RTIH presents the retail technology week in numbers
Do you like numbers? Do you like retail systems news? Then this is the article for you. Including Asos, Klarna, Sainsbury’s, Amazon, and Black Friday 2021.
£6.25 billion…Overall spend during the Black Friday peak period (Friday, 12th November to Monday, 29th November) is set to hit £6.25 billion in 2021, according to Wunderman Thompson Commerce.
2…Amazon has opened its second Amazon 4-star UK store.
Situated at Westfield London, this offers a range of products that are rated four stars and above, are top sellers, or are trending on the Amazon UK site.
It lines up alongside a store in Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent, which launched in early October.
33…US-based rapid delivery startup, Gopuff, has announced a launch across the UK.
It is now operational in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield. And it aims to be in 33 UK cities by mid 2022.
The arrival in the UK (Gopuff’s first market outside of the US) was driven by the company’s acquisitions of Fancy and Dija earlier this year.
3…Buy now, pay later giant Klarna officially launched in Ireland this week.
Irish consumers will be able to shop online and split their purchases into three interest free equal payments (Pay in 3) through both the Klarna app and directly via integrated partner retailers.
25…Nisa Retail has doubled the number of stores participating in Jisp’s Scan & Save roll-out, bringing the total number to 25.
The announcement comes on the back of an eight-week pilot, with nearly 400 customers making over 12,700 scans, 5,800 taps and 3,300 redemptions on 65 products.
8…The Walt Disney Company concluded its 2021 Disney Accelerator programme last week with a Demo Day that showcased the eight companies in this year’s class.
8…Amazon is gearing up to open an Amazon Fresh checkout-free location in Chingford, London.
No news on the exact launch date. But we can reveal that this will be the e-commerce giant’s eighth such UK convenience store to feature Just Walk Out Shopping tech, which was pioneered at the Amazon Go offering in the States.
The other six are in Camden, Ealing, Wembley Park, White City, Canary Wharf and Dalston, whilst a seventh one is due to launch in Holborn soon.
85%…Cancelled orders and lengthy delays because of the supply chain crisis are seriously testing British consumers’ brand loyalty, with 85% of young shoppers saying they would rather switch labels than wait for their favourites to arrive, according to research from Oracle.
$3.4 million…Ethnic grocery delivery service, Oja, has raised $3.4 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by LocalGlobe.
1,000…Toby Carveries, Miller & Carter, Harvester, Browns and various pubs will soon be on the Uber Eats UK app.
By the end of the year, food from 1,000 Mitchells & Butlers restaurants, bars and pubs will be available for home delivery.
