Top 10: last week’s most popular retail technology articles
These are the RTIH retail systems articles that caught your fancy last week, including Gorillas, Tesco Whoosh, Zoom by Ocado, Kingfisher, and Majid Al Futtaim Retail.
Nalla Karunanithy bids adieu to Majid Al Futtaim Retail
Nalla Karunanithy has departed Majid Al Futtaim Retail where he served as Chief Digital Officer.
Quick commerce startup Gorillas “needs a reality check”
Rapid grocery delivery firm, Gorillas, is living in a reality bubble.
So says Viv Craske, Founder of Geeky Foody, a consultancy working with FoodTech and retail tech startups at seed, Series A and B stages.
Craske made the comment as Gorillas launched an ad campaign, #WhateverLondonWants, “celebrating the weird and wonderful data surrounding our grocery orders”.
Zoom by Ocado delivery service opens site in Canning Town London
Ocado's within an hour grocery delivery service, Zoom by Ocado, has launched a second micro site, in Canning Town, East London.
In a LinkedIn post, Kieren Johnson, Head of IT at Ocado Retail, said that the facility was “built using the OSP platform (70 odd bots doing their stuff) and stocking 10k+ items for delivery within one hour. All electric delivery fleet.”
The first site was launched in 2019 in Acton, West London.
The aforementioned range of 10,000 products compares to over 50,000 from the main Ocado Retail business.
The retailer is looking for additional sites within London's M25 orbital motorway.
Kingfisher appoints Chris Blatchford as Chief Information Officer
Kingfisher, which operates in eight countries across Europe under retail banners including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt, Screwfix, TradePoint and Koçtaş, has announced the appointment of Chris Blatchford as CIO.
He joins from RELX Elsevier where he most recently served as Chief Technology Officer.
Before that he held a variety of technology roles at Thomson Reuters, including Head of Enterprise Technology, and served as Head of Professional Services, Europe, at CPA Global.
April 2022: top 10 most clicked retail technology articles
These are the RTIH retail systems articles that caught your fancy during April, including checkout-free stores, retail tech influencers, and colourful Twitter rants.
Logistics technology firm DoDo Group raises €60m in Series B funding
Czech firm DoDo Group, which specialises in last mile B2B logistics technology, has announced a €60 million Series B funding round led by EC Investments and J&T Capital.
The cash will be used to further develop DoDo’s platform and drive its expansion into Western and Southern Europe.
Tesco Whoosh announces Uber Eats rapid grocery delivery tie up
Tesco has teamed up with Uber Eats to help expand its Whoosh rapid grocery delivery service.
The supermarket giant launched Whoosh, which aims to deliver food and drinks in under 60 minutes, in May 2021 and it now covers 200 Express outlets across the UK.
The deal with Uber launches from 20 stores, including Edinburgh, Bradford, Portsmouth, Norwich, St Albans and Letchworth.
Tesco says that the partnership will help towards the target of offering the service from 600 locations by the end of 2022.
April 2022: top 10 most clicked retail technology articles
RTIH takes a look back at an eventful month for the retail systems sector, including Retail Technology Show, Fast, Meta, Primark, Waitrose, Amazon, and Farfetch.
RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List: 100-1
The latest edition of the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List has arrived! Here are the people who made a splash in 2021 and are set for a barnstorming 2022.
Glovo unveils digital learning programme for couriers
On-demand delivery venture, Glovo, has launched G-Learning, which aims to help couriers and platform workers gain access to more qualified jobs by providing online training courses and tools.
The idea came from surveying Glovo couriers across its 25 markets and recognising that ‘learning’, ‘training’ and ‘courses’ appeared in the top five opportunities they would like to seek.
