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 Colgate, Trigo, Shufersal, Lowe’s, Instacart, Uber, and Nuro.
Perfect Corp. has partnered with Colgate for the launch of an algorithm to bring the results of the brands’ Colgate Optic White Overnight Teeth Whitening Pen to life through augmented reality technology.
The tool simulates tooth whitening results that may be achieved with the aforementioned product after two weeks of use.
Trigo reports that it is opening a hybrid autonomous store with Israel’s largest grocery retailer, Shufersal.
In an online post, Michael Gabay, CEO at Trigo, says: “It goes without saying that we are excited to launch a store in Tel Aviv, which is not only the home of the world renowned ‘startup nation,’ but Trigo’s HQ as well.”
He adds: “This Shufersal branch is representative of Tel Aviv, between its proximity to the beach as well as its central location; it is in the hub of the innovation capital of Israel.”
“This was no accident – Shufersal deliberately chose the heart of a city full of open minded and tech savvy people as the home for the country’s first frictionless checkout store.”
Lowe's and Instacart have announced that same-day delivery is now available from more than 1,700 of the former’s stores Stateside.
Nearly 30,000 items can be ordered for delivery in as fast as an hour.
Lowe's is one of the first retailers on the Instacart app to roll-out same-day and scheduled delivery for large items, up to 3x3x5 feet and 60 pounds.
Performance sportswear brand On has announced the launch of Onward, a resale site and online trade-in programme powered by Trove.
Consumers will be able to shop and trade in pre-owned On footwear, with the initiative expanding to include apparel in the near future.
Contentsquare says it is partnering with PLUS Retail to help the Dutch supermarket chain “sustain digital momentum and optimise the online customer journey”.
It adds that its actionable insight into how customers navigate the retailer’s site and what they expect from the online experience will equip PLUS Retail with “the intelligence they need to enhance its digital channels and provide the best possible shopping experience every time”.
Clarks has overhauled its cybersecurity estate with the deployment of Check Point Software Technologies’ Infinity Unified Management, Harmony, Quantum and CloudGuard solutions.
Paytm Labs, the R&D division of Indian digital payments and financial services company Paytm, has launched Pi, a machine learning powered fraud risk management platform designed for FinTechs, banks and e-commerce marketplaces with high transaction volumes.
Pi is now handling five billion rule evaluations and 500 million decisions each day and is being tapped by the likes of PayPal.
UK health and beauty retailer, Boots, is set to launch a new online marketplace, with the aim of welcoming third-party brands into its digital offering.
Due to launch in spring 2023, Boots Marketplace is part of the retailer’s digital strategy to rapidly extend the range of its website and explore new and diverse categories for its customers.
Marketplace products will be integrated with the existing product range on boots.com, offering customers access to hundreds of new brands across established names and new sellers.
Powered by Mirakl, customers will still enjoy a single checkout for mixed baskets and access to the likes of Boots Advantage Card points.
Drugstore chain, Rossmann Hungary, is partnering with RELEX Solutions to automate and optimise its end-to-end supply chain.
The retailer will tap RELEX tech for demand forecasting, automatic replenishment, allocations, and promotion forecasting.
The solution will service 240 stores as well as Rossmann’s distribution centre, with the aim of driving improvements to availability, promotion management, and omnichannel operational efficiency.
British online lingerie retailer BraForMe says that it has transformed its formerly manual order fulfilment operations with Descartes Systems Group’s cloud-based e-commerce warehouse management solution (WMS).
Uber and Nuro have announced a ten-year partnership to use the latter’s autonomous, electric vehicles for food deliveries in the United States.
The tie up will kick off this autumn with deliveries in Houston, TX and Mountain View, CA. Uber and Nuro plan to expand the service to the greater Bay Area.
LG Electronics has launched its own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab.
Now available in the US on the company’s TVs running webOS 5.0 or later, and accessible directly from the home screen, this enables users to buy and sell digital artwork.
It includes an LG Art Lab Drops feature, which profiles artists and previews new works coming soon to the platform. Meanwhile, the real-time Live Drops countdown ensures users never miss an opportunity to acquire a ‘just dropped’ NFT.
The platform is based on the Hedera network and incorporates onscreen QR codes that let users complete transactions via Wallypto, the company’s cryptocurrency wallet for smartphones.
Once purchased, an NFT can be traded on LG Art Lab Marketplace, where users can view transaction history, while in My Collection they can look at their owned artworks.
The first artist to be launched on LG ART LAB will be American sculptor, Barry X Ball.
