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.
Shelfie expands its global operations by opening its Europe, Middle East and Africa regional headquarters in London, United Kingdom. This regional office is led by Yehia Oweiss, Shelfie vice president for EMEA, who joined Shelfie earlier this month.Shelfie expands its
Morrisons - one of the UK’s largest retailers - has appointed specialist firm, Access Point, to implement its commercialisation strategy. As part of the brief, Access Point will exclusively support the retailer’s in-house team by securing trading and promotional partners
Digital ordering platform, Preoday, and Optomany, specialists in secure, omni-channel payment processing technology, have announced a strategic partnership to provide hospitality businesses with innovative, integrated payment solutions.
Pyramid Computer, a leading manufacturer of self-service kiosks, today announced the new polytouch® 32 PE4000, the world's first system to combine four kiosks with touchscreens on a single pedestal.
8x8, Inc., a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of voice, video, chat, contact centre and enterprise-class API solutions powered by one global cloud communications platform, today announced its partnership with Halfords, the leading British retailer of car parts, bicycles, e-bikes, and bike
X5 Retail Group, a leading Russian food retailer, has designed a next generation self-checkout solution at its innovation lab. This is the first hardware and software product that X5 created all by itself, and the Company has already installed 67
Northfork, the shop-by-recipe platform for grocery retailers, is targeting UK operators having completed a major roll-out in the USA.
Ceridian, a global human capital management (HCM) company, is delighted to announce that Costa Coffee, the UK’s favourite high-street coffee retailer, has chosen Dayforce to manage their recruitment, HR and payroll processes as part of a wider people management
Qualtrics, the leader in experience management, today announced that Urban Outfitters has selected Qualtrics CustomerXM™ to optimize the retailer's global customer experience program across its physical stores and digital channels. Urban Outfitters will centralize customer data collected from its
Bold and refreshing wine retailer Rude Wines has selected Brightpearl to support its mission of providing quality wines to its customers in the UK.
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, is shifting its focus towards the digital consumer and is leveraging the powerful hybrid integration and API capabilities of MuleSoft’s Anypoint PlatformTM to unlock data from across the organisation and build an application
Ordered from adidas, delivered by Zalando: In Paris, the two long-term partners are running a test on how to efficiently steer logistics capacity. During the pilot phase, Zalando delivers goods on the same or next day from its own logistics
PayPoint is soon to launch the next wave of its national retailer survey, giving all independent retailers the opportunity to share their thoughts on how PayPoint is progressing and to help identify further areas for focus. This is in addition
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, continues to break new ground in the future of shopping with its prototype of an unmanned store. The Grab & Go Store concept offers shoppers a convenient, seamless purchasing experience through
Go Instore has announced it will expand its work with HP Inc. to deliver a true omni-channel shopping experience for HP customers in South Africa. The move follows the successful roll out of the initiative in a number of European
Funky Soap Shop has seen sales jump by two thirds after optimising its web store to create a smoother customer journey.
Co-op, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, has announced details of the first stage of its Retail Business Transformation programme (RBT), the biggest transformation programme the convenience store retailer has ever undertaken.
BlueSnap, an online payments technology company, today announced a partnership with Chargebacks911, a technology platform provider for loss prevention and dispute management, to offer comprehensive dispute management tools to users of BlueSnap’s payment processing solutions.
Europe’s first dispute management company, Chargebacks911, launches CPD-accredited (Continuing Professional Development) course in chargebacks for merchants to develop and enhance their understanding of payment disputes and proactively challenge them.
With the existing website running on a legacy platform, making changes and improvements to the website was both costly and time consuming. With an ambitious growth strategy, Whittard decided that upgrading its digital presence was critical to replicating its
Signifyd has launched Signifyd Seamless SCA, a pioneering set of modern secure payment services that meets the requirements of the PSD2 regulation and allows retailers to optimize revenue while providing their customers with friction-free buying experiences that cultivate return shoppers
Aptos, Inc., a recognised market leader in retail technology solutions, today announced that Skechers, a global footwear leader, has selected the Company’s point of sale solutions to modernise its technology footprint in Skechers-owned direct-to-consumer distribution channels.
If you have ever struggled to picture how that new food processor will sit on your worktop next to the coffee machine, how that big fridge freezer will look in your kitchen, or just wanted to be able to prove
FreshStop, the largest and fastest growing convenience store retail brand in South Africa, has launched a Rewards App that enables customers to earn cash back simply by shopping at one of its more than 300 FreshStop at Caltex stores located
Wincanton is launching ‘Virtual Access to Storage and Transport’ (VAST) to make finding and selling warehouse space quick and easy, via www.oneVASTwarehouse.com.
