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UK and Japan-based firms HIVED and Yamato team up to advance sustainable and tech driven logistics

UK and Japan-based firms HIVED and Yamato team up to advance sustainable and tech driven logistics

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Green retailStaff WriterOctober 16, 2024HIVED, Yamato, Funding news, Green retail, Logistics, 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards, Electric vehicles, UK, JapanComment

Perfect Corp. teams with NAO-ART to power first of kind generative AI wig virtual try-on experience in Japan

Perfect Corp. teams with NAO-ART to power first of kind generative AI wig virtual try-on experience in Japan

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Generative AIStaff WriterJuly 2, 2024Perfect Corp., NAO-ART, Wigs, Japan, Virtual try on, GenAI, Generative AI, Online retail, ARComment

International perspectives on AI regulation: legal implications for global operations

International perspectives on AI regulation: legal implications for global operations

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AIStaff WriterJune 4, 2024AI, Artificial Intelligence, Retail innovation, Regulations, EU, Data, USA, China, JapanComment

Ocado Group announces go live of first customer fulfilment centre in Asia with AEON

Ocado Group announces go live of first customer fulfilment centre in Asia with AEON

CFCsStaff WriterJuly 10, 2023Ocado Group, AEON, AEON NEXT, Japan, Grocery delivery, Customer fulfilment centres, CFCs, Online delivery, Omnichannel retail, AEON Green Beans, TokyoComment

Fanatics brings sports merchandise to Japanese shoppers on Rakuten Ichiba online marketplace

Fanatics brings sports merchandise to Japanese shoppers on Rakuten Ichiba online marketplace

Online marketplacesStaff WriterJuly 5, 2023Fanatics, Rakuten, Rakuten Ichiba, Sports, Sports merchandise, Online retail, Online marketplaces, E-commerce, JapanComment

SumUp partners with JCB to boost card acceptance for European merchants within its network

SumUp partners with JCB to boost card acceptance for European merchants within its network

PaymentsStaff WriterMay 25, 2023SumUp, JCB, JCB International, FinTech, Japan, Europe, Payments, Card paymentsComment

Japanese virtual sizing technology specialist Makip launches in the UK with focus on ‘returns crisis’

Japanese virtual sizing technology specialist Makip launches in the UK with focus on ‘returns crisis’

Virtual sizing techStaff WriterApril 6, 2023Japan, UK, Makip, Virtual sizing technology, Sizing technology, Online retail, Online returns, E-commerceComment

Asia Pacific leads the way as electronic shelf labels market set to hit $2.8 billion by 2028

Asia Pacific leads the way as electronic shelf labels market set to hit $2.8 billion by 2028

ESLsStaff WriterFebruary 20, 2023MarketsandMarkets, ESLs, Stores, Electronic Shelf Labels, Pricer, Asia Pacific, Japan, SES-imagotag, HanshowComment

And relax…Tatcha introduces Forest Awakening, a new virtual store powered by Emperia

And relax…Tatcha introduces Forest Awakening, a new virtual store powered by Emperia

Virtual storesStaff WriterFebruary 16, 2023Tatcha, Forest Awakening, Emperia, Japan, Virtual store, Immersive experiencesComment

Fujitsu delivers AI demand forecast service for TORIDOLL noodle shops throughout Japan

Fujitsu delivers AI demand forecast service for TORIDOLL noodle shops throughout Japan

AIStaff WriterFebruary 2, 2023Fujitsu, TORIDOLL Holdings, Marugame Udon, Japan, AI, Demand forecasting, Stores, Sustainability, A2Z Smart Technologies Corp., Smart carts, Thailand, The Mall Group, Cust2Mate smart carts, Artificial intelligenceComment

AiFi launches first autonomous store in Japan with Cainz Corporation

AiFi launches first autonomous store in Japan with Cainz Corporation

Autonomous storesStaff WriterAugust 16, 2022Cainz Corporation, AiFi, Autonomous stores, Checkout free stores, Payments, Japan, Checkout free tech, Computer vision, QR codes, Mobile retailComment

Five innovative Japanese startups to watch out for in 2022

Five innovative Japanese startups to watch out for in 2022

JapanStaff WriterApril 26, 2022Japan, Startups, Funding rounds, Coronavirus, Internet of Things, Online retail, EntrepreneursComment

Marubeni and Kyocera test out smart checkout system

Marubeni and Kyocera test out smart checkout system

CheckoutsStaff WriterMarch 8, 2022Marubeni, Kyocera, Japan, Supermarkets, AI, Artificial intelligence, Retail technology, Stores, Checkouts, Smart checkout technologiesComment

Check out this week's coolest retail technology plays

Check out this week's coolest retail technology plays

Autonomous delivery firm Cartken teams with Mitsubishi Electric

Autonomous delivery firm Cartken teams with Mitsubishi Electric

Autonomous deliveryStaff WriterJanuary 25, 2022Cartken, AEON MALL Tokoname, Japan, Food delivery, Mitsubishi Electric, Startups, Autonomous delivery, Robot delivery, Starbucks, Mobile retailComment

Aeon announces Ocado Group powered CFC in Hachioji, Japan

Aeon announces Ocado Group powered CFC in Hachioji, Japan

CFCsStaff WriterDecember 24, 2021Ocado Group, Aeon, Japan, Ocado Smart Platform, Customer fulfilment centres, CFCs, Online groceries, Online delivery, Click and Collect, Stores, Online retail, Supply chain, Tokyo, AutoStore, RoboticsComment

Japan’s Kitamura deploys Synchronoss cloud technology

Japan’s Kitamura deploys Synchronoss cloud technology

Cloud solutionsStaff WriterAugust 4, 2021Kitamura, Synchronoss Personal Cloud, Japan, Cloud solutions, Online retail, StoresComment

Kiwi startup Imagr lands in Amsterdam and eyes European opportunities

Kiwi startup Imagr lands in Amsterdam and eyes European opportunities

Autonomous checkoutsStaff WriterMarch 23, 2021Imagr, Imagr SmartCarts, Autonomous checkouts, Bricks and mortar retail, Amsterdam, Europe, New Zealand, Japan, Amazon Fresh London store, Grocery retailersComment

Zippin tech powers Koyo Green Leaves Plus store in Japan

Zippin tech powers Koyo Green Leaves Plus store in Japan

Checkout free storesStaff WriterFebruary 10, 2021Zippin, Hotels, Koyo Group, Fujitsu, Japan, Bricks and mortar retail, Stores, Convenience stores, Checkout free tech, Yokohama Techno Tower Hotel, Koyo Green Leaves Plus storeComment

Imagr smart shopping trolley goes live at Oasis store in Japan

Imagr smart shopping trolley goes live at Oasis store in Japan

Autonomous checkoutsStaff WriterJanuary 29, 2021Imagr, Imagr SmartCarts, Oasis supermarket, Supermarkets, Japan, Computer vision, Artificial intelligence, Bricks and mortar retail, Checkout solutions, Autonomous checkouts, Funding roundsComment