Retail technology deals and deployments round up
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days.
Heal’s has tapped Checkout.com to serve as its payment provider as the furniture retailer looks to capitalise on a boom in e-commerce, particularly on mobile, that it’s seen since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Co-op started using its first electric vehicles for online home delivery this month as it aims to replace its fleet of fossil fuel powered vans by 2025.
The convenience retailer is kicking things off with stores in Hebden Bridge, Holmfirth and Hove, followed by Ryde, Isle of Wight and Whitby which will take delivery of electric vehicles early next year for groceries ordered through Co-op’s own online shop.
Best Buy Canada is rolling out NCR Advanced Store PoS and Loyalty software across all 175 Canadian locations.
Zippin has announced Fujitsu as an exclusive distributor of its checkout-free solution in Japan.
British jewellery venture Graff has worked with Emakina on the launch of a new website for UK and US shoppers.
Canadian retailer Metro has partnered with startup Bringg to use its solution for delivery and fulfilment orchestration and offer the likes of contactless grocery delivery and curbside pickup.
PayPal is launching QR code payments in iZettle’s Point of Sale app, allowing UK small businesses to accept touch-free transactions from customers.
The roll-out marks the first time UK merchants can accept PayPal QR code payments in-store via a PoS solution.
Dunelm has completed an e-commerce re-platforming project with Fastly's edge cloud solution.
The retailer’s team reports a 900% increase in web page load speeds, resulting in a 23% lift in basket performance.
LoopMe has launched an artificial intelligence solution that provides guarantees on media investment effectiveness goals, such as ad recall, brand lift, brand affinity, consideration and purchase intent.
This was trialled as a beta by The Very Group, together with its agency partners, dentsu/Amplifi UK and Vizeum, earlier this year, and is now available for global advertisers.
US startup AiFi has opened what is pitched as the largest hybrid computer vision only store with a cashier option.
A joint partnership with an unnamed company, the 4,000-square foot convenience store is stocked with 2,000 SKUs ranging from fresh meats to snacks.
Named AI Go, which means love shopping in Chinese, it is located in Shanghai and is the largest of four stores in the city now powered by AiFi’s computer vision technology.
Lounge Underwear has partnered with Emarsys to gain a better understanding of its customers.
Emarsys’s customer engagement platform will analyse and centralise the data of shoppers. It will integrate with Lounge Underwear’s wider technology stack, including Shopify+.
Desigual, a fashion brand headquartered in Barcelona, has partnered with Finboot to integrate its MARCO Track & Trace application within its import and export process.
Garden retailer, Thompson & Morgan, has reinstated Lokulus as its technology partner after a three year hiatus.
It will install Lokulus’s flagship product, Spectra, across all channels. This will display all channels of communication, back office systems integration and CTI enrichment onto a single workspace.
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has become the first online platform to accept Beijing’s homegrown digital currency.
Its FinTech arm, JD Digits, will accept digital yuan as payment for some products on its online mall, as part of a giveaway of the token to citizens of Suzhou, near Shanghai.
Online electricals retailer, AO, is to use Microsoft Dynamics 365 to manage its finance, supply chain and commerce operations.
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