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Robot delivery dogs and smart cart firsts: check out this week's coolest retail technology plays

Robot delivery dogs and smart cart firsts: check out this week's coolest retail technology plays

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Retail innovationStaff WriterAugust 22, 2025Retail technology, Future of retail, Retail innovationComment

UK hospitality omnichannel technology firm Embargo raises $3.5 million and preps global expansion

UK hospitality omnichannel technology firm Embargo raises $3.5 million and preps global expansion

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Funding newsStaff WriterAugust 22, 2025Embargo, Hospitality and leisure, Funding news, Fundng rounds, 2025 RTIH Innovation AwardsComment

Retail tech innovation of the week: Currys McAfee in-store QR code gamification experience

Retail tech innovation of the week: Currys McAfee in-store QR code gamification experience

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Retail innovationStaff WriterAugust 22, 2025Retail technology innovation of the week, 3D Cloud, McAfee, Currys, Retail innovation, AI, Gamification, QR codes, Stores, 2025 RTIH Innovation AwardsComment

Down with sneaky swipe fees and awful AI: presenting the retail technology week in numbers

Down with sneaky swipe fees and awful AI: presenting the retail technology week in numbers

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Retail trendsStaff WriterAugust 22, 2025Retail technology, Retail trends, Stores, Supply chain, Payments, Online retail, Omnichannel retailComment

Chelsea Football Club's Stamford Bridge stadium gets on the Boxbar Tech self-service bandwagon

Chelsea Football Club's Stamford Bridge stadium gets on the Boxbar Tech self-service bandwagon

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FootballStaff WriterAugust 22, 2025Boxbar Tech, Self service, Bars, Self service technology, Chelsea F.C., Football, Fanatics, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, ASM GlobalComment

Just Eat Takeaway teams with RIVR to pilot robot food delivery dogs in Europe, kicks off in Zurich

Just Eat Takeaway teams with RIVR to pilot robot food delivery dogs in Europe, kicks off in Zurich

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RobotsStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025RIVR, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Robots, Robot delivery, Food delivery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, Restaurants, Physical AI, AIComment

EDEKA Paschmann first German retailer to deploy Diebold Nixdorf AI powered self-checkout solution

EDEKA Paschmann first German retailer to deploy Diebold Nixdorf AI powered self-checkout solution

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Self-checkoutStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025EDEKA Paschmann, Germany, Stores, Shrink reduction, Self checkouts, Supermarkets, AI, Age verification, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, Payments, Vynamic Smart Vision I Shrink ReductionComment

M&S stumps up £340 million for automated Northamptonshire food DC with go live in 2029

M&S stumps up £340 million for automated Northamptonshire food DC with go live in 2029

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AutomationStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025M&S, Automation, Supply chain technology, DCs, Distribution centres, Grocery retail, Stores, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, Logistics, Green retail, Warehouses, Prologis, TGW LogisticsComment

South Africa's Checkers tests out Xpress Trolley with built in scanner and automated checkout

South Africa's Checkers tests out Xpress Trolley with built in scanner and automated checkout

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Smart cartsStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Checkers, Smart trolleys, Stores, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, South Africa, Smart carts, Shoprite GroupComment

Here's why new Target CEO Michael Fiddelke must hire Colin Yankee as CSCO and tap Palantir technology

Here's why new Target CEO Michael Fiddelke must hire Colin Yankee as CSCO and tap Palantir technology

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AppointmentsStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025CEOs, Appointments, Target, Brittain Ladd, Colin Yankee, Palantir Technologies, Michael Fiddelke, Brian Cornell, Stores, Grocery retailComment

Latvia live as Bolt Food Finance launches in tie up with finmid and focuses on SMEs across Europe

Latvia live as Bolt Food Finance launches in tie up with finmid and focuses on SMEs across Europe

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Food deliveryStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Bolt Food Finance, Bolt Food, Food delivery, Latvia, finmid, Embedded finance, 2025 RTIH Innovation AwardsComment

Jaz Rabadia ends run as Global Head of Responsible Business & Sustainability at JustEatTakeaway.com

Jaz Rabadia ends run as Global Head of Responsible Business & Sustainability at JustEatTakeaway.com

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On the moveStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Jaz Rabadia, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Rapid delivery, Food delivery, Grocery delivery, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, On the move, sustainabilityComment

Retail technology gone wrong: many UK consumers uncomfortable with way retailers are using AI

Retail technology gone wrong: many UK consumers uncomfortable with way retailers are using AI

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AIStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025SCAYLE, Zalando, AI, Online retail, Research, StoresComment

Dick’s Sporting Goods taps TheyDo AI journey management tech, Bill Staikos joins as advisor

Dick’s Sporting Goods taps TheyDo AI journey management tech, Bill Staikos joins as advisor

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AIStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Dick’s Sporting Goods, TheyDo, AI, Journey management platforms, Events, Appointments, Bill Staikos, Data, 2025 RTIH Innovation AwardsComment

AI powered Gopuff and Disco status quo challenging tie up looks to push boundaries of retail media

AI powered Gopuff and Disco status quo challenging tie up looks to push boundaries of retail media

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Retail mediaStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Gopuff, AI, Disco, Retail media, Rapid delivery, 2025 RTIH Innovation AwardsComment

Hobbycraft TV shoppable channel launches on Freeview, YouTube and connected televisions

Hobbycraft TV shoppable channel launches on Freeview, YouTube and connected televisions

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Shoppable TVStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Hobbycraft, TV, Shoppable TV, YouTube, Connected TVs, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, Live shoppingComment

Nina Tatsiy departs supply chain firm Brambles to take on Chief Information Officer role at Quadient

Nina Tatsiy departs supply chain firm Brambles to take on Chief Information Officer role at Quadient

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AppointmentsStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Nina Tatsiy, Brambles, CIOs, Quadient, Parcel Pending by Quadient, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, Parcel lockers, AppointmentsComment

Beauty retailer Sephora enlists Diggecard to manage its B2B gift card programme in the UK

Beauty retailer Sephora enlists Diggecard to manage its B2B gift card programme in the UK

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Gift cardsStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Sephora, Diggecard, B2B, Gift cards, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, Digital retail, UK retailComment

Rovertown, NACS and convenience retailers ramp up campaign for swipe fee reform advocacy in USA

Rovertown, NACS and convenience retailers ramp up campaign for swipe fee reform advocacy in USA

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US retailStaff WriterAugust 21, 2025Swipe fees, NACS, Rovertown, Convenience retailers, 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards, Mobile retail, US retail, Visa, MastercardComment