Retail technology round up: last week at a glance
RTIH brings you the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days.
Co-op has launched an augmented reality experience to celebrate the £15 million its members have helped raise for more than 4,500 local causes across the UK.
Asda is testing out an in shelf hologram at its Stevenage innovation store.
Tata Consultancy Services has expanded its partnership with Kingfisher, whose brands include brands include B&Q and Screwfix, to provide consolidated application management and infrastructure support services.
Carrefour has chosen Pricer as its preferred supplier for new ESL (Electronic Shelf Label) installations and upgrading of stores that are already equipped with the venture’s tech.
Although the agreement contains no commitments with regard to volumes or amounts, the plan is to deploy the Pricer system in approximately 500 stores before the end of 2022.
Mattress brand Emma has deployed Signifyd’s Commerce Protection Platform.
This uses machine learning and Big Data to instantly identify fraudulent and legitimate orders. It automates order flow and provides a financial guarantee for any approved orders that turn out to be fraudulent.
Pinterest is launching its augmented reality Try on feature in the UK.
URBN lifestyle brands Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie have partnered with buy now, pay later big hitter Klarna.
Klarna will be available to their online customers in the UK, Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Buy now, pay later venture Clearpay has announced partnerships with Arcadia Group brands Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, and Wallis, Signet brands Ernest Jones and H Samuel, and Pandora.
Other new merchants include Jo Malone, Clinique, Clarins, La Mer, Hunter Boots, Karen Millen, Savage x Fenty, Smashbox and Coast.
Cimcorp has helped US midwest convenience store chain Kwik Trip automate product handling and order fulfilment in the warehouse of its baking facility in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Best Buy has partnered with Instacart to offer same-day delivery across the entire US.
IBM and Kaya&Kato, a textile company that manufactures uniforms and work wear, have developed a blockchain network for the fashion industry, with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development (BMZ).
The aim is to create transparency about the origin of garments, providing consumers with the knowledge that their clothes are sustainably produced.
