners help Jumbo Supermarkets maximise its investment in One Identity Manager.
Forrester today unveiled the touchless version of FeedbackNow, a real-time customer experience (CX) data collection solution at the point of experience to ensure the safety of customers and employees. As businesses reopen and travel becomes normal again, consumers expect safety,
Databricks, the data and AI company, today announced that it is helping Gousto deliver its ambitious 2022 growth plans as the data-driven recipe box prepares to triple capacity, creating over 1,000 new jobs in the process.
The EIT Digital-supported innovation activity Last Mile Autonomous Delivery (LMAD) has developed a software platform to operate multiple types of autonomous delivery robots (ADRs).
Etam, the largest lingerie brand in France and the seventh largest worldwide, has partnered with interactive live video streaming provider Bambuser to enable live shopping during the company’s Live Show, which will stream at etam.co.uk/liveshow today, Tuesday, 29 September
THG Ingenuity, the Technology Services division of THG Holdings, a global technology platform, specialising in taking brands direct to consumers, today announces a five-year partnership with Hotel Chocolat, the UK based luxury chocolatier. The agreement will launch the brand’s direct-to-consumer
Marks & Spencer and Quill, the UK-headquartered global leader in multi-language content production for e-commerce, have announced a new partnership which, through the delivery of Quill’s market-leading optimised content, will support M&S’s efforts to turbocharge growth at M&S.com.
From today, customers of Europe’s two largest shopping centres, Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City, will be able to shop till they drop comforted by the knowledge their mobile will still be fully charged even if their legs grow weary.
Ted Baker has fulfilled an extra 101,000 online orders in one year following a new omni-channel initiative, which sees a proportion of orders packed and shipped by stores.
Central England Co-op shoppers can now get their shopping delivered to their door in less than an hour thanks to a new eco-friendly service.
Market leading doll manufacturer Zapf Creation has enlisted The Bigger Boat to build, create and launch two websites for its Baby Annabell and BABY born brands.
xSellco, the connected e-commerce platform, has been named an official verified Google partner. The partnership will open up significant commercial opportunities to xSellco’s global client base of e-commerce sellers and comes at a critical time in the online retail calendar
Prestige skincare and makeup brand, Clarins, has driven online performance and grown email revenue thanks to a solution from Wunderkind (formerly BounceX), the leading behavioural marketing technology provider.
