Last week’s biggest retail technology deals
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days.
French fashion brand Zadig&Voltaire is to deploy Infor CloudSuite Fashion, a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.
Walmart has announced a new store design and layout focusing on a digitally enabled shopping experience.
This will come to 200 of its 4,500 US stores over the next few months and another 800 next year. The aim is to create “seamless omnichannel experiences that save our customers time and inspire them whether in-store, online or via mobile,” an online post notes.
Co-op Group has expanded its relationship with Diebold Nixdorf to include managed services and remote monitoring of self-service and PoS systems throughout the UK.
Recipe box venture Gousto is tapping in to Databricks data management and artificial intelligence technology.
Lingerie brand Etam has partnered with Bambuser to enable live shopping during its annual Live Show event.
Amazon has introduced Amazon One, which enables people to use their palm for the likes of paying at a store, presenting a loyalty card, entering stadiums, or badging into work. Customers can now use it as an entry option at two Amazon Go locations in Seattle.
Online retailer of blinds and curtains, Terrys, has partnered with celebrity interior designer Linda Barker to launch an iOS and Android app.
ViSULiZR allows users to choose a blind type and then view how it would look in their own window.
Cegid has inked a deal to overhaul the IT systems at French footwear retailer, Minelli.
This will include the introduction of more digital technologies and arming staff with mobile devices at its 226 stores in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Luxemburg and Monaco.
Google Cloud has announced a digital transformation collaboration with Reckitt Benckiser (RB), the company behind household hygiene and health brands such as Dettol, Nurofen and Vanish.
Over the course of this year, the two will focus on pulling together RB’s multiple data sources to better power consumer segmentation and marketing campaign measurement.
THG Ingenuity, the technology services division of online retailer The Hut Group, has announced a five-year partnership with Hotel Chocolat.
The tie up will see the launch of the UK brand’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) offering in the United States.
Kroger has confirmed Romulus, Michigan, as the site for its first Ocado powered mini customer fulfilment centre (CFC).
The 135,000-square-foot facility facility will set the retailer back $95 million. It is expected to become operational 18 months after the site breaks ground and will support customers in several markets, including Michigan, Northern Ohio, and Indiana.
UK-based garden centre, Whiteley’s, has invested in face covering detection technology amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Kaliedy, a new Irish online baby nursery and toy business, has been launched by Kooomo.
Ted Baker says that it has fulfilled an extra 101,000 online orders in one year, following a new initiative which sees a proportion of orders packed and shipped by stores. The British fashion and lifestyle brand is partnering with OneStock on the project.
An Odeon cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland is set to host virtual high court jury trials during the coronavirus outbreak.
