In a UK first, Morrisons is testing out Simbe’s Tally in-store shelf scanning robot. Thanks to Toby Pickard, Retail Futures Senior Partner at IGD, and a member of the judging panels for the RTIH AI in Retail Awards and 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, for bringing this to our attention.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Believ, a UK-based electric vehicle charge point operator, has secured a £300 million investment facility to install 30,000 new public EV charge points across the UK. The company says that retail and hospitality venues are ideal locations for this push, offering drivers the convenience of shopping o| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail systems deals, launches, deployments and pilots from the past seven days. Including Simbe, Co-op, Royal Mail, Boxbar Tech, Asos, Pret A Manger, FreedomPay, Longchamp, Yocuda, Matalan, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, dentsu, VoCoVo, Fenwick, and East of England| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Michelle Howchin has left Asda where she spent the past five years, most recently serving as E-commerce Delivery Director. Prior to that, she held the role of Senior Director Legacy Transformation at George at Asda.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Algolia, an AI native search and discovery platform, has announced a collaboration with Oh Polly, an online destination for women’s fashion.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Wonder, a food delivery and technology startup fronted by former Walmart U.S. eCommerce executive, Marc Lore, has opened its 50th and 51st locations, a milestone, it claims, that no other restuarant company has reached in as fast a time.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
No matter how sophisticated AI tools become, the fashion industry will always need designers. So says Marco Marchesi, CTO at digital fashion house The Fabricant.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Susan Anderson has been appointed Global Head of Delivery at Uber. During her eight plus years at Uber, Anderson has held multiple leadership roles across regions and business units. She played a key role in launching Uber Eats in Australia, led the Mobility business in the Asia-Pacific region, shap| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
FuturMaster, a provider of supply chain planning and revenue growth management SaaS solutions, reports a value added reseller (VAR) agreement with SCOPE8, which specialises in planning solutions for brands such as L’Oréal.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
East of England Co-op's Holbrook Food store has reopened following its inclusion in an ongoing refurbishment programme. It returns to action with new services as well as upgrades to lighting and refrigeration to make it more energy efficient.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Consumers and commerce sit at the heart of business, yet too often they are treated as an after thought in the technology conversation. So says Kate Hardcastle, aka The Customer Whisperer, and author of The Science of Shopping, which is available globally from 24th June. For this reason, Hardcastl| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
JD Trafford Centre is now open, and it’s the retailer’s biggest ever store. Opening weekend kicked off with exclusive giveaways, customisation labs, sneaker care services, and live brand activations from Nike, adidas Originals, Puma Group, Unlike Humans and Crep Protect.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Stadiums and ballparks can now integrate their Amazon Just Walk Out stores with MyVenue’s Point of Sale (PoS) for improved catalogue operations, price control and sales reporting.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
If you want to expand your business quickly, have you thought about how important email is in that process? Email may seem simple, but as your company grows, being able to send lots of emails easily and reliably to a bigger audience is absolutely necessary. Scalable email sending services are the ke| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Amazon Prime members across the US will from this Tuesday be able to purchase tickets on Fandango at amazon.com/superman for exclusive early screenings of DC Studios’ Superman in select theatres on 8th July - three days before the film’s Stateside release on 11st July.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Check out the articles on this here website that caught your fancy last week, including H&M, Amazon, Morrisons, Walmart, Trust Retail, East of England Co-op, SuperValu, Rohlik Group, and Roblox.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
A new service is launching this week at Ikea Rhodes in Sydney, allowing customers to shop and pick up their orders during the early morning or late into the evening. 54 new pick-up lockers have landed in the car park, located near the existing Ikea Click and Collect area. Customers can pick up their| 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 Pret A Manger, FreedomPay, Primark, Kurt Geiger, NewStore, Rohlik Group, Co-op, Royal| 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