British retailer kicks off check-out free shopping

October 14, 2019

British multinational grocer, Tesco, working with computer vision startup, Trigo, is now offering customers check-out free shopping using its new Tesco app.

Stadium to offer Zippin cashierless checkout

October 4, 2019

Customers at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings, will be able to walk in, grab an item and check out in less than 3…

BJ's updates mobile app to enhance shopping experience

October 2, 2019

BJ's Wholesale club has redesigned its app to boost the shopping experience via new features, improved usability as well as a gamification aspect.

Levi factory workers participating in Mastercard digital payment pilot

October 2, 2019

Mastercard announced a pilot plan to transition garment factory workers from cash to digital wage payments under agreements with apparel makers Levi Strauss…

Canadian discount retailer taps Mercatus to drive mobile experience forward

September 30, 2019

Giant Tiger Stores Limited, a Canadian discount retailer, is partnering with digital commerce solution provider, Mercatus, on a mobile app.

Mobile self-checkout player raises $4.3M in funding

September 26, 2019

MishiPay, a London-based mobile self-checkout vendor, now has about $4.3 million more to grow the business thanks to a Series A funding round that included…

Online grocer Farmstead expanding into Carolinas

September 20, 2019

Online grocer, Farmstead, is expanding into the Carolinas as part of a partnership with Southeast grocery company, Alex Lee, which is the parent company of…

Trigo raises $22M to scale checkout-free retail POS

September 17, 2019

Trigo, a computer-vision company providing checkout-free systems to grocery retailers, has raised $22 million in an A Round led by growth fund Red Dot Capital…

ING teams with Aifi, Dutch grocer on cashierless concept store

September 9, 2019

Grocery store chain Albert Heijn has teamed with ING Group, the Amsterdam-based banking company and California-based startup Aifi, to test a new cashierless…

Southwest embraces Apple Pay in deal with CellPoint, UATP

September 9, 2019

Cellpoint Digital and UATP announced a multi-year agreement with Southwest Airlines to integrate Apple Pay as an alternative payment method for tickets and…

Amazon testing human hand-scanning for payment process, report says

September 5, 2019

Amazon is reportedly testing scanners that can identify a human hand as a point-of-sale cashier option.

Drop raises $44M to expand mobile loyalty platform

September 3, 2019

Drop Technologies Inc., a Toronto-based mobile rewards platform, has raised $44 million in Series B funding, led by HOF Capital and assisted by a new strategic…

Are mobile payments on the verge of a breakthrough?

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

Despite years of hype and expectations that failed to materialize, U.S. mobile payment adoption may be close to a breakthrough as issuers transition to…

Mobile retail apps: Balancing benefits with costs

Sean Keith, director of new business development at Eagle Eye, writes that it's clear mobile retail apps provide a platform to engage an increasing number of…

4 attributes of a successful digital engagement strategy

Anthony Stevenson, international new business director at Eagle Eye, writes that in the race to capture sales only businesses with an effective digital…

Sock vending machines launch in San Francisco

August 9, 2019

The Sock Spot, a novelty sock retailer, has launched the first of several automated retail units at the Westfield San Francisco Centre, according to a press…

The age of omnichannel: Why retailers need to go 'all-in'

The fluid world of multichannel shopping and consumer touch points is only going to become increasingly involved and complex. To succeed, brands can no longer…

Pinterest a viable retail social media outlet, claims research

August 6, 2019

Retailers not using Pinterest to promote product or the brand may want to consider doing just that given research that claims the investment can be worthwhile. 

goop, Mastercard, Next Retail Concepts team up on innovative online experience

August 6, 2019

Lifestyle brand, goop, is offering its Canadian consumers an immersive digital shopping experience with the help of Mastercard and Next Retail Concepts.

Walmart, Nike innovators lead top 25 global power player list

August 5, 2019

Walmart, Nike and Max Mara leaders took the first top three slots on the Top 25 Global E-Commerce Power Players list from Coresight Research and eShopWorld.