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Retail Tech Roundup: SAP Spins Out Qualtrics with IPO, Centric PLM Lands Chinese Client

Qualtrics plans to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker XM, and anticipates that its IPO price will be…

Walmart Ends Inventory-Tracking Robotics Trial in Stores: Report

Walmart has reportedly ended its contract with Bossa Nova Robotics, which supplied six-foot robots in…

E-Commerce Sales to Jump 25% in 2020, Shatter $1 Trillion by 2023

FTI Consulting says the online sales numbers represent the strongest growth for e-commerce since 2006.

Adidas Futurecraft Unveils Robotic Textile Tech for ‘Coded’ Sneaker Design

"Strung is not knitting and it's not weaving: it hasn't existed before," Adidas experts wrote.

Retail Tech Roundup: Mirakl Raises $300 Million, Wolf Lingerie Deploys Centric PLM

In this week's Tech Roundup, Maurices implements IT solution TCS, while Shopify's 6 River Systems adds new…

Holiday Is Coming. Are Retail Warehouses Ready?

With a significant percentage of consumers planning to holiday shop online, retailers must optimize and…

Attabotics Snags Another $50 Million in Funding for Robotics Expansion

Attabotics' "three-dimensional" micro-fulfillment system is designed to reduce a company's warehouse…

Retail Tech Roundup: American Eagle Expands Robotics Fleet, Oracle Launches Inventory Cloud

The Retail Tech Roundup covers recent news from Oracle, Kindred, Tompkins Robotics, Pattern, S5 Stratos…

Indian Textile Shop Finds Creative Use for Interactive Robot

Once viewed with some skepticism, humanoid robots might find their footing among socially distant shoppers.

Amazon Expands Real-World Trial of Last-Mile Delivery Robot ‘Scout’

Amazon trialed Scout in January 2019 in Snohomish County, Wash., before adding a second testing site in…

Retail Tech Roundup: David’s Bridal Taps Popwallet, Robotics Player Geek+ Raises $200M

Searchspring, WeCommerce, Celero, Kibo, Checkout.com, Honeywell, Retail Pro, Geek+, Katalyst and Fattmerchant…

Retail Tech Roundup: Gap Triples Robotics Fleet, Aptos Launches COVID-19 ‘Quick Start’ Tools

Aptos, ThirdChannel, Ontruck, CommerceHub, Kindred and Tobii announced new tech developments for retail…

How Berkshire Grey’s New Robotics System Boosts Apparel Sortation in COVID-19

"All these fulfillment and distribution centers need social distancing, so robotics are a pretty good answer…

Retail Tech Roundup: Tompkins Launches Micro-Fulfillment, Scandit and Bluecore Raise $130 Million

Scandit and Bluecore collectively raised $130 million while Faire created tools to fill the void left by…

Shopify Makes Moves to Help Merchants Manage Through COVID-19

The e-commerce provider launched an installment payments option, new local delivery offerings and gift cards…