Retail Technology Innovation Hub (RTIH)

3 weeks ago | retailtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

Debenhams Group, home to Debenhams, Karen Millen, boohoo, MAN, and PrettyLittleThing, reports a surge in demand for western inspired fashion fuelled by the start of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour, which opens in the UK today. Debenhams Group says its PrettyLittleThing site saw a 617% increase in searches for cowboy jackets in May 2025, as well as a surge in demand for cowboy hats (up 85%) and boots (up 53%).

3 weeks ago | retailtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

Mumzworld has more than 3.5 million users across the Middle East, selling around 250,000 products from 5,000+ local and global brands. Through its retail media advertising platform, GotWit says thousands of Mumzworld brands will be able to connect with new target customers, increasing visibility and driving sales. The platform supports formats including sponsored products, sponsored brands, sponsored brand video advertising, sponsored display advertising and video advertising.

4 weeks ago | retailtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

As new research reveals 30% of business leaders see themselves as influencers, BT is working with Amber-Rose Badrudin, CEO at Oree Mart and star of the BBC’s The Apprentice, to help them develop the skills needed to grow their personal brands. BT’s research (involving 500 CEOs and founders of small to medium sized businesses in the UK) found that retail CEOs are spending, on average, more than an hour each day sharing personal content on social media to promote their businesses.

4 weeks ago | retailtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

New York museum and interactive experience SPYSCAPE, which has attracted more than a million visitors since its launch, lands today in Covent Garden, London. Based at 45 Wellington Street, SPYSCAPE London aims to provide a new take on immersive activities, blending the history, art and science of espionage and psychology.  The 25,000 sqft venue asks visitors to step into the shoes of an intelligence operative through a series of personalised immersive challenges.

1 month ago | retailtechinnovationhub.com | Rachel Lawler

Textile-to-textile recycling specialist Circ has shared plans to open what is pitched as the first industrial scale facility dedicated to recycling used polycotton textiles into new materials. Announced by President Emmanuel Macron at the 2025 Choose France Summit, the $500 million plant, based in Saint-Avold, will recycle 70,000 metric tonnes of post-consumer and post-industrial polycotton each year.