RTIH rounds up the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from January.

Fast fashion pureplay boohoo has selected Akeneo to manage product information as part of its omnichannel strategy.

BALA has chosen Brightpearl and Shopify to help bring its footwear for nurses to market for the first time.

Samsung Next food technology platform, Whisk, has added Sainsbury’s to its ecosystem. 

Shoppers can now turn any recipe from Whisk’s network of publishers, brands, and apps into a shopping list and purchase for Click and Collect or delivery from Sainsbury’s. 

Imagr's SmartCarts have gone live at an Oasis supermarket store in Nakanoshima, Osaka, Japan.

The intelligent shopping trolley taps computer vision and AI technologies.

Customers can pair their phone with a cart, do their shopping and leave without scanning any barcodes. 

Kroger is testing out Caper's artificial intelligence powered shopping cart at a Cincinnati store in the US. 

Shoppers can use a KroGO branded smart cart to scan items and pay for them, eliminating the need to stand in line and checkout. 

Edeka Rhein-Ruhr, part of Germany’s largest supermarket chain, Edeka, is equipping its new distribution centre, located in Oberhausen-Waldteich, with a robotic order picking system from Cimcorp. 

Online electricals retailer AO is using RELEX’s space planning solution for its first ever physical retail experience.

It is working on five store-within-a-store concepts as part of a six-month pilot with Tesco.

Following a trial, John Lewis & Partners is rolling out 3D visualisation technology from Marxent for home design appointments.

Walmart is to test out grocery deliveries to a HomeValet smart cooler placed outside of customers’ homes.

The big box retailer will kick off a pilot during the spring in its hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas. 

Namogoo has implemented its customer journey hijacking prevention solution on M&S.com.

The venture’s software works by protecting visitors to a retailer's website from unauthorised online adverts which can appear (usually through affiliate networks).

Best Buy has placed a SEK 107 million order to continue deploying Pricer's electronic shelf labels (ESL) system in 119 stores.

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