Last week’s biggest retail technology deals at a glance
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail systems deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days. Featuring Missfresh, Amazon, Walmart, Jumbo Supermarkten, Albertsons and Aeon.
Claire's has launched a same-day Click & Collect offering at stores in the United Kingdom and United States.
The retailer says that Click & Collect in the UK and same-day Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store (BOPIS) in the US allows it to drive “a frictionless, digital-first engagement for customers to shop anywhere, anytime”.
Online grocery delivery venture Missfresh has inked agreements with more than 20 regional supermarket chains to equip 150+ stores in 19 cities in China with the company’s suite of proprietary SaaS tools and AI driven capabilities.
The deal includes such retailers as Shandong Aodelong Supermarket, Chongqing Jiameijia Department Store, and Changchun Yatai Supermarket.
Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo Supermarkten has announced a partnership with German rapid grocery delivery startup Gorillas.
This will cover the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium. Jumbo will supply a large part of its range to Gorillas, including private label products and some from the La Place brand.
Gorillas also works with Tesco in the UK, and Casino Group in France.
Amazon will add Stellantis’ all electric Ram ProMaster van to its delivery fleet when the vehicle launches in 2023.
The e-commerce giant will be the first commercial customer of the van as part of a broader partnership focused on software development and in-vehicle technology, which was announced at the 2022 CES trade show in Las Vegas.
This includes Stellantis selecting Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider for vehicle platforms.
General Motors’ commercial electric vehicle unit BrightDrop has landed Walmart as a customer.
The retailer has inked a deal to reserve 5,000 of BrightDrop’s EV600 and smaller EV410 electric delivery vans to support its last mile delivery network and goal of operating a zero-emissions logistics fleet by 2040.
US-based sandwich chain Jimmy John's has partnered with Bitcoin rewards startup Lolli.
Shoppers can now earn up to 4% in Bitcoin rewards on delivery or pick-up when they order online at Jimmy John’s.
Albertsons is piloting artificial intelligence powered salad bars in six US East Coast supermarkets via a partnership with Picadeli.
It has added the internet linked self-service counters, which stock foods supplied by Picadeli using a platform that optimises assortment by analysing consumption patterns, to Safeway, Acme and Kings Food Market stores in Washington, D.C., Maryland and New Jersey.
Albertsons is the first US grocer to deploy the technology.
Japanese retailer Aeon has taken the next step in its Ocado Group tie up with the roll-out of a customer fulfilment centre (CFC) in Hachioji.
This will bolster its capacity in the Tokyo region as the online grocery market in Japan continues to grow.
Chico's FAS has become the first fashion client for Walmart's white label delivery service, Walmart GoLocal.
This has launched in select US markets, including Chicago, Illinois, and Fort Myers, Florida, and will expand to other parts of the country in 2022.
E-commerce orders from the company’s three brands - Chico's, White House Black Market and Soma - can be delivered to customers in as quickly as two hours.
Retail Business Services, part of Ahold Delhaize USA, has announced a new location powered by its frictionless store technology.
The Giant Company has added the solution at its new e-commerce fulfilment centre in Philadelphia as an option for its more than 125 team members to shop food items.
