This week's coolest retail technology reveals

RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his stand out retail systems deployments from the past seven days, including 3D commerce, Bitcoin rewards, augmented reality and shelf scanning robots.

1. Farfetch and DRESSX

Farfetch has marked the launch of pre-order collections on its e-commerce platform by partnering with fashion startup DRESSX to digitally dress its global community of influencers and produce virtual editorial shoots, for the first time ever.

2. Joybird and Marxent

Marxent has partnered with Joybird to bring ‘Inspired by Pinterest Trends’ to the online furniture retailer’s 3D Space Planner.

This comes as part of Joybird’s larger partnership with Pinterest, while Marxent says that its 3D Cloud powered 3D Space Planner provides users with the only tool that features content inspired directly by the social media platform.

The new feature allows shoppers to browse photos that reflect current Pinterest Trends data within the Joybird 3D Space Planner tool, then customise the scene in 3D to reflect their real life floorplan, without searching through catalogues or product pages to find the look that inspired them.

3. Perfect Corp. and Avon México

Perfect Corp., developer of the YouCam Makeup app, has partnered with Avon México.

Avon is an early adopter of Perfect Corp’s AI and AR tech within its digital shopping experience, providing virtual try-on and shade matching for a selection of Avon PowerStay products across foundations, eye makeup, and lip categories, as well as its Advanced Techniques hair colour collection.

The service is available to over 400,000 Avon representatives across the Mexican territory.

4. Schnuck Markets and Simbe Robotics

Following the introduction of Simbe Robotics’ autonomous robot Tally in select stores, Schnuck Markets has announced a multi-year, full scale roll-out at 111 locations across the US.

It says that this makes it the first grocer in the world to utilise AI powered inventory management technology at scale.

Schnucks first piloted Tally in July 2017 and expanded to additional stores in 2018 and 2020.

Tally traverses store aisles up to three times per day and autonomously captures on-shelf data including inventory position, price accuracy, and promotional execution.

5. StubHub and Lolli

US startup Lolli has announced a partnership with ticket marketplace StubHub.

This gives people the ability to earn up to 6% Bitcoin back on tickets for the likes of sporting events, theatre, and concerts.

StubHub joins 1,000+ other retailers offering Bitcoin rewards with Lolli, including Microsoft, Sephora, Kroger, and Best Buy.

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— Lolli 🍭 (@trylolli) August 25, 2021

6. Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters is set to launch a marketplace for secondhand goods.

Nuuly Thrift, which was built in house, will be available as an iPhone app later this year.

It will be a sister platform to Urban Outfitters’ subscription rental programme, Nuuly Rent, and will allow customers to sell and buy items from any brand, not just in-house products.