May 2022: top 10 most clicked retail technology articles
These are the RTIH retail systems articles that caught your fancy during May, including Gopuff, Domino’s, Netflix, Zapp, Ocado, and Majid Al Futtaim Retail.
Thought goes live with Shopify integration thanks to Clekt tie up
Sustainable fashion brand Thought has gone live on Shopify as part of its digital transformation programme in partnership with data optimisation specialist Clekt.
Thought invested into the Enterprise Data Hub from Clekt to integrate to multiple systems, centralise business data and put data driven processes at the heart of their business transformation agenda.
Domino’s and Netflix launch mind ordering app ahead of Stranger Things season four
Domino’s is teaming with Netflix to launch an immersive mind ordering app experience which places “test subjects” inside Hawkins National Lab in Hawkins, Indiana – transporting them to the centre of the hit show Stranger Things in 1986.
Can Gopuff succeed with its current business model?
Could US-based rapid delivery big hitter Gopuff be the next WeWork?
Brittain Ladd, a former Amazon exec and supply chain consultant, certainly sees some similarities between the two.
buymie bags €7 million in funding for grocery delivery platform
Same-day grocery delivery firm, buymie, has completed a €7 million funding round.
With total funding to date now standing at €18.2 million, this latest investment was led by the company’s largest backers including Grosvenor Food & AgTech, Act Venture Capital, Sure Valley Ventures, Haatch Ventures, and HBAN.
Zapp teams with Jiffy to offer rapid delivery for Londoners
Quick commerce firm Jiffy recently shifted from grocery delivery to providing software for other delivery apps.
And it has now inked an exclusive partnership with Zapp as it looks to provide continuity to its customers in London.
Zapp will become the official choice for Jiffy customers wishing to continue ordering essentials for delivery within minutes. The agreement will also include customer and product analytics, and key supplier partnerships.
Sensei tech powers autonomous petrol station convenience store
Sensei is providing an autonomous retail experience for petrol station customers following a tie up with Galp in the Iberian Peninsula.
Sensei has created a 323 square foot checkout-free convenience store at a Galp location in Lisbon.
This offers a number of non-perishable goods, food, snacks and beverages to customers and includes a network of cameras mounted in the ceiling and sensors in shelves to detect the items people pick or leave.
The autonomous software creates and keeps track of each person’s virtual shopping bag and charges them automatically via an app, with credit card payments soon to follow, upon exiting the shop.
The store open to customers from 8am until midnight every day with 24/7 access becoming available in June.
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.
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”.
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 firm Getir set to axe staff and rein in expansion plans
Turkish rapid grocery delivery big hitter Getir is gearing up to cut 14% of its staff globally.
The company employs some 32,000 people in the nine markets where it operates, which works out to 4,480 people impacted by the downsizing.
