Last week’s biggest retail technology deals
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days.
Forthglade Natural Pet Food has relaunched its website on Shopify.
Boots has launched a vending machine that creates protein shakes for shoppers.
Created by Bio-Synergy, this has launched at the retailer's Wellness & Health store in Manchester. Boots claims that the machine is a UK first.
Blackwell’s and Jellybooks have received a grant from Innovate UK to create a cloud-based platform enabling booksellers to feature samples online.
The objective is to provide independent shops with digital tools that support better book discovery and wider online retailing choice for consumers.
Cegid has announced that French fashion label, Isabel Marant, is deploying various omnichannel services in France and abroad as it continues to expand its retail and e-commerce operations.
Evoke Creative has delivered a digital marketing solution for JD Sports at the brand’s flagship US store, which opened in Times Square, New York, last month.
This combines over 100 different digital signage and interactive kiosks, all controlled by Evoke’s cloud-based platform.
Asos has launched APEXX Global’s payments orchestration layer across several of its European markets.
M&S has rolled out its Sparks Book & Shop online reservation service to all 566 UK foodhalls and larger stores with foodhalls.
It says that it is the first major UK retailer to deploy such an offering. Sparks customers can use it to arrange shopping times and avoid the need to queue when they arrive.
Dutch co-operative supermarket chain PLUS Retail has placed a follow up order for an on-going project involving the deployment of Pricer’s electronic shelf label (ESL) platform in its 265+ stores.
Asda has rolled out an electronic shelf edge labelling (eSEL) solution at its Stevenage innovation store.
James Sands, Project Manager - Tech Store at Asda, said in a LinkedIn post: “It’s taken just over a year and has probably been the most challenging project I’ve delivered, but after five nights of installing we now have a fully integrated eSEL solution across 22,000 lines in our innovation store.”
Karl Lagerfield has partnered with creative agency, Smack, to launch Katch Karl, a digital game that showcases the brand’s new holiday collection, giving fans the chance to win their favourite pieces.
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