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
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
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
Matt McLellan has been appointed as Group Customer, Data & Media Director at Morrisons. He joins from Asda where he spent five and a half years, serving as Vice President - Customer Planning and Proposition. Prior to that, he was at Tesco (Group Customer Propositions Director) and dunnhumby (Man| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
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
"Temu and Shein have no heart" So said The Sole Supplier Founder, George Sullivan, at a press panel event for Retail Technology Show 2025 in London this week. In a LinkedIn post, he said: "Yes, they appeal to the consumer chasing low prices, but the brands actually dominating the UK f| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
