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We’re excited to announce a new weekly feature where we’ll be sharing the latest Retail Tech news from across the market.
💻 WEEKLY RETAIL TECH DIGEST - 19th May
🤖 AI & AUTOMATION • Alibaba Group - Focuses on AI growth despite a decline in income, indicating a strategic pivot towards technology investment. • Amazon - Discontinues the Rufus chatbot in favor of a new AI assistant, Alexa for Shopping, emphasizing integrated AI solutions in ecommerce. • WHSmith - Launches a new AI-powered retail assistant designed to help travellers make quicker purchasing decisions in airport stores. • IKEA - Tests robotic boots called Moonwalkers that utilize AI technology to enhance fulfilment speed. • Tapestry - Patents new AI data analytics technology aimed at reducing the time required for data analysis.
💳 PAYMENTS • Stripe - Partners with Google to enhance agentic checkout across major AI platforms, streamlining the checkout process for online retailers. • Lidl in Germany - Expands its self-scanning trial, ‘Lidl & Go’, to seven additional stores, allowing customers to monitor spending in real time.
📊 DATA & ANALYTICS • Etsy - Launches an app integrating ChatGPT to enhance the shopping experience through conversational search. • Xerox - Highlights the importance of leveraging technology through its acquisition of Lexmark to improve retail operations.
⚡ Stay tuned for more updates on retail tech innovation!