Amazon opens till-free store in London
Amazon last week opened its first cashierless store outside of the USA. Called Amazon Fresh, the store is in Ealing in west London. Planning for the store had been [...]
Danish clothing brands turn to Bambuser video shopping
Two Danish clothing brands have adopted live video shopping using technology from Swedish firm Bambuser. Children’s brand Name It and women’s fashion company Vero Moda are entering the world [...]
Aurora Mobile smartens Farfetch operations
Chinese mobile service provider Aurora Mobile is working with fashion brand Farfetch to smarten its operations. British-Portuguese firm Farfetch’s expertise is in luxury fashion retail and customer services. It [...]
Solera AI helps bodyshops estimate repairs
Texas-based Solera is rolling out an artificial intelligence (AI) estimating system to 25,000 automotive repair and bodyshops in Europe and North America. Bodyshops using Qapter will have the ability [...]
MyEnso uses Geek+ robots to speed online shopping
MyEnso, a German-based specialist in online grocery, has picked Chinese robotics company Geek+ to upgrade its consumer goods distribution. Having received governmental support and financing, the robotics-driven ecommerce platform [...]
SoundCommerce raises $15m to optimise real-time retail data
Seattle-based SoundCommerce has closed a $15m series A funding round to optimise real-time data and predictive decisions for retail brands. The data platform can help consumer companies use cloud [...]
Liberty finds Hero for online shopping
Liberty, London’s iconic department store, has partnered with Hero to bring its in-person experience to online shoppers. The virtual service connects online shoppers live with a department-specific expert in [...]
Software AG joins IMC to reach IoT business users
Software AG, a provider of integrated software for the deployment of connected, remote devices, has joined the IoT M2M Council (IMC). The IMC trade association has a membership comprised [...]
IBM blockchain tracing for Carrefour in Middle East
Carrefour stores across the Middle East will use blockchain technology from IBM to provide shoppers with tracking information about food quality. Dubai-based shopping mall owner Majid Al Futtaim has [...]
Emerson provides refrigeration management
Emerson has introduced its Lumity supervisory control platform to provide retailers with refrigeration and facility management. Managing an entire retail or foodservice facility and its critical systems can be [...]
Wundermart turns to AiFi for autonomous stores
Dutch retailer Wundermart is using technology from California-based AiFi to roll out its first 20 autonomous convenience stores this quarter. Wundermart, a company that creates unmanned, data-driven retail marketplaces, [...]
Jolt deploys LoRa to protect restaurants
Jolt Software has introduced a LoRa-connected remote sensor system to protect restaurants. The sensors use LoRa technology to improve remote monitoring of refrigerators and other kitchen equipment to eliminate [...]
