Last week’s biggest retail technology plays
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days.
Poundland has announced “the biggest transformation programme in its history”, including Investing in new back office technology, through its Oracle/ERP programme and making Wi-Fi available in every store.
It will also pilot a poundland.co.uk home delivery service early next year from a new online fulfilment centre in Cannock.
Streetwear clothing specialist, UKK.Fashion, is among the first retailers to trial the upgraded James & James ViewPort portal, allowing it to offer free returns via its own online store, as well as its Amazon and eBay channels.
Detego has installed its cloud-hosted RFID SaaS platform in fashion retailer Marc Cain’s new distribution centre.
Retail Assist has announced OMIO PIM’s latest customer, womenswear retailer, Whistles.
Swarovski has worked with Go Instore on the launch of a project in Australia, enabling customers to connect to its sales consultants in-store from both their desktop or mobile device.
PayTech big hitter Adyen has announced a partnership with Greater Manchester arts venue, The Lowry, and its ticketing agency, Quaytickets.
This will give The Lowry and Quaytickets a single payment solution online and across the 40 other venues that the former operates on behalf of.
Shake Shack has launched Click and Collect ordering as part of its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Powered by QikServe’s Preoday product, the service will initially be available at its London locations in Brent Cross, Canary Wharf, Mansion House, Stratford, Tottenham Court Road and Victoria.
The Procter & Gamble Company has selected Google Cloud’s data analytics and AI technology to enable more personalised experiences for consumers.
Eagle Eye Solutions and Ecrebo are working with US retailer Southeastern Grocers as it looks to become a digitally-enabled, omnichannel retailer.
Wunderman Thompson Commerce has launched a new website for Hotter Shoes, built on HCL WebSphere 9.
Kent Brushes, the world’s oldest hairbrush manufacturer, has launched a new website and migrated from Magento to Shopify in the process.
“It’s been such a big project and it’s going to be a very exciting time for us as a brand. Thank you to the team at Swanky (a Shopify Plus agency) for supporting us in building our beautiful new site,” Carly McIntyre, E-commerce Manager at G.B. Kent & Sons, said in a LinkedIn post.
Digital experience insights platform Contentsquare has inked a three year extension to its contract with Dutch online beer seller, Beerwulf.
