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The e-commerce retailer is expanding a global partnership with AI-based payments and commerce network Klarna to the U.S. market.

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7-Eleven Inc. will add ATM units to more than 4,000 convenience stores across the United States through a new partnership between NCR Atleos Corp.

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Skypad aims to elevate how Walmart sellers approach retail metrics and decision-making to drive sales. Skypad helps Walmart sellers approach retail metrics in a more simplified way.

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ike Maresca, chief technology and transformation officer at Ulta Beauty, is coming off the high of completing an IT-led modernization project that cost tens of millions of dollars. Next on his plate is expanding the company’s adoption of artificial intelligence, including agentic AI.

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A store environment can actually become more "humanized" with the right application of digital, artificial intelligence and virtual reality solutions.

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CarMax is hitting the gas in the used car market by turbocharging its omnichannel platform, seamlessly blending digital and physical car-buying experiences.

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Coop Estonia, a market leader in the Estonian grocery market, with 18 regional cooperatives and 319 stores, has expanded their use of RELEX Solutions.

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Currys says that it is boosting the way it creates campaigns with Adobe Firefly, using generative AI to produce on brand content faster, more efficiently, and at lower cost, without compromising creativity or control.

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After more than a year of successful pilots, Lowe’s Companies Inc. is officially rolling out an immersive tool for virtual kitchen design.

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UK grocery giant Morrisons has selected NCR Voyix to provide its stores with PoS solutions powered by the NCR Voyix Commerce Platform.

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Chopped Leaf, a banner of Innovative Food Brands, is deploying the cloud-based Oracle Simphony Cloud POS solution in an effort to integrate customer and operational data on a single, integrated platform.

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Adyen has partnered with Artinian Group with a focus on the omnichannel payment experience for its jewellery brands, Sartoro Genève and MARLI New York in the UAE.

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This forms part of its multi-year strategic IT transformation project; replacing legacy technology with a range of systems and applications. This includes Origin (product platform) and Archean (stock management) from Retail247, BigCommerce (e-commerce) and PMC’s Graphene (store PoS).

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Incubeta has been named as a strategic data partner for L'Oréal in the Benelux region.

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AO says that it has achieved 16% annual cost savings and reduced road incidents across its 1,000+ fleet of commercial vehicles by implementing AI and fleet management solutions from Samsara.

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be Retail Social, a virtual fitting room and try on platform for fashion, sportswear and beauty, has entered into an agreement with Debenhams.

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Digimarc is laying claim to one of the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry's largest global implementations of GS1 Digital Link enabled 2D barcodes with Unilever.

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Foot Locker has partnered with Ometria as its customer data platform to accelerate data-powered customer marketing and to forge deeper customer relationships.

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Circle K is entering a new third-party logistics (3PL) partnership with distributor McLane Company Inc. McLane will operate three dedicated distribution centers to support Circle K’s merchandise supply chain operations such as inventory management, while working to increase on-time deliveries and network agility.

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Enterprise transformation isn’t easy. But, as technologies like GenAI rearchitect what is considered possible for business operations to achieve, it’s becoming increasingly necessary.

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Hawaiian Bros Island Grill has selected Lunchbox to help it grow its direct digital catering. Launching Lunchbox Catering, Order Aggregation and Delivery Dispatch across all corporate-owned locations, the Kansas City-based chain plans to eventually expand the platform to franchise locations.

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The warehouse club retailer is expanding the capabilities of its Sam’s Club Member Access Platform (MAP) retail media network to use first-party data to create personalized experiences through an offering called MAP’s Omni Experiences.

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First Insight Inc., the Voice of the Customer (VoC) retail solutions provider, said it has formed a strategic partnership with Family Dollar to help refine the dollar store's merchandise assortment strategy and make offerings more compelling to customers.

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Casey's General Stores Inc. is partnering with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered contract lifecycle management platform IntelAgree to streamline and scale contract operations across the company.

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We understood that most of our customers discover our brand through sports, and they were already engaged and watching sports on their TV or streaming device — and with the MNTN CTV platform we can get in front of those customers with compelling visuals that keep their attention.

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Philz Coffee, the unofficial coffee of Silicon Valley, has become the latest restaurant to integrate App Clips into its digital ordering system, offering guests a streamlined way to order their favorite beverages and food for pickup.

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British brand, Simba Sleep, reports that its long standing partnership with Riskified has played a crucial role in its global success, enabling it to safeguard online transactions from payment fraud and chargebacks and deliver a seamless, secure shopping experience to customers.

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This is one of the first fully automated stores at a German airport and, with supermarket like prices and opening hours from 4:00 am to 23:30 pm, it is pitched at both travellers and the local population.

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The retailer is partnering with ecoATM to bring mobile device trade-in kiosks to its stores, giving guests an easy way to safely and securely recycle their used smart devices for instant cash.

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Valspar has launched a new free service to help customers make informed decisions about paint choices and colour schemes.

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Mr.Bricolage, a French retailer offering home improvement and DIY goods. recently opened a new store in Rouen, a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France.

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When customers take the time to actually visit a retail store these days, they’re not just browsing for products, they’re looking for meaningful experiences, from personalised product recommendations to style advice and even customised in-store interactions.

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A Canadian beauty supply retailer is cutting fulfillment time and improving accuracy with a robotic picking solution.

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Chris Cote's Golf Shop had evolved from a single desktop computer with an external credit card system to QuickBooks for in-store operations, while simultaneously using Shopify for their website.

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Koddi has announced a partnership with Gopuff which aims to enhance the instant commerce company’s ads platform with incrementality tools.

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As part of its commitment to reduce electricity consumption per square meter in stores, the fast-fashion giant is partnering with Honeywell, which will provide remote digital building management solutions and services across H&M locations in Spain, France, Italy, Belgium and Portugal.

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Schnucks, which initially implemented Instacart Caper Cart smart carts, which automatically identify items as they are added to the cart, in stores in St. Louis in 2024, is rolling out Caper Carts to more stores across Missouri and expanding them into stores in Illinois for the first time.

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Solivus has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of PV solar systems for Tesco’s Watford Extra store.

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The company is “throwing the doors wide open” and wants associates to use the technology every day, executives said.

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Convenience store chain EG America has officially launched its new retail media network in partnership with Axonet.

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Pizza Hut India is deploying MoEngage, an insights-led customer engagement platform, to centralize its customer engagement initiatives and enhance the customer experience by exploring new communication channels.

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Holland & Barrett has launched a single aisle and self-checkout location at a Tesco store in Crewe.

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As part of an expanded pilot, Tesco is trialling QR codes powered by GS1 in a small number of stores.

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Retail management solution specialist Teamwork Commerce has partnered with Lucchese Bootmaker, an American manufacturer and retailer of cowboy boots and western apparel, with a focus on its in-store operations.

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Justin Breton, Head of Brand Marketing Innovation at Walmart, has taken to social media to discuss five years of working at the US retail giant.

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Sweaty Betty is using AI to analyse data from its customer care teams, consumer surveys, social media and product reviews. “Automated AI analysis not only provides context, but it can also act as a data analyst too,” Freiha explained.

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Urban inventory management and logistics software company Ridelogix has expanded its partnership with Holland & Barrett to 100 stores following a pilot in London.

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Cleveron has officially installed its 100th parcel solution for ICA Gruppen, a Swedish retailer franchise with a focus on food and health.

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In a UK first, Morrisons is testing out Simbe’s Tally in-store shelf scanning robot.

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The footwear retailer teamed up with Imbox Protection, a leading in-store shoe protection solution, to place Imbox kiosks in nearly 500 U.S. locations.

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The discounter is introducing incremental sales measurement to sponsored search ads offered by its Walmart Connect retail media network (launched in 2021 as a revamped version of the Walmart Media Group).

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