Attensi, a provider of game-based solutions for skills and people development, has secured in excess of $25 million in non-dilutive growth funding. This was sourced from Ture Invest Partners, a direct lender in the Nordic region.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
RTIH: Doji has raised $14 million in a seed funding round led by Thrive Capital, with continued participation from Seven Seven Six Ventures and a group of angels. It says that the cash will be used to improve its AI models.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
A new startup Doji is enabling online fashion fans to create their AI likeness, try on real products and shop their favourite looks. In a LinkedIn post, CEO and Co-founder Dorian Dargan (formerly of Meta, Apple and YouNow), said: "Until now, it’s never been possible to try-on clothes when shopp| 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 Attensi, which has unveiled Attensi RealTalk.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Simbe has partnered with DeCicco & Sons Markets, a family owned grocer in the US, which is bringing its Store Intelligence platform to a new flagship location in Sleepy Hollow, and additional stores in Eastchester and Larchmont.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Royal Mail lockers are being installed outside Sainsbury's supermarkets across the UK. The first six are ready to go, and plans are afoot to grow this number quickly in the coming weeks and months.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Temu has formed a partnership with Unisend, a parcel locker network, covering delivery services for customers across Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. "We are excited to collaborate with Temu to bring world class logistics solutions to consumers in the Baltic States. The partnership ensures fast,| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Bygghemma, a consumer e-commerce company in the Nordics, has chosen Fluent Commerce's distributed order management system (OMS). Part of the BHG group, Bygghemma is Sweden’s largest e-retailer in DIY, construction, home and garden products. it implemented Fluent Order Management as part of its Nordi| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Ocado is experiencing operation issues this morning, resulting in some customers having their orders cancelled. This follows on from issues at Christmas when long booked orders were binned due to warehouse woes.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
The East of England Co-op has announced the opening of a new convenience store at Ipswich Train Station. Located on the main concourse of the station, this will serve commuters on the Great Eastern Main Line, which spans from Norwich to London Liverpool Street.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Temu has been named one of the fastest growing apps in the United Kingdom, achieving a 53% year-over-year growth in monthly active users, according to Similarweb's Digital 100 Report. This ranks Temu as the second fastest growing app in the UK, with monthly active users rising from 6.5 million in 20| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Lula Commerce, a provider of AI driven digital commerce solutions for convenience retailers, reports the launch of United Pacific's flagship convenience store brands, Rocket and Alta Convenience, on its platform.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Omnichannel pet retailer, PetSmart, has announced a partnership with delivery network Skip. Canadians can now order over 15,000 PetSmart products directly on the latter’s platform, ranging from premium food and litter to toys and accessories. Skip's latest ad spot features actor Jon Hamm wandering t| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Reducing complexity and stress through technology will be key to restoring and growing a key portion of the UK tourist economy, says Jun Cai, UK Country Head at Alipay+.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Currys has partnered with WelcoMe, an inclusive platform that allows customers with additional needs to pre-book a personalised shopping experience in its stores.| 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
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
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
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
VusionGroup has inked a contract extension to accelerate the deployment of its solutions across the entire Walmart U.S. 4,600-store fleet. ‘’We are pleased with the results of the programme roll-out this year and are looking forward to further expanding to more stores. Digital shelf labels have been| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Yesterday, we reported on Ocado customers being left fuming as the online grocery retailer cancelled deliveries at the last minute. Shoppers were asked to rebook slots on Monday and Tuesday and were offered a £20 voucher by way of apology. The end to Ocado's woes in now in sight, however.| 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 five days, including Aldi Nord, Currys, the British Retail Consortium, Lotte Shopping, and Kingfisher.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
El Rio Grande Latin Market, a grocery chain specialising in Latin American products with locations across Texas, has selected RELEX Solutions to help with its pricing and promotions optimisation strategy. By moving away from manual processes to an AI powered solution, it aims to offer more competiti| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Nadine Neatrour has joined Gordon Ramsay Restaurants as Chief Marketing Officer. Neatrour was previously Director of Marketing at Selfridges, and has also served as E-commerce and Customer Director at Hobbs London and E-commerce Director at Revolution Beauty.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Carrefour Belgium has developed a new autonomous micro-store concept, Carrefour BuyBye, in association with Reckon.AI, with the aim of tapping into opportunities beyond traditional retail. The initiative has now seen a trial of an interactive fridge section at an Auderghem hypermarket.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Chris Bishop is departing Nobody's Child, where for the past three years he has held the role of E-commerce & Digital Director. In a LinkedIn post, Bishop said: "The cat’s out of the bag - I’ll be relocating to Dubai in late May with a new role, which means we’re looking for my successor as| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Currys has been winning plaudits of late for its organic social engagement strategy, with Brand & Marketing Director Dan Rubel taking to LinkedIn to "shout out the fab team that runs it." In a post, Rubel focused on TikTok, noting that, "our main account lifetime likes has hit 7.5| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
shoezone, an online and in-store footwear retailer, has launched a new app, available to shoppers on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The aim here is to improve customers’ digital shopping experience with new features, including wishlist functions and an interactive returns portal. It was| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Platter, an e-commerce technology startup, has raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed round. Animal Capital led the investment with participation from Visionary Ventures, e-commerce veterans Ben Jabbawy, Kyle Hency, Aaron Spivak, Pierson Krass and others.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Presto Phoenix, a provider of AI powered solutions for the quick service restaurant (QSR) industry, has announced an expanded partnership with Galardi Group, the parent company of Wienerschnitzel, to deploy its Voice AI ordering technology across the chain's drive-thru locations.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Tesco is testing out giant trolley checkout scales at its Gateshead Trinity Square Extra store. The aim is to identify items that customers may have missed or duplicated while using the retailer's Scan as You Shop service, which is exclusive to Clubcard members.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
