Do you like numbers? Do you like retail systems news? Then this is the article for you. Including Nike, Boots, Deliveroo, Sook, Alibaba Group, Afresh Technologies, Amazon, Co-op, and Uber Eats.

50…In celebration of Nike’s 50th anniversary, BUCK has partnered with the company’s Global Brand Experience team to bring its past, present, and future to life through a WebAR experience.

Powered by Zappar’s ZapWorks platform, this provides a portal into the Department of Nike Archives for visitors to Nike stores.

$8.4 billion…Retailers and stakeholders are increasingly turning to automation solutions such as mobile robotics for operational ease.

According to ABI Research, worldwide commercial robot revenue in retail stores will have a CAGR of over 25% from 2022 to 2030 and exceed $8.4 billion by 2030.

$115 million and $148 million…Afresh, a startup whose technology helps grocery stores reduce food waste, has raised $115 million in new funding. 

The Series B round was led by Spark Capital.

Insight Partners and VMG Partners also participated, along with Walter Robb, a senior executive at S2G Ventures and the former Co-CEO at Whole Foods Market.

The company’s total funding has now reached $148 million.

125…Boots has expanded its partnership with Deliveroo to 125 stores across the UK.

Customers will now have access, via the Deliveroo app, to an expanded range of 750 products delivered to their door in minutes, following a 14 store trial. 

Boots is now available via Deliveroo for the first time to customers in cities including Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast, Bristol, Sheffield, Coventry, Plymouth, Exeter, Middlesbrough, York, Aberdeen and Inverness.

More stores are also offering the service in existing regions, including London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds and Edinburgh.

1…The Seattle Seahawks and Lumen Field have announced plans to modernise the stadium’s concessions experience with a new store powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology for checkout-free shopping and Amazon One for entry and payment with palm recognition.

Lumen Field will become the first NFL stadium to implement both technologies in a single store, District Market.

In collaboration with Lumen Field’s hospitality partner, Levy, and DBK Studio, Levy’s innovation studio, this is scheduled to open in time for the 2022 Seahawks regular season.

1,000 and 30…Co-op and Uber Eats have teamed-up as part of the convenience retailer’s plans to expand its on-demand online home delivery service.

Through the partnership, shoppers will be able to order via the Uber Eats app from around 1,000 Co-op food stores by the end of the year, with groceries delivered in as little as 30 minutes.

One in five UK consumers will increase their Black Friday spend from 2021 levels despite cost of living concerns, with one in ten using the occasion to complete most of their Christmas shopping, according to a study of 2,000 people by Emarsys.

$11 million…Composable commerce specialist, Myplanet, has received $11 million in funding from Tercera.

$10 million…Store management platform Dukkantek has announced a $10 million pre-Series A funding round as it looks to scale its digital ecosystem for SMB retailers across the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey and Saudi Arabia and eyes more opportunities in North Africa.

The round was led by BECO Capital with participation from Rocketship and Colle Capital.

Other investors included Comma Capital, AMK Investment Office, Chaos Ventures, and Wamda Capital.

3…UK-based pop-up space operator, Sook, will open three new spaces in Leeds, Birmingham and Southampton on 9th September.

It is working on this with Hammerson and RivingtonHark at Leeds Victoria Gate, Birmingham’s Bullring and Grand Central, and Southampton’s Westquay.

The company says that the openings have been driven by a huge demand from online only companies looking for flexible retail space to drive brand awareness and meet their customers in person.

48…Dublin based startup VisionR has announced an agreement with SPAR to leverage in-store, shopper driven insights across its retail network in 48 countries.