RTIH Newsletter

Hello everyone,

We hope you are having a great week. Here at RTIH HQ, we are receiving lots of entries for the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards. We have been very impressed with the quality and look forward to sharing the shortlist with you in the future.

This year, the awards will focus on AI, sustainability, and inclusivity. Our winners will be announced during a glittering ceremony at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London on Thursday 21st November.

To find out more, click here .

Now, on to this week's most popular stories.

It was a blast!’ EE/BT veteran Alan Dickson set to depart with Retail IT Refresh project close to completion

Alan Dickson has announced that he will leave EE / 英国电信集团 later this year. This comes as EE is introducing a new cloud-based PoS solution from Aptos Retail in its retail stores. The aim is to enhance customer engagement capabilities and reduce the IT infrastructure footprint in each store.?

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Crew Clothing Company expands its Cegid Retail Store Excellence partnership to adopt Newsfeed feature

Cegid for retailers has expanded its partnership with Crew Clothing Company , with the brand now implementing the Newsfeed feature within Cegid Retail Store Excellence.

“Previously, we would send out newsletters to stores with an attachment for them to pin to notice boards, and now it goes through Cegid Retail Store Excellence,” says Charlotte Eaves , Retail Operations and Customer Experience Manager at Crew Clothing.

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Butterfly.ai adds retail technology influencer, author and podcaster Ron Thurston?to its advisory board

Butterfly.ai , an engagement and feedback solution designed for frontline and deskless workers and their managers, has announced the addition of? Ron Thurston ?to its advisory board.

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Xiatech and OneStock announce launch of second annual Business Value of MACH Technologies Survey

Xiatech , the company behind Xfuse, an AI powered composable hyper-integration platform, and distributed order management specialists, OneStock , have launched the second annual Business Value of MACH Technologies Survey.

“We are proud to partner again with OneStock to run this year's Business Value of MACH Technologies Survey. This has become, in a short period of time, the go-to benchmark for organisations seeking to confidently determine what business results they should expect from their MACH technology investments," says Jonathan Summerfield , CEO and Founder at Xiatech . ?

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Mineral water brand Volvic launches 3D programmatic digital out-of-home campaign at London Underground stations

Wavemaker UK, Global and DOOH.com have collaborated on a 3D programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) ad campaign for the launch of a new Touch of Fruit Sparkling range from Volvic.

For the next seven weeks, commuters and passers-by at Kings Cross and Waterloo London Underground stations will see Touch of Fruit Sparkling 3D cans popping out from digital screens .

Jules Smith , Head of Paid and Earned Media, 达能 UKI, comments: “As a brand we love to be at the forefront of creativity and push the boundaries when it comes to creative advertising.”

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Anyone for tennis and checkout-frees stores? Zippin makes history at 2024 French Open tennis tournament

A new checkout-free store debuted at this year’s French Open. Launched in collaboration between Zippin , Sodexo Live! , and 富士通 , this represents the first public autonomous store in France.

Krishna Motukuri , Co-founder and CEO at Zippin, said: “The fact that [we needed to make] minimal changes to the building meant that all the components that we used are portable, modular, and require the least amount of changes to the space.”

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Constructor announces $25 million Series B led by Sapphire Ventures , tripling valuation to $550 million

Constructor , an AI powered product discovery and search platform for enterprise e-commerce firms, has closed a $25 million Series B round, bringing the company’s valuation to $550 million.

Eli Finkelshteyn , CEO and Co-founder at Constructor, says: “We’re very proud of this fundraise, but it’s important for us to remember that it’s only a symptom of doing good work for our customers. If we don’t use this to do better for them, then we’re missing the point.”

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