Top 10: last week’s most popular retail technology articles

These are the RTIH retail systems articles that caught your fancy last week, including the 2021 RTIH Innovation Awards, the booming rapid grocery delivery space, Currys, Uber Eats, Amazon and Shopify.

Currys announces London rapid delivery trial powered by Uber

Currys has partnered with Uber on a London-based delivery trial that gets small tech products from stores to shoppers in as little as 30 minutes.

Launching the week of 15th November, this is Uber’s biggest UK retailer partnership to date and builds on Currys’ online and delivery proposition, which includes the ShopLive 24/7 video shopping service and its one-hour Order & Collect offering.

Shopify Party reimagines the future of remote working

Canadian e-commerce platform giant Shopify has built an internal game that aims to make virtual hangouts more fun.

Shopify Party is pitched as an investment and experimentation in the future of remote work.

October: top ten coolest retail technology reveals

RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his stand out ‘future of retail’ systems deployments from the past month, including autonomous stores, robot fleets, rapid grocery delivery and augmented reality.

Seventh Amazon Fresh store set to open Holborn London

Amazon is gearing up to open an Amazon Fresh location in Holborn, London.

No news on the exact launch date. But we can reveal that this will be the e-commerce giant’s seventh 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.

Majid Al Futtaim inks Carrefour UAE online delivery deal with Yandex

Majid Al Futtaim, which specialises in shopping mall, communities, retail, and leisure across the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, is teaming with Russian tech giant Yandex to explore autonomous technology solutions that enhance Carrefour UAE’s last mile delivery capabilities.

This makes Carrefour the first omnichannel retailer to use self-driving robots for online order delivery in the region.

2021 RTIH retail technology awards: judging panel announced

RTIH is pleased to announce the judges line up for its 2021 Innovation Awards, with the panel featuring such big hitters as Selfridges, Marks and Spencer, Boots UK, and Office Depot.

Is the rapid delivery boom a bubble waiting to burst?

RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, takes a look at the rapid grocery delivery space and asks: is it the next big thing in retail, all hype and very little substance, or somewhere in between?

Kiwibot brings robot delivery service to university campus

US-based Loyola Marymount University, LMU Dining and Kiwibot have partnered to deliver hot, fresh meals on campus via zero-emission robots.

Ten retail technology investments you need to know about

These companies are leading the way in providing innovative retail systems powered customer and employee experiences, including Gap, Tesco, Asda, Amazon, Nespresso and M.Video-Eldorado Group.