the biggest retail technology news stories of the week — Retail Technology Innovation Hub

It’s Friday, Christmas is almost upon us, so let’s kick back and reflect on another eventful week for the retail systems space. Here’s your briefing on the most important stories from the past five days, including Frasers Group, Decathlon, HMV, Boots, and the latest RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List.

1. Frasers Group teams with Lab Digital, Valtech and AND Digital on new MACH e-commerce platform and apps

Frasers Group is working on a new MACH e-commerce platform and consumer apps, with go live set for 2024.

In a LinkedIn post, David Clark, Group Digital Director at Frasers Group, whose brands include Sports Direct, Flannels, and Jack Wills, said: “Short hop to Utrecht today to meet our partners at Lab Digital, Valtech and AND Digital.”

“Very excited with the progress on our new MACH e-commerce platform and consumer apps. Coming to Frasers Group in 2024.”

“Building strong relationships and bringing together strengths of different partners can generate incredible results. Thanks for hosting us in your great office space Michiel Tielemans (Managing Director at Lab Digital).”

2. RTIH kicks off the nomination phase for its latest Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List

The next edition of the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List will be published early next year.

We’ll be bringing you the people who made a splash in 2023 and are set for a barnstorming 2024.

RTIH is scouring the retail technology world to find the most influential figures for this comprehensive list of people and trends that shape the industry and help drive it forward.

We’re living in unprecedented times.

The Covid-19 outbreak and cost-of-living crisis have driven a seismic change in shopping habits.

Whether it be augmented reality, artificial intelligence or advanced data analytics, we are seeing retailers taking innovative technologies and finding ways to use them to make checkout processes smoother, shelves smarter, and shopping experiences more exciting.

Which is where the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List comes in.

Such disruption requires new ways of problem solving and thought leaders who can both evangelise and execute on the likes of digital transformation and omnichannel success.

HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THE TOP 100?

We use a variety of sources to select our top 100, including feedback from industry observers, research within our own networks, direct or third party nominations via our website, and social media tools.

In addition to social presence, we also take into account award winners, event speakers, books published, media appearances, and people building innovative companies, solutions etc in the retail space.

Download the 2023 list in pdf format here.

Or read via Issuu.

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