Retail technology deals and deployments round up

RTIH rounds up the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days.

Bed Bath & Beyond has selected RELEX Solutions as its inventory management technology partner. 

The latter’s cloud-based technology platform will deliver automated forecasting, replenishment, and allocation planning to improve the retailer’s in-stock position and inventory turnover. 

British retailer Crew Clothing has selected Origin from Retail247 as its PIM platform. 

InPost has launched a QR code online returns solution.

The Instant Returns service means that there is no need to print a label at home or at the drop-off point. 

Shoppers scan a QR code on their mobile at an InPost locker and put the parcel inside. 

Missguided is one of the first UK retailers to introduce the offering to its customers.

Travis Perkins, a UK-based supplier of materials to the building and construction industry, has launched “an industry first” Android and iPhone app. 

TopPharm has selected Advertima to implement its artificial intelligence solution with 240 digital screens in 120 pharmacies in Switzerland by June. 

It says that this makes it the first pharmacy brand offering offline media space with real-time targeting capabilities and performance-based pricing models for its supplier brands and other advertisers.

Dutch eyewear specialist Ace & Tate has announced an omnichannel partnership with Contentsquare. 

Fluent Commerce has partnered with Dutch pharmaceutical retailer Etos to roll-out a new order management system (OMS).

This will be used to unify and automate the management of in-store and online orders, including inventory management, home delivery, ship from store, and Click and Collect.

UK homeware e-commerce brand Cox & Cox is promoting its use of Hullabalook’s Stickers technology via an Instagram competition. 

Intersport has deployed an order management solution (OMS) from OneStock.

The retailer says that, by having a single view of stock, it can fulfil orders from its warehouses and implement ship from store capabilities across more than 100 European stores.

Clothing brand, GANT, which has over 750 stores in 80 countries, is close to completing a roll-out of Cegid Retail’s Unified Commerce Platform across Europe.

The cloud-based Point of Sale and merchandising solution has recently been added in France and goes live in the UK in March. 

Coleman Furniture is among the early adopters of Syte’s AI powered product discovery platform.

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