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  1. Technology & Innovation

Retail Technology Show 2024: artificial intelligence impacting retail and society says Google executive

“Technology is at the heart of societal and business transformation,” said Dex Hunter-Torricke, Head of Global Comms and Marketing at Google’s DeepMind specialist AI unit, as he shared some use cases with the conference audience at Retail Technology Show (RTS) 2024 today. The former Facebook and SpaceX executive is a vastly experienced specialist who shared […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

AI, AR, 3D, and immersive experiences: The second RTIH Retail Technology Innovations Report goes live  

RTIH is pleased to announce the launch of its second Retail Technology Innovations Report, sponsored by 3D Cloud by Marxent. This highlights the top 50 retail tech plays of the past 12 months as decided by our Editor, Scott Thompson, and an independent advisory panel. We were looking for groundbreaking technology deployments, launches, and pilots […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Retail data brand Reapp adds Waitrose & Partners to list of major UK retailers available on its AI driven platform

Reapp has added Waitrose & Partners to the list of major UK retailers available on its AI driven platform, Reapp Insights. This helps brands and retailers understand what products are selling, where and when. Through the use of artificial intelligence, it utilises factors such as temperature and trends to help inform decisions at shelf-edge.  The […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Including Wonder, mmERCH, and Pandion: ten retail technology funding rounds you need to know about

RTIH rounds up ten retail systems ventures who have recently secured significant investments in their businesses, including blockchain enabled Web3 fashion startups, customer journey management platforms, and computer vision and AI powered warehouse inventory monitoring solutions. 1. TheyDo Customer journey management platform, TheyDo, has secured an additional $34 million in a Series A+ funding round. […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Retail economic indicators: the question of the UK’s floor space

There are millions of economic indicators guiding policy around the world. However, just eight are considered Main Indicators, including GDP, interest, and inflation growth rates. All of these add up to create a country’s economic profile. That’s in the grand scheme of things. Down at street level, many of the same indicators apply to people […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Retail, CPG, logistics location intelligence startup dataplor secures Series A funding round led by Spark Capital

Global location intelligence provider, dataplor, has announced a $10.6 million Series A funding round led by Spark Capital. This takes the total raised to date to $20.3 million. The round, which included participation from Quest Venture Partners, Acronym Venture Capital, Circadian Ventures, Two Lanterns Venture Partners and APA Venture Partners, will boost dataplor’s expansion plans, […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Why Amazon’s Just Walk Out initiative failed – and why it’s not the end of checkout free technology

It recently emerged that Amazon’s Just Walk Out offering is being dropped from Amazon Fresh stores. However, it’s not checkout-free tech that’s failing, it’s the fact that Amazon’s checkout free solution doesn’t work, especially in grocery retailers, argues Will Glaser, Founder and CEO at Grabango. In the dynamic grocery retail landscape, a transformative wave is […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The 2024 RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List goes live, sponsored by 3D Cloud by Marxent

The latest edition of the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List has arrived, sponsored by 3D Cloud by Marxent. Here are the people who made a splash in 2023 and are set for a barnstorming 2024. RTIH has scoured the retail technology world to find the most influential figures for this comprehensive list of […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Morrisons Media Group ramps up retail media offering, including digital screens on Market Street food counters

Morrisons Media Group (MMG) is introducing new retail media opportunities in a bid to further connect Morrisons customers with their favourite brands.  First up, digital screens are being introduced at Morrisons Market Street food counters. The screens provide brands the opportunity to promote products that complement the counter range on offer as well as an additional […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Powered by Gopuff makes its debut with 20 plus CPG partners leveraging the instant commerce platform

Gopuff has announced the launch of Powered by Gopuff, a logistics and technology platform that, according to the quick commerce big hitter, enables brands to offer affordable delivery from their owned and operated online stores in as fast as 15 minutes. “We’ve spent the last ten years building and scaling our own hyper-local logistics network […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Starring Gather AI, Wolt, Sainsbury’s: check out RTIH’s most read retail technology articles from last week

Check out the articles on this here website that caught your fancy last week, including AiFi, Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, Wow Bao, Shopsense AI, Paramount Global, Intergamma, Getir, PLUS Retail, and commercetools. Inventory monitoring startup Gather AI bags $17 million in funding to transform supply chain traceability Gather AI, a provider of computer vision […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Online retailers continue to leverage chatbots to enhance customer experience

Most modern day online consumers expect timely customer service similar to that offered at bricks and mortar shops. According to a 2023 write-up by SuperOffice CRM, up to 46% of customers wished to receive responses faster than four hours. Yet, most businesses take up to 12 hours to respond to emails. With AI powered chatbots, […]
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