Rohlik Group reports that, after four months of preparation and execution, all 12 of its AutoStore systems are now fully operated by its own control system: ARCOS - developed in-house, designed around the European e-grocery specialist’s processes, and optimised for speed, efficiency, and agility.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Sainsbury's has confirmed media reports that it is in talks with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com over the sale of Argos, which it bought for £1.1 billion in 2016. Argos is the UK’s second largest general merchandise retailer, with the third most visited retail website in the UK and over 1,100 collec| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Primark is set to complete the roll out of its Click & Collect service to all 186 stores across Great Britain by this summer. From 26th February, Click & Collect will go live in a further 18 stores, which takes the number of locations offering it to 131, almost three-quarters of the retailer| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Lifestyle brand BUTLERS has teamed up with Retail7, a subsidiary of GK Software, to roll-out a new checkout solution for over 100 stores in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The project not only included the implementation of classic PoS functions, but also integration into existing central systems| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Running an independent food establishment can be difficult for a number of reasons, including small networks and limited suppliers. Big chains also have a more trusted reputation among customers. With these challenges already there, things can become more difficult when your bills are high, more spe| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
New Dentsu UK&I research finds that Gen Z expect brands to demonstrate purpose beyond profit, even in the face of economic instability, as they report the highest concern (90%) of all generations about social issues, which has a clear impact on their purchase decisions. Dentsu’s 2024 Read the Ro| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Imogen Wethered is stepping into a new position as CEO at EnableAll, a startup that helps Shopify brands tackle accessibility compliance and improve sales, loyalty, and SEO. Wethered co-founded customer experience software firm, Qudini, which launched in 2012 and was acquired by Verint in 2023. She| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Tash Goodman, CEO and Founder at receipts specialist Slip, has taken to social media to flag up three things she hates about the retail industry right now. And we at RTIH are totally with her on all of them. In a LinkedIn post, she said: “These are things I talk about so regularly that my team are s| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
East of England Co-op this week presented its new website to its employees. In a LinkedIn post, it said: “Yesterday was a very exciting day at our support office as we revealed our brand new website to colleagues. As anyone who's been involved with a website development project will know, a huge amo| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Tailored Athlete, a UK-based "perfect muscle fit" clothing brand founded in 2016, has selected Cart.com as its US fulfilment and transportation management services partner. Tailored Athlete will leverage Cart.com's third-party logistics (3PL) solutions and Columbus, OH supply chain hub to| 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
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
RTIH’s sister site, EdTech Innovation Hub, has launched its inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards, celebrating excellence in global education technology, with a particular focus on workforce development, AI integration, and innovative learning solutions across all stages of education.| Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Ace Hardware and DoorDash have announced a partnership to offer on-demand delivery of products at over 4,000 locally owned Ace locations across the US. This makes it the first and largest nationwide home improvement co-op retailer available on DoorDash.| 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
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