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 seven days. Featuring Marks and Spencer, The Fresh Market, The Range, Amazon, Ted Baker, and B&Q.
UK retailer Marks and Spencer is scaling its omnichannel capabilities in India with IBM Sterling supply chain solutions.
It is streamlining the order fulfilment process using IBM Sterling’s Order Management with real-time Inventory Visibility, a microservices-based solution running on IBM Cloud, along with call centre capabilities to expand its digital presence and accelerate business growth.
Shoppertainment startup Firework has announced a partnership with The Fresh Market, an American chain of supermarkets.
The tie up brings Firework’s full suite of live commerce and short-form shoppable video capabilities to The Fresh Market’s owned media channels.
The Fresh Market first tapped Firework for a digital transformation initiative in Q4 2021, with the goal of “extending its reach to next-generation consumers and positioning itself for continued growth in the digital first era”.
The Range has selected MRI Horizon CRE and MRI Contract Intelligence to manage its International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS 16) compliance.
Amazon has opened an Amazon Fresh store in Kensington, London, powered by its Just Walk Out technology.
Located at 138 Kensington High Street, this is the 17th such location in the UK, lining up alongside the likes of Southwark, Camden, Ealing, White City Canary Wharf and Holborn Chancery Lane.
To shop, customers scan the QR code from their Amazon app, buy what they need, and walk out.
Nisa Retail has increased the number of stores participating in a UK roll-out of Jisp’s Scan & Save technology, bringing the total to 54.
Scan & Save’s in-store digital voucher redemption system allows customers to save money on branded products by scanning barcodes with the Jisp app.
Retailers also earn 2p every time a customer taps an augmented reality voucher, along with a further 4p for every redemption.
Ted Baker has launched a new website in partnership with BigCommerce.
The latter worked with Wunderman Thompson Commerce to integrate Bloomreach’s content management solution, and Bloomreach Discovery, its search and merchandising solution, into the Ted Baker store.
Marubeni and Kyocera have announced a proof of concept test for a smart checkout system equipped with the latter’s AI object recognition technology at supermarkets in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
This will kick off in the summer.
