Macy’s launches NFT series for Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade celebrates its 95th anniversary this year with a drop of 9,500 free NFT artwork, featuring balloons from past events in support of Make-A-Wish.
Reebok goes live on Bitcoin rewards platform Lolly
Reebok has partnered with Bitcoin rewards startup Lolly.
“That means you can now earn up to 6% back on premium clothing and footwear for your active lifestyle, whether you’re hitting the gym or the streets,” Lolly says in a blog post.
“To start earning with Reebok, download Lolly for your browser extension or app store for iOS. Activate Reebok on our site and start shopping to earn free Bitcoin on your order.”
Amazon Fresh store opens at London's Holbein / Chancery Lane
Earlier this month, RT IH reported that Amazon was working away on an Amazon Fresh store at Holbein Chancery Lane in London.
Said store opened its doors to the public last week.
This is the e-commerce giant’s eighth such UK convenience store to feature Just Walk Out Shopping tech, which was pioneered at the Amazon Go offering in the States.
The other seven are in Camden, Eating, Wembley Park, White City, Canary Wharf, Dalton and East Sheen. Opening hours are from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm, seven days a week.
Carrefour taps ASFI tech for new Flash 10/10 convenience store
Carrefour has opened a Flash 10/10 concept store in Paris.
The convenience store – developed in collaboration with US startup ASFI – is pitched as the first of its kind in France, and is located at 11 avenue Carpentier, in the capital’s eleventh arrondissement.
Ten retail technology firms that have powered ahead in 2021
It’s been a pretty, pretty good year for these retail tech ventures who are innovating in such areas as checkout free stores, 3D commerce, rapid grocery delivery, e-commerce 'fulfillment' and shop entertainment platforms.
Venture Faster bags €7.5m in seed round
German quick commerce startup Faster has raised €7.5 million in seed funding.
The venture, which focuses on the soft discounter part of the delivery market, plans to use the cash for coverage expansion, customer base growth, and product range development.
Uncrowded raises £3 million for customer analytics platform
ARTE has led a £3 million investment into customer analytics startup Uncrowded,
Begin and Matrix Capital also participated in the round. This builds on a £500,000 seed funding round in 2020.
Ten retail technology funding rounds you need to know about
RT IH rounds up the retail tech ventures who have been making waves with major investments, including Nero, Salazar, 8fig, Delivery and Get Faster.
'IKEA' claims a first as it deploys Mobile Checkout solution in Australia
'Ikea' is launching its new Mobile Checkout solution in Australia.
This aims to give customers a faster and more convenient checkout experience in-store, with Ikea claiming that the roll-out is a first for home furnishing retailers down under.
Going live ahead of the Christmas shopping period, customers shopping at Ikea Logan and North Lakes in Queensland will be the first to experience the feature, which can be activated via the retailer’s app, or by scanning a QR code in-store.
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