Our most viewed retail technology articles from last week

These are the retail tech articles that caught your fancy during the past seven days.

Westfield London teams with Laura Whitmore for A Very Rental Christmas

Westfield London has opened the doors to what is pitched as the world’s first store where you can rent everything you need for Christmas. A Very Rental Christmas is curated by TV presenter, Laura Whitmore.

Five hidden trends that will shape UK e-commerce in 2021

Derek O’Carroll, CEO, Brightpearl recaps five online trends to watch out for next year.

RTIH awards celebrate innovative global retail tech vendors

RTIH has announced the shortlist for the Technology Vendor of the Year (Rest of World) of its 2020 Innovation Awards.

RTIH Innovation Awards showcases stand out retail tech vendors

RTIH’s 2020 Innovation Awards include a Technology Vendor Of The Year (UK) category, celebrating companies that have developed innovative technologies and worked with retailers to transform the customer experience or back-end operations or both.

Paula Bobbett departs Dixons Carphone for major Boots UK online role

Paula Bobbett has taken on the role of Director, Boots.com at Boots UK.

She joins from Dixons Carphone, where she started as Senior Manager, E-commerce Insight in 2013, before becoming Head of Online Trade, Analytics and Insight in 2015 and finally Head of Online Performance in 2018.

2020 RTIH Innovation Awards: shortlists announced

Walmart, Tesco, Alibaba Group, Flipkart, Amazon and Asda are among the retailers shortlisted at the 2020 RTIH Innovation Awards.

Rita Ora stars in AR powered EE iPhone 12 Pro campaign

EE has tapped augmented reality tech for a new campaign starring singer-songwriter Rita Ora and actor Kevin Bacon, promoting the launch of the new Apple iPhone 12 Pro and EE’s Full Works Plan for iPhone.

RTIH Innovation Awards: Startup of the Year shortlist announced

The shortlist includes Clekt, Trigo, Purple Dot and Uncrowd.

Coronavirus outbreak and the retail technology space

Retail Technology Innovation Hub rounds up the key Covid-19 developments from last week.

X5 teams with Evigence Sensors for Green Dot project

Russian retailer X5’s Perekrestok supermarket chain is implementing a system based on visual food freshness sensors.

The Green Dot project will be used for 300 products in the X5 Smart Kitchen offering of ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook foods, delivered to 460 supermarkets across Central Russia.