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
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
