Starring RTS 2024, Getir, Pipedream, and Sainsbury’s: RTIH’s most read retail technology articles from last week
Check out the articles on this here website that caught your fancy last week, including Rohlik Group, AutoStore, 3D Cloud by Marxent, Cegid, Gopuff, Stripe, Cheddar, and Quadient
Rohlik Group invests in automation technologies as AutoStore powered warehouse goes live in Berlin
European e-commerce grocery delivery firm Rohlik Group has gone live with Knuspr.de in Berlin, Germany, powered by an automated warehouse and AutoStore technology.
This is part of its plan to reach €10 billion in revenue by 2030 and to expand into 15 additional German cities.
The service reaches across the entire Berlin area, extending to neighbouring Potsdam and parts of Brandenburg, and operates from a Schönefeld distribution centre.
"In my experience in the online grocery industry, it is only a true leader who can transition a brand, automate a warehouse and launch with a large SKU range in four months,” says Vineta Bajaj, Group CFO at Rohlik Group, and formerly of Ocado Group.
“I'm extremely proud of what Rohlik Group is doing as a business, and excited about our future.”
AI, AR, 3D, and immersive experiences: The second RTIH Retail Technology Innovations Report goes live
This highlights the top 50 retail tech plays of the past 12 months as decided by our Editor, Scott Thompson, and an independent advisory panel.
We were looking for groundbreaking technology deployments, launches, and pilots from across the omnichannel retail landscape, be they payments, supply chain, online, mobile, physical store etc related.
Thompson produced a longlist which then went to the advisory panel, consisting of:
Mike Cadden, Chief Technology Officer, Marie Curie
Matt Taylor, Technology Transformation Leader at EY, Retail and Consumer Products
Christine Russo, Retail Industry Analyst
Carole Kingsbury, Former Director of IT, Ted Baker
Peter Waugh, Director, International Digital (EMEA, LAC & AP), Starbucks
Nadine Neatrour, Marketing Director, Selfridges
Matt Bradley, Director and Founder, Retail Technology Show
They picked their stand out retail technology plays, put forward their own favourite innovations, and, based on this, Thompson drew up the final 50.
Innovation and technology play a critical role in the success of the retail sector, and it is great to celebrate this with the 2024 Retail Technology Innovations report.
Many thanks to 3D Cloud by Marxent, which provides 3D product visualisation software trusted by top furniture and DIY retailers, for sponsoring it.
Download the report in pdf format here.
Or read via Issuu.
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Getir faces reality. Here’s why exiting Europe and retreating back to home country of Turkey is a smart move
Getir is withdrawing from the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
According to a Sky News report, thousands of jobs will be put at risk, including approximately 1,500 in the UK. The move could involve a sale of its assets or an insolvency procedure, insiders said.
It would leave Getir with operations in the US and Turkey only, although the ultimate aim is to operate solely in Turkey, where it was founded.
It’s a good move, according to Brittain Ladd, as supply chain consultant and former Amazon executive.
Retail Technology Show 2024 review: panel debates innovation and trends including AI and RFID
AI usage was inevitably identified as another key trend, alongside RFID, and the need to better integrate technology.
“Security is crucial at the moment, especially in the self-checkout environment, and during a Cost of Living (CoL) crisis when the need to protect colleagues and stock has never been higher,” said Martin Rushton, Head of Commercial Projects at AF Blakemore, the owner of the Spar chain of convenience stores.
Speaking at RTS 2024 at London Olympia on 24th April, Rushton wondered, however, how far you could take preventive measures to stop theft, or shrinkage as it’s euphemistically known in retail?
“For example, would you really want to roll-out camera-linked customer face recognition AI in-store and only let customers in if you knew them?,” he said.
That is highly unlikely to ever happen in the West, but even the thought illustrates the scale of the present security and theft problem. Online fraud is also an issue.
The 2024 RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List goes live, sponsored by 3D Cloud by Marxent
The latest edition of the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List has arrived, sponsored by 3D Cloud by Marxent. Here are the people who made a splash in 2023 and are set for a barnstorming 2024.
RTIH has scoured the retail technology world to find the most influential figures for this comprehensive list of people and trends that shape the industry and help drive it forward.
We’re living in unprecedented times.
The Covid-19 outbreak and cost-of-living crisis have driven a seismic change in shopping habits.
We are seeing retailers taking innovative technologies like AR, AI, and spatial computing, and finding ways to use them to make customer experiences more exciting and dynamic.
Which is where the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List comes in, presented, we should stress, in no particular order.
Such disruption requires new ways of problem solving and thought leaders who can both evangelise and execute on the likes of digital transformation and omnichannel success.
We hope you enjoy reading through it and, as always, if you would like to give feedback or believe that there are some glaring omissions, please feel free to get in touch via the form at the end of this article.
Many thanks to 3D Cloud by Marxent, which provides 3D product visualisation software trusted by top furniture and DIY retailers, for sponsoring it.
Download the list in pdf format here.
Or read via Issuu here.
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Underground logistics startup Pipedream bags $13 million in seed funding round led by Starship Ventures
Pipedream has announced a $13 million seed raise led by Starship Ventures as it continues to scale underground logistics for its customers.
There was also participation from Cortado Ventures, Myelin Ventures and other angels and firms.
The capital will be used to speed up delivery of Instant Pickup to its customers and to begin construction on the first large scale middle mile network in a city.
In an online post, Garrett McCurrach, CEO at Pipedream, said: “Our long-term goal is to make hyperlogistics a reality by the end of this decade. Hyperlogistics is achieved when people in a city can receive things in under ten minutes for less than a dollar and send back that item just as easily as it was received.”
“To do this, we need to make moving goods around a city and through buildings, as easy and painless as it is to move water.”
Including Cegid, Gopuff, Stripe, Cheddar, and Quadient: last week’s biggest retail technology plays at a glance
RTIH rounds up the stand out retail systems deals, launches, deployments and pilots from the past seven days. Including Uber Eats, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, Aldi, HelloFresh, Misfits Market, The Range, URBN, Homebase, and Cheddar.
Customers vent spleen as technical glitch disrupts Sainsbury's morning online deliveries
Sainsbury’s faced a delivery setback on Thursday morning, as a technical glitch cancelled several customer deliveries.
The supermarket giant confirmed via a post on X (formerly Twitter) that technical difficulties caused the disruptions.
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