The retail technology week in numbers

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100,000…Morrisons’ new telesales shopping service - aimed at vulnerable and elderly people - has now received 100,000 orders.

12…Amazon has announced the lease of 12 Boeing 767-300 converted cargo aircraft from Air Transport Services Group (ATSG). This will bring the e-commerce giant’s fleet to over 80. One of the new aircraft joined Amazon’s air cargo operations in May, with the remaining 11 to be delivered in 2021.

Four in five of the UK’s biggest online business do not offer Apple or Google Pay to shoppers, according to research by Stripe.

153…Primark will open all of its 153 stores in England on 15th June, in line with the government’s guidelines for non-essential retailers.

“Social distancing protocols, hand sanitiser stations, Perspex screens at tills and additional cleaning of high-frequency touch points in the store are among the measures we are implementing,” the company said in a statement.

It added that personal protective equipment, including masks and gloves, would be available to all employees.

3…In a break with tradition, the new issue of British Vogue won’t feature a celebrity or supermodel on the front cover, but rather key workers who have been going above and beyond the call of duty during the coronavirus outbreak.

This includes Anisa Omar, 21, who works as a supermarket assistant at Waitrose King’s Cross. She is one of three frontline workers to appear on a special gatefold cover, the other two being London Overground train driver Narguis Horsford and midwife Rachel Millar.

51%…Cards accounted for 51% of all payments in the UK in 2019, according to a new report from UK Finance.

$40 million…Warehouse robotics startup Locus Robotics has raised $40 million in Series D funding led by Zebra Ventures.

8…Co-op is extending its deployment of Starship Technologies robots across Milton Keynes and surrounding towns and villages. The service has now been made available in eight Co-op stores, with six new ones added since March.

£25 million…Australian buy now, pay later venture Openpay has secured £25 million in funding to support growth in its UK business.

43…Carrefour is to deploy Pricer’s electronic shelf label (ESL) system at 43 of its stores in France.