Last week’s biggest retail technology deals
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days.
Walmart is to use four US stores as test centres in order to find solutions that help its physical locations operate as both shopping destinations and online fulfilment centres. Two are up and running and two more are in the pipeline.
Fashion and lifestyle brand, Hush, says that it has broken its daily sales record, with transactions exceeding £1 million for the first time following the roll-out of a a new mobile first e-commerce platform.
Singaporean e-tailer IUIGA has rolled out the AI powered Netcore Solutions Personalization offering.
Wagestream has partnered with Holland & Barrett, which has launched its Earned Wage Access (EWA) service to give colleagues access to their earned wages whenever they need them.
Coca-Cola Freestyle has launched a 'pour by phone' contactless experience powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Superdry is tapping Yext tech to deliver official answers to inquiries about more than 500 of its stores and franchises in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe and United States.
Ahead of the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, Alibaba Group subsidiary AliExpress has launched what is pitched as “the world’s first real-time livestreaming translation feature on an e-commerce platform”.
The aim is to overcome cross-border language barriers. The new solution currently supports simultaneous translation from Chinese to English, Russian, Spanish and French, as well as from English to Russian, Spanish and French.
LabTech, which owns Camden Market in North London, has adopted Roby.ai’s AI personal assistant solution to better manage stalls.
Gobi Heat is now live with the Fit Analytics Fit Finder platform.
This taps machine learning algorithms to provide size recommendations for people shopping with the likes of Asos and Tommy Hilfiger.
Pets at Home is tapping OneStock order management system tech for the launch of a 60-minute Click and Collect service.
Travel retailer Dufry is trialling a Scan, Buy, Fly mobile self-checkout solution with MishiPay at two stores in Zurich airport.
Customers can scan and pay for items using their phones, leaving them free to exit the store without any need to queue or wait at a conventional checkout. They will also be able to earn and redeem RED loyalty benefits through the MishiPay app.
American sports footwear and apparel brand New Balance is to deploy Aptos’ cloud-based solutions across North America and Europe.
Google Cloud has released details of its work with Ikea as the retailer accelerates its digital transformation amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The Fragrance Shop is using HERO’s mobile technology to enable online customers to connect in real-time with store staff members.
BrainBox AI has landed a deal with AMP Capital to deploy its technology across the investment management company’s real estate portfolio.
It will install an autonomous artificial intelligence HVAC system at the likes of shopping centres and logistics facilities throughout Australia and New Zealand.