Earlier this week, we reported that Rohlik Group, a European online grocer and tech specialist founded in 2014 in the Czech Republic, was launching Veloq, an AI driven grocery fulfillment platform that has powered its growth across five markets. It’s a bold move that sees Rohlik Group parking its ta| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
It's Friday, the weekend is almost upon us, so let’s kick back and reflect on another eventful week for the retail systems space. Here's your briefing on the most important stories from the past few days, including JD Sports, VoCoVo, Vista Technology Support, Currys, WelcoMe, M&S, Rohlik Group,| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Uber Technologies and DICK’S Sporting Goods have announced a new partnership that brings the retailer’s selection of sporting goods, athletic apparel, footwear, team sports gear, golf equipment, fan merchandise and more to the Uber Eats platform.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
A panel of experts from Selfridges, Wayfair and Team Internet share their experiences of using Extended Reality at London Tech Week.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Invent.ai has been selected by Five Below to optimise demand forecasting and replenishment through AI driven technology. Five Below currently operates over 1,800 stores in the United States. It needed an inventory optimisation solution that could account for its diverse product categories and invent| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Retail Technology Innovation of the Week is a series brought to you by RTIH, and sponsored by 3D Cloud, highlighting stand out deployments, launches, and initiatives by retailers and tech suppliers. And this week we’re focusing on IKI Lithuania, a supermarket chain owned by REWE Group, that has laun| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Do you like numbers? Do you like retail systems news? Then this is the article for you. Including Tesco, Bloomreach, Instacart, Costco, Tastewise, M&S, Poundland, FreedomPay, Wonder, Walmart, JD Sports, and Believ.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his top ‘future of retail’ systems launches and deployments from the past week, including IKI Lithuania, StrongPoint, Yoti, Starship Technologies, Debenhams Group, Peak AI, Rohlik Group, Walmart, Currys, Jisp, Westfield Rise, Simbe, Carrefour, and Amazon Just| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
VusionGroup reports installation of its electronic shelf label (ESL) solution for grocery retailer, IGA, with over 8,500 of these deployed across its French's Forest store, located north of Brisbane, Australia. This automates pricing and promotions across all categories, streamlining operations and| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Kumaran Adithyan has become a non-executive board director at Fair for You. He is currently General Manager, Global Electronics and Home at eBay and has been at the online marketplace giant since 2017. He previously worked at Walgreens Boots Alliance, the owner of health and beauty retailer Boots. A| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Buy now pay later specialist Klarna has partnered with Nift, an AI powered gifting platform, to deliver personally tailored gifts to shoppers. “We constantly look for innovative ways to elevate our customer experience by making shopping with us more personal, pleasant and rewarding,” says David Sand| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Parcel locker network, YEEP!, has hit its 1,000th live location with a new installation at a Motor Fuel Group (MFG) forecourt in Haverhill, UK. This went live at the end of May at one of MFG’s high footfall sites.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Remember when shopping meant physically going to a store, browsing items on shelves and paying with cash or card at a register? Those days feel increasingly distant as retail undergoes a massive digital makeover.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
VusionGroup has announced a partnership with Carrefour to trial what is pitched as a new generation of connected stores powered by EdgeSense technology. Carrefour becomes the first major European grocer to adopt the tech, following its deployment by Walmart in the US. Combining AI, computer vision,| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
As global conflicts, extreme weather and changing consumer behaviour put pressure on supply chains, a London Tech Week panel of leaders from Tesco, Unilever and DHL shared how they are using new technology to mitigate risks and increase efficiency.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
IKI Lithuania, a supermarket chain owned by REWE Group, has launched AI driven age estimation technology in its stores. It worked with StrongPoint, IKI and Yoti on the project.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
We're hugely pleased to announce Vista Technology Support as Headline and Drinks Reception Sponsor for the 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards. The company is the UK market leader in delivering IT technology deployment and support services in retail, hospitality, healthcare and entertainment sectors.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Bloomreach has released a new research report, How AI is Teaching Us To Shop Like Humans Again, which examines AI’s underlying impact on consumer shopping habits and expectations. Comprising data from two surveys, each conducted with more than 1,000 consumers in the United States, this found the maj| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Instacart reports that, starting 30th June, Costco executive members in the US and Canada will receive a $10 monthly credit on an order of $150 or more. This can be used on same-day delivery orders on sameday.costco.com, sameday.costco.ca, or orders via Instacart. Instacart enables delivery of Costc| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
We’re big fans of LinkedIn and are busy building an amazing community of retail tech enthusiasts on the social media platform. As we power towards the 25,000 followers mark, these are the articles that are currently on their radars, including Currys, WelcoMe, M&S, Ikea Australia, Cleveron, Simbe| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Fashion retailer Luisaviaroma says that it has transformed its marketing strategy and customer engagement through Twilio Segment, achieving improvement in return on ad spend (ROAS) on Meta platforms while improving operational efficiency.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Inter Milan and Fanatics, a digital sports platform and specialist in global licensed merchandise, have announced a new partnership spanning ecommerce, retail, manufacturing, and licensing.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Currys has boosted its Cash for Trash initiative, which aims to makes it easy for customers to recycle their unwanted tech. For the first time, anyone dropping off old electricals at any Currys UK store will receive at least a £10 voucher towards a £50 minimum spend - double the usual reward.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
QSIC, an in-store audio retail media specialist, reports that former Epsilon Retail Media CEO of the Americas David Haase has been named its new President of US Operations, and former CoolerX and Dunnhumby data science expert Artem Lavrinovich has been appointed as iys first Chief Data and AI Office| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Sara Pereda is leaving e-commerce retention marketing specialist, Yotpo, where she served as Senior Partner Manager, Tech (ISVs) & Agency Partners, for the role of Global Head of Partnerships at Rivo, a loyalty and referral platform built for Shopify Plus.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
When luxury fashion retailer Maison Élégance decided to expand their e-commerce operations from France into the Middle East, Asia and North America, they expected some hurdles. What they didn't anticipate was losing nearly 40% of their potential new customers at the verification stage.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Pinterest is rolling out a suite of new AI driven ad solutions, with the aim of making it easier for advertisers to tap into emerging trends and meet consumers at every stage of their shopping journey.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Debenhams Group - home to brands including PrettyLittleThing, Boohoo, BoohooMAN, Karen Millen, and Debenhams - has implemented AI at scale to optimise product pricing and promotions. It has partnered with Peak, an AI platform from UiPath, to roll-out intelligent automation across its brand portfolio| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Starship Technologies’ delivery robots made it to 10 Downing Street yesterday to coincide with London Tech Week 2025. And the thorny issue of regulations reared its head. In a LinkedIn post, Lisa Johnson, VP, Corporate Comms & Public Affairs (Global) at Starship, said: “Team Starship Technologie| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Last night, we announced the winners from the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards, sponsored by Vista Technology Support, CADS, 3D Cloud, SCALA, Brightpearl by Sage’s Lightning 50, Retail Technology Show 2025, and Business France. Our 2024 hall of fame entrants were revealed during an event which took place| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
We’re pleased to announce that Lucy Porter will host our 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, to be held at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London on Thursday, 21st November.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub