2024 RTIH Innovation Awards: UK Tech Vendor of the Year finalists include Patchworks, Retail247, Polytag

We’re pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards UK Technology Vendor of the Year category.

We received a record number of submissions this year across 20+ categories and many fantastic examples of the continued resilience and dynamism of the retail space during hugely challenging times.

It’s now over to our judging panel who will decide the winners to be announced at the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards ceremony, which will take place at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London.

The event will be held on Thursday, 21st November and consist of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by comedian Lucy Porter.

Congratulations to all of our finalists.

To book your place at the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony on Thursday, 21st November, click here.

UK Technology Vendor of the Year shortlist as follows:

This category celebrates companies that have developed innovative technologies and worked with retailers to transform the customer experience or back-end operations or both.

Attensi

Attensi is a leading workplace training and performance platform that combines psychology, technology and gaming principles, with a strong reputation for applied AI innovation and impact analysis. 

Comms365

By leveraging cutting-edge 4G and 5G technologies, Comms365 ensures reliable, always on connectivity to minimise downtime and enhance operational efficiency, giving retail operations the ability to react quickly to fluctuations driven by the market.

Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye’s Cloud-Based Basket Adjudication is the secret that sits at the heart of its AIR platform, unlocking the potential of real-time personalisation at unrivalled scale. Over the past year, it has achieved significant milestones.

Ocula Technologies

E-commerce teams have an incredibly difficult task to create the perfect PDP and optimising the customer experience across all product pages is too challenging for humans to do at scale. The Ocula Boost SaaS platform is an effortless set-up AI solution which automates the discovery, prioritisation and solution generation for every issue on every PDP. 

Patchworks

Patchworks is an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) for B2C and B2B e-commerce businesses with the vision of helping retailers of all sizes integrate a best of breed technology stack as quickly and as easily as possible.

Polytag

Polytag is delivering GS1 Digital Link QR codes and UV watermarks that elevate product traceability and sustainability. It has partnered with Ocado Retail, Co-op, Aldi, M&S, Princes Gate, One Water, and Genie Drinks, providing cutting-edge solutions that transform both customer experiences and back-end operations.

Retail247

Retail247 is a leading SaaS solutions provider and consultancy, offering advanced platforms to help retailers optimise their operations. Its highly configurable product data platform, Origin, enables seamless management and organisation of product data. It also offers Archean, a stock management platform designed to deliver real-time stock visibility.

Trust Retail

Trust Retail's Converged Commerce initiative revolutionised a London-based luxury pharmacy's retail operations.

By implementing a suite of integrated solutions, including a cloud-based EPoS system, omnichannel payments engine, and unified commerce platform, it transformed the pharmacy's fragmented legacy systems into a seamless, high-end omnichannel experience.

And the winner is…

Join us at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London on Thursday, 21st November to celebrate retail technology innovation and our 2024 winners.

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