Retail Technology Innovation Hub

There has been a lot of chatter this year about AutoStore and Amazon, the result of a jobs posting by the latter seeking staff with experience of the former. And now we have an official announcement.The pair have shaken hands on an agreement that establis

Sainsbury's has appointed James Anstruther as head of its AI Centre of Excellence. He was previously at GSK, where he served as Director - AI Enterprise Strategy & Transformation. His CV also includes a stint at Deloitte.In a LinkedIn post, he said: "Spen

The eighth edition of the RTIH Innovation Awards is now open for entries. New for this year, we have launched categories focused on retail media, RFID, emerging technology, and hospitality and leisure.The awards, sponsored by 3D Cloud, Business France, an

Currys says it is improving customer engagement with the NiCE CXone platform. Working with partner Concentrix, the retailer has turned its customer service environment into a unified, cloud-based engagement platform spanning voice, email and social channe

Hugo Boss will this month take a next step in its digital journey, namely the relaunch of hugoboss.com and its app. In a LinkedIn post, Jan Philipp Wintjes, Executive Vice President Global Omnichannel, said: "The ambition behind it is simple: make the wor

Native Commerce, an AI powered unified e-commerce platform, has announced the appointment of Michael Erhard as Chief Operating Officer. He comes onboard after a decade at Amazon, where he headed up engineering and automation initiatives.Аs Head of Operati

The Kroger Co. has appointed Nate Faust as Executive Vice President and Chief eCommerce Officer, effective 1st September. Faust brings more than two decades of experience building and scaling e-commerce businesses, most recently at Olive, creating a waste

Last month, Morrisons launched Instacart's Caper Cart smart trolleys at a Preston supermarket, marking North American firm Instacart's first retail partnership in the UK for its AI powered solution. These automatically recognise items as they are placed i

Palmer Digital Group has been selected as an approved supplier of outdoor digital menu board systems for Burger King franchisees across the United States and Canada. The agreement allows franchisees to purchase PDG's single and triple panel outdoor digita

ClearJet, a specialist in parcel logistics infrastructure and orchestration for brands, e-commerce shippers, and 3PLs, has raised a $25 million growth equity investment led by Edison Partners, with participation from returning investors Venture53, Origin