Retail technology deployments and pilots at a glance

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

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

This features self-checkout, electronic shelf labels, smart checkout, and mobile scan and go.

Boxed, a New York-based online retailer that sells and delivers bulk sized groceries, has teamed with Lolli to give users up to 5% Bitcoin back on purchases.

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

Henderson Technology has installed its EDGEPoS solution into the new Fresh n Save supermarket in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire.

The store opened last month and is co-owned and run by brothers Sajed and Jabbar Hussian, with the latter’s son Faizaan Hussain managing it.

Munich Airport has become the first European airport to introduce the mobile PayPal QR Code payment system in all its stores.

This has been deployed at its Eurotrade subsidiary which operates 41 shops including duty free, news and fashion.

Wir freuen uns, dass der #munichairport als erster Airport in Europa den #PayPal QR-Code direkt am POS in ausgewählten Shops integriert hat. Die Bezahlung per @PayPalDE App ist eine schnelle und vor allem kontaktlose Alternative. Mehr Infos gibt es hier: https://t.co/se5ObOTRZm https://t.co/EjGxqxzUnz
— Munich Airport (@MUC_Airport) May 6, 2021

Swedish startup Returnado has launched a Returnado Rescue platform which will power ASKET’s new Revival Programme.

Co-developed with the sustainable menswear brand, this aims to help brands extend the lifecycle of their products and take a more circular approach to consumption.

JD Sports has worked with Maintel to modernise the telephony network across its European stores.

Online discount retailer MandM Direct has enlisted Dataiku to support its data science practice.

Delivery firm DPD is rolling out a new air quality monitoring programme across six UK cities.

Project BREATHE is live in London with 100 mobile air quality sensors on the roof of DPD vans and 20 fixed units on the company’s PickUp shops close to schools and play areas.

By the end of May, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff will join the initiative, creating a network of over 400 sensors in total, delivering 1.5 million pollution readings a day.

As of today, #Hamburg is officially a part of our air quality monitoring programme. The fleet will now be equipped with 120 sensors that collect information every 12 seconds to help raise awareness about #AirQuality issues. pic.twitter.com/xvBmCT4gQq
— DPDgroup (@DPDgroup_news) May 7, 2021

Things Remembered says that it has seen a 5.15% increase in conversion rates since implementing Namogoo’s machine learning and AI powered customer journey hijacking prevention solution.

Perfect Corp. has partnered with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics on the launch of a personalised online beauty consultation.

Going live in the US, the augmented reality and artificial intelligence powered mobile web offering invites customers to receive customised, instant product recommendations via virtual try-on by Bobbi Brown make-up artists.

US-based Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding its use of CitrusAd’s retail media technology.

Earlier this year, the retailer-owned cooperative launched the tech for sponsored products and display ads across its e-commerce platform.

It is now including native, in-app advertising.

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.