Last week’s most read RTIH retail technology articles

These are the retail systems articles that caught your fancy during the past seven days.

Sezzle inks Market America Worldwide, SHOP.COM BNPL deal

Market America Worldwide, owner of e-commerce site SHOP.COM, has partnered with buy now, pay later venture Sezzle.

Sezzle’s platform, enabling people to pay in four instalments over six weeks with zero interest, will be made available to US consumers through SHOP.COM and to all US UnFranchise owners through the UnFranchise.com website beginning early summer.

It's Christmas round two as Aldi UK preps Junemas event

Aldi UK will mark the lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions with Junemas, a summer sequel to the damp squib that was Christmas 2020.

Startup interview: Henrik Fabrin, CEO, BotXO

RTIH discusses startup life with Henrik Fabrin, head honcho at Danish/Spanish AI chatbot venture, BotXO.

GameStop all over again. Investors will get burned in Dogecoin frenzy

The Dogecoin (DOGE) cryptocurrency has become the new GameStop, with frenzied trading potentially delivering a bloody nose to novice investors, according to Nigel Green, CEO at financial advisory and FinTech organisation deVere Group.

Asda trials out of home grocery delivery boxes

Asda is testing out online grocery boxes at customers’ homes for unattended deliveries.

This is scheduled to run for 12 weeks, with shoppers receiving a box (height 900mm; width 700mm depth 475mm) that they can use for both Asda and third party deliveries.

Payoneer announces eBay cross border commerce deal

Payoneer is to manage payouts for eBay sellers from Greater China, with the two intending to expand the service to additional countries later in the year.

This follows eBay’s decision to part ways with PayPal and shift to an in-house managed payments platform.

Costa Coffee deploys Starship Technologies delivery robots in Milton Keynes

Costa Coffee has teamed with US startup Starship Technologies to launch robot coffee delivery in Milton Keynes.

Carted bags $10 million for universal commerce push

E-commerce startup Carted has received $10 million in seed funding led by Blackbird Ventures.

Majid Al Futtaim opens retail tech heavy Carrefour DXB airport store

Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in the UAE, has opened a new store at the DXB airport in Dubai.

Morrisons ends 10% teacher discount and focuses on More For Teachers Club

Morrisons has pulled a 10% discount for teachers and school staff that had been on offer as a thank you for their work during the coronavirus outbreak.