Here at RTI, we’re big fans of LinkedIn and are busy building an amazing community of retail tech enthusiasts on the social media platform. These are the articles that are currently on their radars, including Co-op, Starship Technologies, Students Market, Walt, Aldi Nord, Trio, Morrison's, and Worldline.
Co-op and Starship expand robot grocery delivery service in Northamptonshire
Co-op and Starship Technologies have partnered with North Northamptonshire Council to roll out autonomous grocery delivery to residents across Welling borough, High am Ferrets and Rush den in Northampton shire
The service started last week and the partnership will see up to 45,000 residents in 33,000 households able to access on-demand delivery from four Co-op stores located in Olympic Way and, Northern Way, Welling borough; Grange way, Rush den and High Street, High am Ferrets. Students Market and Walt partner on Croatian dark stores
Students Market, Croatia’s largest retailer by number of stores, has teamed up with Walt, a European delivery platform, to launch dark stores offering grocery products.
Students will provide the products and equipment, while Walt will take responsibility for logistics and delivery.
The first dark stores will be opened in the Adriatic coast city of Split in late July, and in Croatia’s capital Zagreb in early August. Users will be able to order products via Walt, and the latter will provide delivery in 30 minutes or less.
Aldi Nora tests out Trio powered autonomous store in Utrecht
Aldi Nord has opened an Aldi Shop & Go store in the Dutch city of Utrecht.
This is a 370㎡ (3,982 square feet) AI powered location where shoppers can walk in, select their items, and walk out without having to queue at the checkout lane or scan any items.
In its largest store format to date, Trio applies its algorithms to shelf sensors and ceiling mounted cameras, which analyze anonymized shoppers' movements and product choices.
Payments and receipts are settled digitally.
DPD UK teams with Quadrant on network of smart parcel lockers
Parcel delivery firm DPD has partnered with Quotient to access a new UK wide network of smart parcel lockers.
Quotient will initially install 500 contactless locker stations this year, with a plan for 5,000 in the coming years.
200 of the initial installations will be 24/7 outdoor facilities, and locations could include shopping precincts, housing estates, serviced car parks and higher education sites.
Parcel recipients will be able to select a locker delivery from their DPD delivery notifications.
They will then receive a confirmation once the parcel is in the locker and can access their parcel using a one-time PIN or by scanning the QR code in the notification to open the correct door.
Grocery app Yule teams with same-day delivery firm Gofer in Glasgow
Scottish grocery app Yule has announced a partnership with last mile, on-demand delivery company Gar.
You, a subsidiary of United Wholesale Scotland, is working with Gar to deliver everyday essentials from over 70 convenience stores across Glasgow with plans to roll the service out across Scotland by the end of 2022.
The partnership will allow for a one-hour customer promise within a two-mile radius of each participating store and a returns API functionality.
Morrison's extends Worldline in-store payment's partnership
Morrison's is adopting Worldline’s Lane/3000 PIN Pad as a core part of its in-store payment system.
This will help the UK grocery giant manage the millions of multi-lane, self-check and restaurant transactions that are processed each day, enabling consumers to pay faster at the tills and reduce overall waiting times.
Worldline has been supplying the PIN Pad interface between Morrison's and its card holding customers since the introduction of PIN verification.
The deployment of the new Lane/3000 PIN Pad commenced in stores in September 2021.
Start up Stories interview: XY Retail CEO and Founder Susan Jeffery
RT IH gets the lowdown on POS and omnichannel commerce solution startup XY Retail, which recently closed a $4 million seed round led by Manta Vista Capital with participation from Stage 1 Ventures.
Lifetime Brands Europe deploys Origin from Retail247
Lifetime Brands Europe has selected Origin from Retail247 to provide the platform for all new product development.
Simon Owen, Head of Business Transformation at Lifetime Brands Europe, says: “Selecting Origin was ultimately an easy choice, existing functional capability delivered by a friendly and empathic team will deliver the business benefit we need.”
3D Cloud by Marxist notches up a Google Cloud Marketplace first
3D Cloud by Marxist has become the first and only 3D enterprise platform available on Google Cloud Marketplace.
Google Cloud customers can now subscribe to the entire 3D Cloud portfolio of apps through the marketplace in order to simplify procurement and consolidate billing through their existing Google Cloud account.
Lakeland taps Rota geek workforce management technology
Workforce scheduling company, Rota geek, has added Lakeland, a chain of British kitchenware stores in the United Kingdom, to its client list.
In a LinkedIn post, the latter said: “We'd like to give a warm welcome to Lakeland who have chosen Rota geek to stir up their scheduling.”
“After being bowled over by our ease of use and top drawer support function, Lakeland selected the Geeks to optimize their retail rotas for 950 staff across 65 UK stores. We're excited to set to work together.”
Pay zone teams with Wisp to launch connected shopping services
Wisp and Pay zone have partnered to allow UK retailers to offer integrated home delivery, Click and Collect, Scan and Save and store specific loyalty services, in addition to accessing brand rewards and content.
Pay zone retailers will be able to use Wisp’s Scan & Save solution, via the Pay zone Plus device.
Wisp will promote leading promotions in-app and online to drive shoppers to their local Scan & Save store.
Love Travel Stops to deploy Jamb a by Blend ID robotic smoothie kiosks
Blend ID and Jamb | have announced plans to expand their Jamb a by Blend ID autonomous robotic kiosk locations to Love’s Travel Stops, building on initial deployments in retail locations and college campuses.
The first kiosk piloted at a Love’s Travel Stop will open this summer in Williams, CA, just outside of Sacramento, marking an expansion into rest area locations.
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