Last week’s biggest retail technology deals at a glance
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail systems deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days. Featuring LEON, Harrods, X5 Group, 7-Eleven and bp.
The Worcester Red Sox and Standard AI are laying claim to baseball’s first autonomous retail experience at the WooSox Market in Polar Park.
Tapping AI powered cameras and the cloud, this enables fans to shop for snacks and memorabilia and pay without any scanning, waiting in line, or stopping to checkout.
Using the Standard AI Checkout app, they can add payment information and view their receipt shortly after purchase.
bp is integrating automated checkouts into Amoco and ampm stores across the US.
It has teamed with Grabango to retrofit 10 convenience locations, Grabango's largest multi-store roll-out thus far.
Fashion retailer KOOKAÏ says that it has cut inventory counts from a few days to 30 minutes as a result of implementing radio frequency identification (RFID) from Avery Dennison at its manufacturing facilities in Fiji and Sri Lanka.
InPost is bringing its parcel lockers to the Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City shopping centres. Local residents, employees and shoppers will be able to use these for parcel collections and drop offs.
WalkOut, which has developed an autonomous checkout solution, has announced a deal with Machsanei Hashuk, a supermarket chain based in Israel.
As part of the agreement, the retailer will implement WalkOut’s tech in all 62 of its branches. Deployment will begin next month.
Payments big hitter Adyen has announced the extension of its partnership with fast food brand LEON to include Adyen Giving.
This enables customers to donate directly to LEON’s chosen charity when making payments on digital kiosks in-store.
The feature is currently running at 20 of its restaurant locations and has so far raised over £8,000 from 11,000+ individual donations.
Buzz 3D has partnered with Build-A-Bear Workshop to launch Bear Builder 3D Workshop.
Customers can use this to experience the stages of the brand’s shopping process, including stuffing their furry friend, participating in the heart ceremony, and adding a sound or song.
Buzz 3D’s technology links the retailer’s web page to the 3D experience. The final shopping basket is posted back to its website and picked up by its conventional payment gateway. The experience has been optimised for desktop and mobile, and is streamed through web browsers using Nutanix Frame.
Bear Builder 3D Workshop is available now to Bonus Club members in the US and will be rolled out for UK members in the future.
Klarna has announced a partnership with Harrods, offering customers buy now, pay later options throughout the retailer’s Knightsbridge store, H beauty locations in Essex (Lakeside) and Milton Keynes, and Harrods.com.
7-Eleven has teamed with Nuro to pilot a commercial delivery service using autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California.
Customers can access this through the convenience store giant’s 7NOW delivery app.
The pilot will initially use Nuro’s self-driving Priuses before moving on to its R2 delivery vehicles.
Russian food retailer, X5 Group, is piloting a new store format for its Perekrestok supermarkets with a floor area of less than 300 sq m and a limited product range featuring its bestselling products.
The Jam Perekrestok stores will be located within walking distance of offices and residential buildings.
The first one has already opened in Moscow, with two more set to be piloted in St Petersburg before the end of 2021.
