Spacee turns surfaces into customer experiences
Computer vision specialist Spacee has launched HoverTouch, a plug-and-play solution that can transform in-store surfaces such as walls or glass into interactive customer experiences. HoverTouch can also project onto [...]
Bluecore individualises retail text messaging
Retail tech developer Bluecore has launched mobile messaging software designed to replace mass messaging of customers with targeted and individualised messages. Bluecore believes their approach can turn SMS into [...]
Riskified to boost Kogan.com online shopping
Australia’s largest pure-play online retailer Kogan.com has selected Israeli fraud management platform Riskified. Kogan.com aims to use Riskified’s machine learning-based fraud detection technology to improve its operational efficiency, cut [...]
meldCX adds IoT/AI to retail kiosks
IoT specialist meldCX has partnered with Colorado-based American Kiosks to enhance American’s self-service kiosks for retailers, hotels and other customer facing businesses with smart IoT networking and capabilities and [...]
Mikrotik adopts InPlay beacon for Bluetooth Tag
Mikrotik, a Latvian startup, has developed a Bluetooth tag for cost-effective asset-tracking and telemetry setups. The product uses fabless semiconductor developer InPlay’s NanoBeacon SoC IN100, a Bluetooth beacon chip [...]
Wiliot launches retail battery-powered tag
IoT firm Wiliot has launched a business card-sized battery-assisted IoT tag. The new tag, which complements an existing stamp-sized battery-free IoT tag the company already markets, is intended for [...]
H&M rolls out smart mirrors in US stores
H&M Group is installing smart mirrors and exploring other tech-enabled shopping experiences in its US stores. The entire retail experience is changing rapidly with increasing customer expectations for broad [...]
Walmart expands drone delivery to four million households
Walmart is extending drone delivery to four million US households in partnership with Virginia-based DroneUp. The supermarket chain is offering multiple delivery options from express delivery, where customers can [...]
Hanshow releases one-stop IoT platform for retailers
At last week’s EuroCIS trade show in Dusseldorf, Chinese firm Hanshow released an IoT platform to increase retail digitalisation. European retailers are some of the world’s earliest adopters of [...]
Couche-Tard deploys Mashgin AI in 7000 stores
Alimentation Couche-Tard is to roll out a smart checkout system to more than 7000 Circle K and Couche-Tard stores globally using California-based Mashgin’s AI-powered technology. More than 10,000 computer [...]
Blue Yonder extends relationship with Asda
Arizona software company Blue Yonder has extended its relationship with UK retailer Asda to cover last-kilometre delivery and fulfilment. Asda consists of supercentres, superstores and smaller supermarkets. The retailer [...]
T-Challenge winners show future of retail
The winners of the Deutsche Telekom T-Challenge have provided a glimpse into the future of shopping and service with extended reality (XR). Trends such as Web 3.0, virtual reality [...]
