Currys is investing in the roll-out of electronic shelf edge labels (ESEL) in its stores across the UK and Ireland. Delivered in partnership with ESEL solution supplier Solum and Vestcom for data integration and software, the move forms part of Currys’ push to support colleagues in their day-to-day| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Instacart and Morrisons are teaming up to bring the former’s AI powered Caper Cart smart trolleys to the UK for the first time. These will become available starting in early 2026 at one initial Morrisons store, with the potential for a further roll-out.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
New research from eBay Advertising UK reveals that Brits are putting themselves at the top of their gift lists. A survey of more than 2,000 Christmas shoppers found that 29% tend to spend more on themselves than friends or family at Christmas – jumping to 50% of Millennials.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Retail247 reports that Piglet in Bed, a homeware and lifestyle brand, has selected its Archean solution to manage both its stock management and order management operations. This expanded partnership builds on the brand’s use of Origin, Retail247’s PIM and PLM solution.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Ralph Lauren has introduced Ask Ralph, an AI powered conversational shopping experience. This serves up multiple, shoppable visual laydowns of complete outfits, personalised to a user’s prompts, from across available inventory within the Men’s and Women’s Polo Ralph Lauren brand. Ask Ralph begins ro| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
LocalExpress, an AI native unified commerce platform working with grocery and food retailers across the US, Canada and LatAm, has secured $6.2 million in venture funding led by OXZ Capital. The company says it has built AI powered systems that harmonise and process millions of transactions and inven| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Who is Elijah is teaming up with ProfitPeak to expand into new markets and unlock smarter data driven decisions through Meta and Klaviyo.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Skai, an omnichannel advertising platform for commerce media, has appointed Jeffrey Cohen as Chief Business Development Officer. He joins from Amazon where he spent almost four years, serving as Principal Evangelist, Amazon Ads.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
European home improvement retailer Hornbach Baumarkt has gone live with Solace’s real-time, event driven integration platform as it looks to deliver a faster, more seamless shopping experience, both online and in-store. With over 170 stores across Europe, Hornbach faced the challenge of managing a w| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
The breakneck pace of AI advances in today’s enterprise means that CIOs face a rapidly shifting landscape, where emerging AI technologies, new regulatory concerns and pressures, and enterprise demands converge. As artificial intelligence innovation accelerates into 2026, leading UK CIO and BCS Fello| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Keeyu, which detects and fixes e-commerce fulfilment, payment, and delivery issues before customers complain, automating issue resolution, has hooked Decjuba as a customer.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
AdTech firm Criteo has announced a new integration with Google for onsite retail media, initially available through a limited beta to select customers in the Americas. In the first phase of the partnership, Criteo’s network of retailers will be able to opt in to receiving demand from the Google Sear| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Mesterbakeren, a Norway-based fresh bread producers, has selected RELEX Solutions in a bid to strengthen its demand and promotion forecasting. The investment supports Mesterbakeren’s goal of improving forecast accuracy, reducing waste, and ensuring better product availability across the stores it su| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Sainsbury’s celebrated World EV Day by teaming up with Autotrader and Smart Charge to offer its customers a chance to test drive electric vehicles, practice charging and learn more about the Electric Car Grant.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
The company says this marks “significant progress” towards more sustainable last-mile delivery and an 8% increase year-on-year in ‘clean’ deliveries.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub