SOLUM and Simbe promote expanded European partnership at EuroShop 2026 in Germany

SOLUM and Simbe have announced the expansion of their collaboration to further integrate autonomous store intelligence with SOLUM’s Newton electronic shelf label (ESL) infrastructure across Europe.

The collaboration was recently highlighted at EuroShop 2026, where Simbe’s Store Intelligence platform was demonstrated live at the SOLUM booth.

Simbe recently introduced Tally 4.0, the next generation of its autonomous shelf-scanning robot. Pricing discrepancies, out-of-stocks, and merchandising gaps identified by Simbe’s platform can be reflected through SOLUM’s Newton ESL.

Paul Warren, VP of EMEA Sales at Simbe, says: “Tally 4.0 represents an important step in connecting digital decision-making with physical store reality, with a data foundation also built to integrate with social and agentic commerce channels. Expanding our collaboration with SOLUM enables us to further embed autonomous store intelligence within scalable retail infrastructure across Europe.”

2026 RTIH Innovation Awards

Automation will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards are now open for entries and celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Wednesday, 4th November.

Check out our 2025 winners here.

Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”

“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”

He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”

Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering.