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Amazon said it is launching passkey support on browsers and mobile shopping apps. The offering lets customers set up passkeys in their Amazon settings and use the same face, fingerprint or PIN used to unlock their device.

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Walmart Canada is collaborating with Klarna to offer BNPL payment on its e-commerce site and via the retailer’s and Klarna’s mobile apps. By introducing Klarna’s BNPL service, Walmart Canada is enabling customers to split their purchase into four flexible, interest-free payments spread over six weeks.

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Apple is reportedly investing $1 billion per year to integrate generative artificial intelligence (AI) across its product line. While the company initially lagged behind competitors in the development of generative AI during the recent surge of interest in the technology, Apple is now gearing up to bring this technology to its full range of offerings.

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Walmart is celebrating the re-grand opening of 117 remodeled stores across the United States Monday (Oct. 30), marking the largest single-day rollout of re-grand openings in its history.

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Coca-Cola is using artificial intelligence (AI) to increase sales to business customers by automatically prompting them with tailored messaging.

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Ulta Beauty is testing new smart vending tech from SOS that will expand the beauty retailer’s in-store sampling program and add in-store advertising capabilities to its retail media offerings for the first time.

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BMW Group UK, a supplier of BMW and MINI original parts, has launched on the BigCommerce SaaS e-commerce platform.

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The popular DTC brand implemented a Shopify-centric stack that includes Ordergroove, Gorgias, Klaviyo and Shopify Plus.

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TalkShopLive is set to power a series of live shopping shows for Best Buy.

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PriceSmart, Inc., the largest operator of membership warehouse clubs in Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia, has chosen RELEX Solutions to enhance its supply chain and retail planning strategies.

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In time for the holiday season, Sur La Table will offer same-day delivery nationwide in collaboration with the Walmart white-label GoLocal “delivery-as-a-service” platform by mid-November.

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Crew Clothing is leveraging Workday Financial Management to gain real-time visibility across the front and back offices.

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Navori Labs has deployed a unified digital signage software and AI-based camera analytics solution for Walmart Connect, the omnichannel retail media business of Walmart de Mexico y Centroamerica.

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The grocery conglomerate, which is seeking to merge with Kroger Co., is integrating with Chicory, provider of a proprietary solution that creates contextual recipe placements that are linked to shoppable technology.

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Chipotle is testing automated technology to boost the capacity and efficiency of its makelines for eCommerce orders, even as consumers shift away from its digital channels.

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The specialty battery franchise has developed a group called the Center of Excellence to explore the possibilities of utilizing the latest AI platforms in its business model.

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Kwik Trip Inc. is teaming up with Gravitate to launch its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Supply & Dispatch solution, which is now live across the retailer's footprint.

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Daily Supermarkets has recently embarked on implementing LEAFIO AI Inventory Optimization, a cutting-edge system for inventory management and supply chain automation and optimization.

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Japan-born Pepper Lunch, a fast casual concept with over 500 locations in 15 countries, is tapping Revel Systems to develop a cloud POS and business management platform for its 125 U.S.-based locations.

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JJ Food Service, a UK omnichannel wholesale food retailer, says that it has strengthened its online and in-store promotions strategy and increased profitability and increased value for customers after implementing the RELEX Solutions promotional model, a cross functional, AI driven solution.

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In part, they will discuss how their two teams created channels of clear communication, collaborative ideation, flexibility, empathy, and trust.

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One Door, Inc. today announced a new multi-year agreement with Pet Food Express. Pet Food Express will implement the One Door Platform to create and communicate localized merchandising plans across their growing store network.

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Żabka Polska has launched its first ever store that is open 24/7 and offers both a traditional and autonomous shopping option.

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The home field of the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team is offering cashierless shopping with Amazon technology, augmented with RFID.

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Visitors will be able to visualise how furniture looks in their homes before purchasing using AR technology on the company’s website.

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Avery Dennison has launched a DPP as a Service (DPPaaS) to help brands fully prepare for forthcoming EU legislation on Digital Product Passports.

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REMA 1000 has migrated SymphonyAI store mobility, store operations, demand forecasting, and space planning and automation to SymphonyAI’s hosted cloud-based platform.

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The leading specialty health-and-wellness retailer, which rolled out a new cloud-based store architecture in April 2023, recently implemented the Jumpmind Commerce cloud-native, mobile-first POS solution.

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Żabka Group has selected the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) GreenLake edge to cloud platform to run its SAP S/4HANA applications.

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Dollar Shave Club’s enterprise transformation includes completing an adoption of the Ordergroove subscription management platform in partnership with Shopify Plus. The retailer originally announced this implementation in December 2022.

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Shoe Carnival is now utilizing Amplience’s full-stack Commerce Experience Platform, which combines an API-first, integrated content management system (CMS) and digital asset management (DAM) with automated media and experience delivery services.

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A2Z Smart Technologies Corp. has been selected to supply Cust2Mate smart carts to Carrefour's Connected Cart project for its newly merged Hypermarket and Supermarket division in France.

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The digitally native apparel brand is leveraging the Aloglia NeuralSearch AI-based online search platform. With this implementation, Everlane is performing end-to-end AI processing on every search query, in an effort to improve the speed and accuracy of results.

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The software-as-a-service rewards platform, designed by Zinrelo, is aimed at improving customer retention, increasing revenue from a segment, promoting referrals and promoting social media shares and engagement.

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Tarbell Management Group, the parent company of Bear's Den, tapped Advanced Digital Data Inc. (ADD Systems) as the company's new software provider for its convenience store and wholesale fuel operations.

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Amazon.com Inc. says it’s testing two new technologies to increase automation in its warehouses, including a trial of a humanoid robot.

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A2Z Cust2mate has received a first purchase order involving Monoprix stores.

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Talend today announced that Palladium Hotel Group is leveraging the Talend platform to deliver a data-driven strategy in support of its digital transformation journey.

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a near stop in early March 2020, but while schools, offices and entertainment venues shuttered, convenience stores kept operations going.

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Home and garden retailer, Robert Dyas, has partnered with PropTech firm Facilio and NJRobinson to streamline its energy management practices.

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Decathlon is deploying the Centric Software product lifecycle management (PLM) technology and Visual Boards digital touchscreen boards as part of a digital transformation effort.

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Camping World Holdings Inc. and Instacart partnered to launch same-day delivery from more than 185 Camping World stores nationwide via the Instacart app and website.

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Primanti Bros. has partnered with Instant Financial, to provide employees with real-time, instant access to wages and tips, immediately following their shifts.

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Superdrug has launched its own retail media network in the UK.

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