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Automation technology provider Elenium Automation has appointed 20-year veteran senior finance executive Michelle Wright as chief financial officer to its Melbourne-based leadership team.

Retailer Coles has introduced its first electric truck for deliveries, with supply chain leader Linfox Logistics being the provider. This brings to six the number of such trucks provided by Linfox to its customers.

Retailer Coles Liquor has partnered with retail optimisation software provider RELEX Solutions to implement its Living Retail platform across its 931 Australian stores.

Coles, one of Australia's two big supermarket chains, says it will offer delivery of some 250 grocery items by drone in some suburbs of Canberra.

GUEST RESEARCH: Strategic research and consulting agency, Fifth Dimension, has released the results of its worldwide research into sustainability and what consumers want governments and companies to do about it.

Data lakehouse pioneer Databricks has launched Databricks Lakehouse for Retail, its first industry-specific data lakehouse for retailers and consumer goods organisations.

Coles plans to hire more than 70 digital professionals to join its eCommerce business, in a move the retail giant says will help to drive rapid digital transformation and shape the future of Australian retail.

Debit card operator eftpos says several big name banks, retailers and fintechs are supporting the rollout of the eQR QR payments platform.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Eftpos has announced that some of Australia's most iconic banks, retailers and FinTechs – CommBank, NAB, Coles, Woolworths, Azupay, Beem It and Merchant Warrior – are partnering with eftpos to support the rollout of its new QR payments platform, eQR.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Eftpos has announced that some of Australia's most iconic banks, retailers and FinTechs – CommBank, NAB, Coles, Woolworths, Azupay, Beem It and Merchant Warrior – are partnering with eftpos to support the rollout of its new QR payments platform, eQR.

Technology consultancy Thoughtworks has unveiled its First Nations Delivery Centre, a remote-first software consulting and development team comprising at least 50% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander technologists.

Digital business transformation company Publicis Sapient has appointed Claire Rawlins to the role of country managing director for Australia.

Australian supermarket Coles has tapped RELEX Solutions, a provider of retail optimisation software, to “centralise its ordering systems, improve food freshness, and reduce food waste.”

Further gains are possible by understanding customer journeys at an even deeper level

GUEST OPINION by Mike Hicks, Principal Solutions Architect at ThousandEyes: Australian retail achieved somewhat of a milestone during the recent annual results season: widespread profitability from online operations.

One of Australia's two big supermarket chains, Coles, was hit by an IT outage for a little over four hours and forced to shut its outlets, with shoppers unable to complete purchases due to an inability to process payments.

Retail giant Coles has launched a new digital channel - coles&co - which gives online customers information on new products, shopping tips and recipes - with the online service replacing printed catalogues, which will no longer be delivered to letterboxes.

Coles has partnered with flybuys to launch flypay, as a new way for customers to “seamlessly pay” for purchases and collect flybuys points when shopping online at selected retailers.

Australia’s competition wachdog the ACCC has given interim authorisation to supermarket operators to coordinate to ensure a “fair and equitable” distribution of fresh food, groceries and other household items during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Microsoft Australia is extending its traineeship program to Victoria in partnership with the Victorian Government and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

Retail giant Coles has secured a 10-year agreement with global renewable power generation company Metka EGN to build three new solar power plants from which it will purchase more than 70% of the electricity generated to power its stores and distribution centres across Australia.