RTIH Newsletter

Hello everyone,

We hope everyone is having a great week so far. As usual, it has been another busy week in the world of retail tech. Here is our round-up of what's been going on and the top stories of the week:

Retail technology innovation of the week: Metro Brands taps Nextail platform for hyper-local forecasting

Retail Technology Innovation of the Week is a new series brought to you by RTIH and sponsored by 3D Cloud , highlighting stand-out deployments, launches, and initiatives by retailers and tech suppliers.

Read more about it, here .

Artificial intelligence, RFID, and unified commerce: key retail technology takeaways from NRF 2024

In her first article for RTIH, our new US correspondent, retail analyst and influencer, Christine Russo Russo, reviews National Retail Federation 2024, which took place last week in New York.

Read the full review here .

RTIH retailer interview: Vineta Bajaj, Chief Financial Officer at e-grocery firm Rohlik Group

Twenty years ago at the age of 16, Vineta Bajaj Bajaj, now group CFO at European e-commerce grocery delivery service Rohlik Group and former Group Finance Director at Ocado Retail had left school and was taking a business degree at university.

Read our full interview, here .

Dollar General and Shelf Engine to deploy automated AI-powered ordering for produce across US stores

Dollar General is teaming with Shelf Engine for a US roll-out of its automated AI ordering technology for produce.

Read more, here .

Former Amazon exec rubbishes Instacart claim that future of grocery shopping is Caper smart carts

Instacart is on a mission to revolutionise grocery shopping with its Caper smart carts, according to media reports. The carts, which contain touchscreens, can display advertisements and games that encourage customers to buy more.

Read what Brittain Ladd had to say about it, here .

Vista Technology Support CEO James Pepper talks retail and hospitality technology trends to watch in 2024

2023 brought with it a broad range of macro-economic challenges for the retail and hospitality industry; not only did organisations continue to adapt to post-pandemic changes in consumer buying behaviours, but had to contend with rising operational costs, staff shortages and significant increases in stock loss through theft.

Read what James Pepper has to say about it, here.

Launch of EdTech Innovation Hub

We've been hard at work launching our sister site, EDTech Innovation Hub Innovation Hub! Merging the journalistic knowledge of Scott Thompson with the educational expertise of Emma Cate Stokes , this innovative online news hub aims to be the go-to source for the latest in EdTech.

Check it out, here .