Sep 29, 2023

2. Getir and Uber Eats shake hands on pan-European rapid grocery delivery partnership This will go live in UK stores today, and across other European countries in the coming weeks, providing Uber Eats users with access to over 2,000 products, with deliveries expected to be made in minutes. As part of the partnership, Uber Eats customers will also have the option to shop from Gorillas stores in the near future. The roll-out of Getir stores onto the Uber Eats app will be completed in a few weeks from now, when it is claimed millions of users across Europe will be able to have groceries delivered on-demand via the tie up. Orders will be fulfilled by Getir couriers. 3. Retail technology big hitters: introducing the 2023 RTIH Innovation Awards judging panel We’re pleased to announce our judging panel for the 2023 RTIH Innovation Awards , with a stellar line up coming from the likes of Starbucks, Boots, Just Hotter, IGD, EY, Marie Curie, Selfridges, and Situ Live. 2023 judges as follows: Peter Waugh, Director, International Digital (EMEA, LAC & AP), Starbucks Carole Kingsbury, Former Director of IT, Ted Baker Christine Russo, Industry Analyst and Retail Influencer Paula Bobbett, Chief Digital Officer, Boots Sarah Curran, Founder & Chief Menopause Officer, Just Hotter Warren Richmond, Founder and CEO, Situ LIve Matt Bradley, Director and Founder, Retail Technology Show Scott Thompson, Editor and Founder, Retail Technology Innovation Hub Toby Pickard, Global Insight Leader, IGD Matt Taylor, Technology Transformation Leader at EY, Retail and Consumer Products Amodini Chhabra, Investor, Compass Digital Ventures Gary Newbury, Supply Chain Advisor and Delivery Executive Nadine Neatrour, Marketing Director, Selfridges David Polinchock, Co-Founder/President, Unified Brand Experience Lab DON’T DELAY, ENTER TODAY! The fifth edition of the RTIH Innovation Awards is now open for entries. Deadline for 2023 submissions is Friday, 27th October, with winners being revealed at an exclusive event at the Barbican Centre in central London on Wednesday, 29th November. Entries are free and you can submit in multiple categories. For FAQs and entry forms, click here . We're pleased to announce that the 2023 RTIH Innovation Awards are now open for submissions! It's free to enter, with a deadline of early November and winners being announced at an awards ceremony in central London during December @AwardsRtih #retailtech https://t.co/tuEFF9gIE7 4. Amazon Just Walk Out technology expands to Canada, building on US, UK and Australian roll-outs Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology has landed in Canada . It will first become available at two Canadian arenas - Scotiabank Saddledome, home of the NHL’s Calgary Flames on 29th September, and Scotiabank Arena, home of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA’s Toronto Raptors on 10th October. It will be available at Market 213 in Scotiabank Saddledome and at Grains and Greens (100 Level) and Molson Market (300 Level) locations in Scotiabank Arena. To enter the store, fans use their credit or debit card at the entry gate. Just Walk Out technology associates the shopper with their payment instrument, and detects the items taken from or returned to store shelves. When guests have completed their visit, they leave and the payment instrument will be charged for the items they took with them. Shortly after exiting, customers will be able to access their receipt online. 5. La-Z-Boy works with 3D Cloud by Marxent as it taps web-based augmented technology Furniture retailer La-Z-Boy reports that 3D product configuration and WebAR OnDemand technology is now available on its website. Powered by 3D Cloud by Marxent, the initiative is part of La-Z-Boy's Century Vision strategic plan. It says that the upgraded product configurators and the addition of appless AR provide an immersive brand experience that bridges online product research with the in-store experience. With over 29 million possible configurations available to consumers, WebAR OnDemand aims to bring a new level of convenience to shoppers who want to research, configure, and plan furniture purchases online before visiting a physical retail location. The approach uses 3D Cloud WebAR OnDemand to automate 3D content creation and deploy WebAR at scale. ⚡️Big things are happening at La-Z-Boy! Introducing Next-Gen 3D Product Configuration with WebAR OnDemand™, powered by 3D Cloud™ by Marxent. 🚀Explore, customize, and envision the perfect space. Read the full press release below. https://t.co/DCZfCtH2SX pic.twitter.com/oqELL8B0CZ 6. ALDI Nord taps shopreme technology as it tests out self-checkout solutions in Dutch stores shopreme is working with ALDI Nord on a project across several stores in the Netherlands that involves scan and go, self-checkout kiosks and exit terminals. The initiative marks the first instance of ALDI Nord testing self-checkout solutions in its stores. It includes integrating the shopreme SDK into the ALDI customer app. Customers can now use the app to scan products and make payments using such methods as iDEAL, debit cards, credit cards, Google Pay and Apple Pay. This process culminates with issuing a digital receipt within the app, enabling customers to leave the store by scanning an exit code at the shopreme vector terminal which opens the checkout gate. An alternative options sees customers scan their products at the shopreme matrix self-checkout kiosk. This dispenses an exit code receipt that opens the vector exit terminal to leave the store after payment. 7. British fashion retailer AllSaints embraces NewStore mobile first vision with mPOS and app roll-outs AllSaints is set to roll-out NewStore’s mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) in more than 200 stores globally. The British fashion retailer previously selected NewStore to replace its homegrown direct-to-consumer mobile app. "Our goal has always been to create customer journeys that are effortless and contemporary. To do this, we needed a modular yet comprehensive omnichannel platform that could empower us to innovate and adapt," says James Reid, Chief Innovation Officer, AllSaints. "We originally selected NewStore to build our consumer app, but that was just the beginning. By expanding our partnership, we are elevating the overall customer experience and future-proofing our technology strategy at the same time." Featured