Five retail technology investments that should be on your radar
These retailers and brands are leading the way in providing technology and experiences that are one step ahead of their customers’ expectations.
1. Domino’s
Domino's and Nuro have launched autonomous pizza delivery in Houston.
Select customers who place a prepaid order on dominos.com on certain days and times from Domino's in Woodland Heights, located at 3209 Houston Ave., can choose to have their pizza delivered by Nuro's R2 robot.
2. Currys PC World
Currys PC World has launched its first ever branded hashtag challenge in partnership with social video app TikTok.
Titled #TechTokTip, this encourages TikTokers to reveal their top usage tips for common at home appliances and devices, to be in with the chance of winning a £5,000 tech bundle.
3. Zadig&Voltaire
French fashion brand Zadig&Voltaire has partnered with Contentsquare on a website redesign project.
It will leverage the venture’s tech for customer behaviour insights, helping merchandising decisions as well as improving the checkout funnel.
4. X5 Retail Group
X5 Retail Group’s Perekrestok supermarket chain has launched a large scale implementation of a Green Dot labelling system for monitoring product freshness.
Ten million labels will be placed on items from the X5 Smart Kitchen assortment of ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook foods.
Russia’s X5 says that it is the largest roll-out of this technology in Europe.
5. Flying Tiger Copenhagen and MUJI
Flying Tiger Copenhagen and MUJI are launching App Clips alongside MishiPay’s mobile self-checkout solution.
iPhone using customers in MUJI stores in the UK, and selected Flying Tiger Copenhagen stores across Denmark and Sweden can now use App Clips with Apple Pay to launch MishiPay’s Scan & Go technology.
