RTIH AI in Retail Awards UKI Technology Supplier category finalists announced

We’re pleased to announce the shortlist for the RTIH AI in Retail Awards AI Technology Supplier of the Year (UKI) category.

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

Congratulations to all those who made it through the initial submission process. We received a huge number of impressive entries highlighting companies who not only recognise the potential of AI, but also make it usable in everyday work - resulting in more efficiency and innovation in all areas.

It’s now over to our judging panel who will decide the winners to be announced at the RTIH AI in Retail Awards Ceremony, taking place  at The Barbican in Central London on Thursday, 29th January.

This will kick off with a drinks reception in the stunning Conservatory, followed by a three course meal, and awards ceremony in the Garden Room, presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Lucy Porter.

To book your place at the RTIH AI in Retail Awards Ceremony, click here.

Our runners and riders:

Amperity

Amperity was founded to help every brand turn complex customer data into business value. Using advanced AI, Amperity unifies fragmented customer data to create complete profiles.

Retailers can then segment customers, predict future behaviour, and take action in real-time, driving measurable business results. With better data, brands can identify high value audiences, personalise experiences, and make smarter, real-time decisions that drive measurable business results.

Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye’s AI powered Personalised Challenges solution enables leading retailers to execute, one-to-one personalisation at massive scale, driving measurable behavioural change and delivering a 7:1 ROI.

Through gamified, multi-step promotions tailored to each customer, the solution guarantees incremental spend by rewarding only profitable behaviour. Designed for seamless integration with existing tech stacks, it delivers immediate business impact without the need for PoS changes.

Personalised Challenges represents a new standard in retail AI, offering tangible value to retailers, suppliers, and customers alike - transforming traditional promotions into precision targeted, performance driven customer engagement.

FoundIt!

FoundIt! delivered AI technology for B&Q's two million product marketplace. As the catalogue expanded exponentially, customers struggled with overwhelming choice, causing abandonment and declining conversion.

FoundIt!'s proprietary AI platform deployed machine learning powered intent led navigation across 21,000+ category pages and 250,000+ search pages, analysing millions of customer intent signals to create dynamic, contextual shopping journeys.

Advanced AI algorithms enriched product data by understanding customer shopping behaviours and preferences. The AI technology delivered 72% conversion rate improvement, 24% average order value increase, and 112% revenue per user growth, demonstrating how enterprise grade AI solutions can scale complex marketplace experiences while enhancing customer satisfaction.

Ocula Technologies

Product content creation is hugely challenging for e-commerce teams. Vast amounts of content need to be optimised for customers and search engines, refreshed every season - and nowadays, all content needs to be optimised for AI search like ChatGPT too.

Ocula’s AI Copywriter tool automates this process from end-to-end, generating unique, brand aligned copy at scale for every product page across every channel. With baked in SEO and AI search optimisation, Ocula removes the burden of intensive manual research and copywriting.

It is used by UK retailers including AO and M&S to drive efficiency and conversions, creating more time for strategic, creative initiatives.

Quorso

Quorso's patented Intelligent Management Platform is a leading all in one platform for the intelligent store, replacing fragmented retail management tools with a unified AI powered solution.

The company is working 15 of the top 50 retailers in the world, managing $280 billion of P&L, streamlining their store operations, driving sales and boosting the bottom line by delivering personalised and prioritised work to the right people at the right time across the organisation.

Renude

Renude is an AI supplier redefining beauty retail. Its AI Skin Chat technology is the first of its kind: built by dermatologists, chemists and estheticians, it gives every shopper instant, expert skincare advice based on personalised needs.

Trained on over three million data points and 100,000 expert recommendations, it understands ingredients like a pro, analyses skin via image, and converts indecision into confidence.

Already used by major beauty retailers,, it transforms product discovery, reduces returns, and boosts loyalty. Renude provides real expertise, real-time where AI technology actually leads to better skin.

Retail Express

Retail Express helps retailers overcome the challenges of disconnected, outdated legacy systems with an AI driven merchandising platform which centralises pricing, promotions, media and supplier collaboration.

Retailers are already using it to make faster, smarter decisions, and seeing significant profit, margin and cost improvements as a result. Retail Express’ AI driven algorithmic retailing tools mark a step change in the way retail works, helping behind the curve retailers rebuild in an agile, accurate and future ready way, either enterprise wide or in a modular fashion.

Sideways 6

Currys has launched a colleague led ideas platform, the Pitch, designed to turn insights from across the business into real improvements, powered by AI.

Built in partnership with Sideways 6 and integrated into Microsoft Teams, the platform enables colleagues to share ideas at scale and receive updates in their collaboration space. Since launch it has captured over 450 ideas, saved more than 3,000 hours and delivered six figure cost efficiencies, with 41% of ideas already delivering measurable results.

The Pitch has elevated employee engagement and operational efficiency while driving tangible ROI.