Autonomous delivery and digital discounters: RTIH’s biggest retail technology articles on LinkedIn

We’re big fans of LinkedIn and are busy building an amazing community of retail tech enthusiasts on the social media platform. These are the articles that are currently on their radars, including Ottonomy, YOOBIC, Uber Eats, Zapp, FatFace, and the 2022 RTIH Innovation Awards.

Ottonomy.IO teams with Posten Norge on autonomous first mile delivery

Ottonomy has announced a collaboration with Posten Norge and Holo which will see trials involving first mile delivery automation. 

Posten Norge will be leveraging Ottonomy’s Ottobots for first mile pick-ups, receiving and delivering goods for the digital marketplace AMOI from the Aker Brygge metropolitan area in Oslo.

Five retail technology questions for YOOBIC CEO and Founder Fabrice Haiat

RTIH asks major players in the retail technology space for their thoughts on the sector, and throws in a random question to keep them on their toes. This time around, our five questions go to Fabrice Haiat, CEO at UK-based digital workplace specialist YOOBIC.

Former Gophr exec Patrick Eve joins last mile delivery platform Nash

Last mile delivery specialist Nash has appointed Patrick Eve as Head of UK - Sales.

In a LinkedIn post, Eve said: “New beginnings! I am really excited to start my new role at Nash. I will be launching its UK operations after a very successful launch in the US amd Canada 18 months ago.”

He added: “Nash is already live in over 95 cities in the US, Canada and Australia with more than 200 carrier partners available on the platform, helping businesses of all types to offer local and reliable same-day delivery services to their customers.

“Thanks to Co-fouder and CEO Mahmoud Ghulman and all the team for the warm welcome and I am looking forward to getting started!”

NFTs, robots, and first mile automation: Last week’s biggest retail technology plays at a glance

RTIH rounds up the stand out retail systems deals, deployments and pilots from the past week. Featuring Charlotte Tilbury, Obsess, Giant Tiger, Shopify, Sainsbury’s, adidas Originals, Fiserv Forum, and Amazon.

THG Ingenuity and Yoti agree digital age verification solutions partnership

Digital identity company, Yoti, has announced a partnership with THG Ingenuity, THG’s proprietary technology platform which powers both its own brands – such as Myprotein and LOOKFANTASTIC – and third-party clients like Nestlé, Elemis and Homebase.

This will see Yoti provide age verification solutions on the platform.

2022 RTIH Innovation Awards: shortlists announced, winners revealed next month

Over the past week, we’ve been announcing the shortlists for the 2022 RTIH Innovation Awards. And now we’re pleased to bring them all together in one place.

Check them out here.

Rapid delivery specialist Zapp is now available on Uber Eats platform

Uber Eats and Zapp have announced a quick commerce partnership.

Customers across central London using Uber Eats will now be able to order from Zapp’s catalogue of around 2,000 products. 

Each order will be picked and packed from the nearest ‘Zappstore’ for delivery within as little as 20 minutes, 24/7.

Zapp says that this makes it one of the only convenience retailers available on Uber Eats night and day.

Aldi Nord digitises discount retail as it enters strategic partnership with Trigo

Aldi Nord has announced a partnership with autonomous stores firm Trigo.

This builds on a tie up in Utrecht with Aldi Nederland where the pair are working on a checkout-free test store, Aldi Shop & Go.

"To successfully lead discount retail into the future, technology and business must go hand in hand," says Sinanudin Omerhodzic, Chief Technology Officer at Aldi Nord.

"Our close partnership with Trigo unites exactly that and brings together two true experts in their field.”

“The cooperation in Utrecht has shown that we share the right values and that together we can develop quick solutions with an eye for essentials, always focusing on customer benefits."

Charlotte Tilbury taps Obsess custom avatar tech for holiday shopping experience

Obsess has launched Branded Avatars, technology enabling brands to customise the look and feel and character style of shopper avatars to create branded metaverse experiences on their e-commerce sites.

This then lets shoppers personalise all aspects of their branded avatar, including skin tone, facial features, body shape, clothing and makeup.

Charlotte Tilbury is the first brand to partner with Obsess to offer the new functionality, introducing it as part of its Charlotte’s Beauty Realm holiday wonderland.

Consumers are feeling the pinch, but so are retailers. Can Black Friday even happen this year?

Check out this insightful article by Mark Hook, spokesperson for Inventory Planner by Sage.