As it expands business services, Amazon is offering other retailers the technology that supports its no-cashier Go stores in response to their inquiries and to give consumers a chance to try what it calls the Just Walk Out experience beyond its own operations.
Overstock has appointed Joel Weight as chief technology officer for its retail shopping site. Weight is a nine-year veteran of Overstock’s family of companies, most recently serving as chief operations officer at Medici Ventures, Overstock’s wholly owned subsidiary and blockchain accelerator.
Amazon is expanding the company’s workforce in Santa Barbara, California, and plans to create 150 additional tech jobs in the city.
Kroger and Ocado have added Frederick, MD, as the latest location for another of their automated customer fulfillment centers.
Google Cloud and Lowe’s are expanding their work together to create a technology foundation to help the home improvement retailer deliver customer experiences and empower store associates with tools to better serve customers.
Concurrent with its Big Show annual convention in New York, the National Retail Federation has launched a new Center for Consumer Privacy and Innovation.
After making a pair of tech acquisitions, International Market Centers is launching IMC_di, a wholly-owned, stand-alone B2B e-commerce division that will offer vendors a single integrated digital platform, enabling them to reach new buyers, capture leads and grow sales.
Among the early highlights of the National Retail Federation Big Show in New York, former Target, Apple and J.C. Penney executive Ron Johnson discussed how his new company, Enjoy, is helping to make electronics, including smartphones and, potentially, smart home products, more user friendly by providing a helping hand in setting them up, right in consumer homes.
Walmart is testing a new grocery delivery pilot with autonomous vehicle company, Nuro. Through the Houston-based pilot, Walmart said it aims to develop, refine and continue learning how to offer the best end-to-end customer experience.
Ikea Retail U.S. is partnering with Optoro, a provider of returns optimization technology. Optoro’s technology will be implemented in 10 Ikea distribution centers, 50 retail stores, and the customer support center in the U.S., and the company is exploring the potential to expand the partnership into other markets.
The future is now for Matt Woods. The CEO of Woods Hardware, with five full-line hardware stores in the Cincinnati area, took home the 2018 Reimagine Retail award at the National Hardware Show for reinventive vision and execution by independent home improvement retailers.
In a new marketing campaign touting the company’s mobile-checkout scanning technology, Sam’s Club is featuring two of the world’s fastest athletes, champion sprinters Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix, to highlight the speed and ease of its Scan & Go service in a series of digital videos.
Wayfair has introduced new features to its mobile shopping app that make it easier for consumers to discover products and design their rooms on the go.
Amazon plans to build a new state-of-the-art Amazon Robotics innovation hub and create 200 tech and advanced manufacturing jobs in Westborough, MA.
Overstock has opened its new European base in the IDA’s flagship North West business park in Sligo, Ireland, and revealed it is on track to make its 100th Irish hire before year end.
Overstock is extending its real-time personalization technology to its site. The integration builds on the retailer’s recent development of a fully-dynamic email experience.
Walgreens and Wing, a member of the Alphabet family of companies, are partnering on “store to door” delivery of health and wellness, food and beverage and convenience items via state-of-the-art drone technology.
In an investment presentation, Best Buy highlighted the progress made on its Building the New Blue growth strategy, detailing how it plans to move forward with the initiative, with an emphasis on customer relationships and “winning the home,” as well as discussing the company’s long-term financial outlook.
BJ’s Wholesale Club has updated its mobile app including several new features, improved usability and an updated design.
The Ikea Place app is relaunching with a new design and added features, combining augmented reality and artificial intelligence.