We’re real, no robots…Check out RTIH’s most popular 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 Currys, bodo, Jisp, 3D Cloud by Marxent, and the 2022 RTIH Innovation Awards.
2022 RTIH Innovation Awards winners and highly commended entries announced
Now into their fourth year, the awards celebrate global tech innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.
We received a record number of submissions this year across 14 categories (you can find a full rundown of the 2022 shortlists here).
Our winners and highly commended companies were announced during a sold out event that took place in central London last week and was attended by retailers, tech suppliers, members of our judging panel, and sponsors.
So, without further ado, here is the 2022 RTIH Innovation Awards hall of fame.
Congratulations to our latest entrants!
Currys hails busy Black Friday and tackles digital poverty with Christmas song
Electrical retailer Currys says it was the fourth busiest website in the UK over Black Friday with eight million customers online.
It is also getting into the Christmas song business, with a tune courtesy of one of its employees.
In a LinkedIn post, Andy Gamble, Chief Information Officer | Chief Transformation Officer at Currys, said: “Raphael Barnett, aka 3Style from our Staples Corner store, penned and performed an incredible track featuring samples from a selection of in-store tech.”
He added: “And because it’s Christmas - for every watch/like the video gets on TikTok we're donating 1p to help combat digital poverty. So show some love… and let me know what you think in the comments.”
Altogether now, we’re real, no robots, advice on point, no roadblocks, tech experts to get setup, come shop live for no holdups.
Startup Stories interview: Jack Green and Brandon Neman, founders of bodo
RTIH gets the lowdown on bodo, which was founded by former CloudKitchens and Deliveroo executives and offers e-commerce brands a plug-in that facilitates one hour and same-day delivery directly from their website or store.
‘Change is a constant’: Retail Technology Show is back and responding to retailers’ demands
Registrations for Retail Technology Show 2023 are now open.
The show will take place at London’s Olympia on 26th-27th April.
New for 2023, a newly expanded show floor will see the Retail Technology Show showcase even more cutting-edge tech.
It will add an additional 2,000m2 of exhibition space by expanding into Olympia’s National Hall in addition to the Grand Hall that hosted last year’s show. 300+ innovators – from tech’s biggest players, fast growth disruptors and startups - will showcase their solutions.
Jisp Scan & Save solution notches up one million scans milestone in UK
Money saving and rewards specialist Jisp reports that, since launching in September 2021, its Scan & Save offering has seen over 1,000,000 scans, 797,448 money saving coupons issued, and 714,094 shopper redemptions made, achieving a conversion of 89.5% from digital coupon issued to redemption.
RTIH 2022 Retail Technology Innovations Report: last call for submissions
RTIH is currently working on its first ever Retail Technology Innovations Report, sponsored by Metapack.
Building on the success of the RTIH Innovation Awards, this will highlight the top retail tech plays of 2022 as decided by our Editor, Scott Thompson, and an independent advisory panel.
Think you should be included in our top 50 retail technology innovations of 2022?
If so, make sure you submit your nomination (free of charge), via the form at the end of this page, before Friday, 16th December.
We’re looking for noteworthy technology deployments, launches, and pilots from across the omnichannel retail landscape, be they payments, supply chain, online, mobile, physical store etc related.
Red Ant CEO Sarah Friswell: Customer expectations will drive retail regeneration in 2023
2023 is unlikely to be a normal retail year, and in fact even the retail peaks we’ve become accustomed to recently could change to more volatile micro-climates as we move through the next 12 months.
This could be the year of reckoning where we see retailers making those critical updates they’ve been holding off on for a while to become truly omnichannel.
There are five trends that retailers must be aware of for 2023 - wherever they are on their omnichannel journey.
Web 3 journeys and frictionless shopping firsts: this week's coolest retail technology plays
RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his top ‘future of retail’ systems launches and deployments from the past week, including JD Sports, Very, Printemps, Amazon, Forever 21, and Macy’s.
Kris Petersen joins 3D Cloud by Marxent as Chief Product Officer
3D Cloud by Marxent, a 3D experience platform for furniture and home improvement, has announced the appointment of Kris Petersen as Chief Product Officer.
“I’ve always had a passion for home improvement and have experienced first hand the challenges of customising and configuring multi-product projects. I’ve used every deck builder, kitchen designer, and room planner there is,” says Petersen.
“It is very clear that traditional 3D space planning software and custom online design tools are going to give way to browser and cloud-based solutions like 3D Cloud that can serve all users with a single app.”
New Look agrees digital payments partnership with e-commerce startup Primer
Digital payments firm, Primer, has announced a partnership with New Look.
The UK startup was founded by alums of Braintree and PayPal and provides a drag and drop framework for merchants to build online payment stacks.
It says that the tie up will provide the fashion retailer with “an expansive, no-code payment infrastructure that will invigorate its online shopping experience and ensure it keeps pace with the sector’s demand”.
With Primer, New Look will be able to onboard, maintain and automate dozens of new solutions ranging from payment service providers and fraud tools to express checkout modules, wallets, buy now pay later offerings with just a few clicks in a dashboard.
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