| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.03.2026 | Retailers post 9% growth in February | - |
| 10.03.2026 | Kinfolk: $7.2 Million Seed Funding Secured For AI Workforce Operations Platform | Kinfolk, a London-based AI workforce operations platform, announced it has raised $7.2 million in seed funding to expand its agentic AI technology designed to automate HR and people operations workflows. The round was led by AlbionVC, with ... |
| 25.12.2025 | US Holiday Spending Climbs: Cautious Consumers Prioritize Digital, Tech | US holiday retail spending climbed 4.2%. E-commerce surged 7.8%. Physical stores secured 73% of volume. Electronics and apparel topped categories. Shoppers remained cautious. Inflation-adjusted growth hit 2.2%. AI influenced buying. Economi... |
| 23.12.2025 | Cautious shoppers step up spending to start holiday season | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers stepped up gift giving during the first seven weeks of the holiday shopping season, according to new data released Tuesday. But uncertainty about the ... |
| 19.12.2025 | Shoppers are focusing on quality, not deals, in the final days before Christmas | After shoppers focused on deals early on in the holiday season, search interest shows they’re more interested in brands perceived as high quality as Christmas approaches.
There’s also been an increase in interest in gifting experiences and ... |
| 08.01.2025 | RetailNext: Majority Growth Investment Raised From Battery Ventures | RetailNext – a leader in smart store analytics for optimizing store experiences – announced a strategic majority growth investment from Battery Ventures. This investment will support the expansion of RetailNext’s international team, acceler... |
| 06.01.2025 | Aptitude Medical Systems Secures $10M+ From Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | The Metrix STI panel is being developed to enable anyone to test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomoniasis all at once, on the spot, in the clinic, or in the home, to enable rapid and appropriate treatment.
Aptitude Medical Systems, a Go... |
| 06.01.2025 | RetailNext Receives Growth Investment from Battery Ventures | RetailNext, a Campbell, CA-based company which specializes in smart store analytics for optimizing store experiences, received a growth investment from Battery Ventures.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The company intends to use t... |
| 02.12.2024 | Cyber Monday shoppers expected to set a record on the year’s biggest day for online shopping | Consumer spending for Cyber Week — the five major shopping days between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday — provides a strong indication of how much shoppers are willing to spend for the holidays.
Many U.S. consumers continue to experience stic... |
| 26.10.2023 | RetailNext and MarketDial Partner to Elevate In-Store Analytics For Retailers | Fusing Real-time Data with Empirical Testing, Retailers Gain a Comprehensive Toolkit to Drive In-store Innovation
In our collaboration with MarketDial, we envision arming retailers with the tools to experiment dynamically and observe tangib... |
| 08.06.2023 | Sharaf DG Partners With RetailNext To Power Data Driven Decision Making | Sharaf DG Partners With RetailNext To Power Data Driven Decision Making
Supplied with in-store data from a leading analytics solution, Sharaf DG levels up brand partnerships and lays the foundation for data monetization programs.
Not only a... |
| 08.05.2023 | Electrical & Phones Prove More Popular Amidst Coronation Shoppers | Retail intelligence leader, RetailNext, reports UK store traffic in the Electrical & Phones category outperformed other categories on the day of the Coronation
With promotions in full swing for the Coronation, shoppers who made in-store... |
| 15.03.2023 | The smart retail market is expected to hit $211 billion by 2030 | Smart retail involves using data and analytics to give shoppers a better shopping experience
People are increasingly heading back into brick and mortar businesses now that the pandemic is finally over, but they aren't very happy about it: e... |
| 03.03.2023 | Startups in the fashion/retail data space that you should know | They include RetailNext, True Fit, CARTO, MakerSights, EDITED, and Stylumia
There's no denying that AI is becoming a bigger factor in the retailer space: a recently released survey of IT decision-makers in the space found that 71% of retail... |
| 28.02.2023 | With RetailNext Partnership, Peltz Shoes Gets a Data-Driven Upgrade | Footwear brand leverages AI analytics to streamline operations and optimize the customer experience.
Partnering with RetailNext lets us put accurate data at our managers' fingertips in real-time, empowering them to elevate customer service ... |
| 20.01.2023 | The Vitamin Shoppe Partners With RetailNext to Elevate Performance In Over 700 Stores | The Vitamin Shoppe Partners With RetailNext to Elevate Performance In Over 700 Stores
Wellness brand taps top analytics platform to unlock new efficiencies and drive sales.
With RetailNext’s intelligent shopper analytics platform, we have t... |
| 16.01.2023 | New RetailNext Innovations Help Stores Future-Proof In 2023 | RetailNext's latest suite of cutting-edge technologies is helping retailers optimize performance, solve problems, and gain a competitive edge in the new year.
Shopper behavior will continue to change at pace during 2023, so it’s vital that ... |
| 13.01.2023 | How To Win The Subscription Game With Lasting Perceived Value | Sagar Rajgopal is the president and chief customer officer (CCO) of Ubiquity, a leading outsourcer for disruptive brands. |
| 13.01.2023 | RetailNext Wins IoT Connected Retail Application of the Year | Retail intelligence leader, RetailNext, wins a prestigious award for the game-changing Aurora sensor that brings IoT and AI to the retail space.
Retail intelligence leader, RetailNext, wins a prestigious award for the game-changing Aurora s... |
| 05.01.2023 | More Shoppers Head To US Stores Over 2022 Holiday Season | Retail analytics leader, RetailNext, reports US store traffic climbs +1.1% year-on-year over a six-week period during the 2022 holiday season
For retailers seeking a strong close to the fiscal year, these traffic gains are an important data... |
| 04.01.2023 | UK Footfall Rises Over 2022 Holidays Despite Challenging Year In Retail | Retail intelligence leader, RetailNext, reports footfall for the 2022 holiday season in the UK is up almost +11% year-on-year over a six-week period
Each week’s traffic over the six-week period recorded strong gains compared to 2021...These... |
| 19.12.2022 | A ‘Super Saturday’ For UK Footfall Despite Strikes & Cold Snap | Retail intelligence leader, RetailNext, reports Super Saturday store traffic is up almost 11% year-on-year
The traditional ‘panic buying’ trend seen over Super Saturday was strong this year, as consumers seemingly hoped to avoid delivery de... |
| 08.12.2022 | The Retail Intelligence Behind SHOWFIELDS’ US Store Openings | Direct-to-consumer brand shares how smart store analytics helped inform its US store openings in Brooklyn and Washington D.C.
We’ve been able to unearth some very valuable data about our customers at our US stores through the RetailNext pla... |
| 29.11.2022 | RetailNext Announces Traffic Data for Black Friday Weekend 2022 | Retail analytics leader reports Black Friday weekend store traffic is up 2.5% year-on-year, but down -4.1% for Cyber Monday
The Black Friday weekend is proving to be a comeback kid year after year as consumers show an eagerness to return to... |
| 26.11.2022 | RetailNext Announces Sales And Traffic Data For Black Friday 2022 | Retail intelligence leader reports Black Friday traffic is up 7% year-on-year
The story of the U.S. retail sector has been one of incredible resilience. For the period of Sunday through Thursday, 2022 traffic was down just 1.1% compared to ... |
| 14.11.2022 | RetailNext Acquires UK Counting and Footfall Solutions Specialist from Ipsos | RetailNext acquires Ipsos Retail Performance
Retail intelligence pioneer adds 40 employees, opens new offices in UK and Philippines
RetailNext is growing fast, and carefully planned acquisitions and partnerships will continue to be central ... |
| 14.11.2022 | RetailNext Expands Its Footprint With New Acquisition | RetailNext, the first technology company to bring e-commerce-style shopper analytics to physical ... [+] retail locations announced its acquisition of Retail Performance.Courtesy of RetailNext |
| 20.10.2022 | UNTUCKit Partners With RetailNext To Beat DTC Downturn | UNTUCKit Partners With RetailNext
Data analytics solution empowers digital-native menswear brand to cut IT costs by 40% while boosting conversions by 6.9%
RetailNext’s traffic data enables us to maximize the opportunities in front of us. Wh... |
| 06.09.2022 | Catch Co. Partners With RetailNext, Hooks Customers With Experiential Shopping | Fishing brand teams up with a cutting-edge analytics platform to provide next-level retail experiences.
RetailNext’s technologies are helping us to use data-driven insights to create the most fulfilling, inclusive, and interactive shopping ... |
| 18.07.2022 | 2022 Prime Day Purchasing Trends Mirrored in Brick-and-Mortar Shopping Behavior | In-store foot traffic jumps as consumers seek deals on apparel, health, and beauty products
Offering big discounts is no longer enough to lure in customers — retailers also need to invest in delivering the kinds of compelling experiences th... |
| 14.06.2022 | RetailNext Helps Retailers Beat Shrink With Next-Gen Asset Protection Solution | Cloud-based intelligent security system delivers real-time insights to combat theft and fraud.
By putting security footage and analytics at retailers’ fingertips, we’re giving them the tools to fight back against shoplifting, fraud, and oth... |
| 10.06.2022 | Industry Leaders Plan the Future of Retail at RetailNext’s 10th Annual Executive Forum | An exclusive, invitation-only gathering of global industry leaders and top experts to discuss the future of in-store retail.
Retail analytics leader brings together top stakeholders to chart a new course for brick-and-mortar shopping
This w... |
| 07.12.2021 | Retail Sales Tips: Selling More During Peak Hours | There's no getting around it: 2020 was a rough year for in-store traffic. April 2020 saw a whopping 96.4% reductionin foot traffic for US retailers. The good news is that traffic is starting to recover, with Black Friday seeing nearly half ... |
| 03.12.2021 | Afterpay’s Black Friday results highlight evolving consumer trends | By the numbers: Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday data reveals significant changes in how people are shopping this holiday season compared with last year, when fear of the coronavirus kept people away f... |
| 19.10.2021 | ServiceNow : The promise of IoT's last mile | By Thomas Lee, Workflow contributor
For years, supporters of the Internet of Things have claimed that the technology would transform business. Real-time information gleaned from sensors attached to cars, buildings, pipelines, cell towers, a... |
| 11.06.2021 | RetailNext Partners Receives $42M From Colbeck Capital to Invest in Store Data Infrastructure | RetailNext recently announced that it received $42 million in capital growth funding from Colbeck Capital Management to support ongoing growth and market demand.
The investment will allow RetailNext to accelerate implementation of retail da... |
| 15.01.2021 | Holiday Sales Hit $876 Billion: By The Numbers | For the three month period of October through December, retail sales were up 4.9% over last year. ... [+] (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| 07.05.2020 | RetailNext Enhances Occupancy Data Capabilities as Retailers Work on New Strategies In The Time of COVID-19 | RetailNext Inc. announces that retail clients, property owners and other venue operators will be able to use the platform to understand occupancy in real time.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 5, 2020 – RetailNext Inc., the worldwide expert and mark... |
| 30.03.2020 | Malls Survived The Retail Apocalypse, But Coronavirus Threatens To Be Their Armaggedon | NEW YORK CITY, NY - MARCH 29: People walk through an empty Brookfield Place mall in lower Manhattan ... [+] on March 29, 2020 in New York City. Across the country schools, businesses and places of work have either been shut down or are rest... |
| 25.10.2017 | Vibhu Norby of B8ta on Disrupting Traditional Multibrand Retail Model | Multibrand department stores must evolve or risk peril. This was the undertone during Vibhu Norby of B8ta’s discussion with RetailNext’s Alexei Agratchev during WWD’s CEO Summit.
“We came to retail from the brand side, we felt that when peo... |
| 27.07.2017 | AI and the retail store of the future | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), bo... |
| 19.07.2017 | Sundance Inks Multiyear Deal With RetailNext to Deploy Analytics Solution | Lifestyle brand Sundance has partnered with RetailNext Inc. to deploy the company’s “smart store” analytics solution, which is designed to “optimize shopper experiences.” It’s a multiyear agreement. Terms of the transaction were not disclos... |
| 25.04.2017 | Sense360 raises $7 million to track customers in fast food restaurants | Physical tracking in shops has been a global trend since at least 2013. Using a cell phone’s location data and video monitoring, retailers have been tracking customers’ movements through stores in an effort to regain some of the ground lost... |
| 24.08.2016 | Singapore: EDBI leads strategic investment into shopper analytics firm RetailNext | Premium
EDBI, the investment arm of Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB), has made a strategic equity investment into California-based RetailNext Inc.,a retail-oriented IoT platform that conducts shopper analytics through a centrali... |
| 18.04.2016 | Rebuilding retail brick by brick | Mike Hsieh Contributor
Mike Hsieh is the president of Fung Capital USA.
In 2016, Walmart plans to close 269 stores. Macy’s plans 36 closures, and Kohl’s 18. Is this the beginning of the end for brick-and-mortar retailers?
There has been muc... |
| 14.01.2016 | Euclid Analytics Raises $20M Series C To Track Consumer Behavior In Retail Stores | Euclid Analytics plans to help more companies track customer behavior in their retail stores after raising a $20 million Series C. The funding will be used to acquire clients, add new employees, and build Euclid’s location analytics platfor... |
| 21.12.2015 | E-Commerce Isn’t Everything | Jeff Schneble Contributor
Jeff Schneble is a partner at Wing Venture Capital.
The holiday season is here. For many of us that means lots of shopping. Are you doing most of your shopping online or in stores? If you’re like most consumers, th... |
| 13.10.2015 | RetailNext Acquires Pikato | RetailNext Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of a retail analytics platform for brick-and-mortar stores, acquired Pikato, a Chicago-based provider of a solution for mobile shopper engagement.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
... |
| 02.10.2015 | Products, Not Marketing, Should Be How You Win Customers’ Hearts | Brian Solis is a digital analyst, anthropologist, futurist and author of X, What’s the Future of Business (WTF), Engage! and The End of Business As Usual.
So many companies entrust customer engagement to marketing. At the same time, many cu... |
| 14.08.2015 | The Future Of Consumer Marketing Is Personal | Andrew Cleland Contributor
Andrew Cleland is a managing director at Comcast Ventures.
Today’s marketing industry is a long way from achieving its end-game of a system that delivers the perfect creative through the best medium at the optimal... |
| 17.04.2015 | RetailNext Secures $125 Million in Growth Funding | SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 15, 2015 – RetailNext, Inc., the worldwide market leader for in-store retail analytics, today announced the company has secured an additional $125 million in growth funding. RetailNext plans to use the new funding t... |
| 17.04.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 4/17/15 | Sprig, Planet Labs, Courion, NEA, Ascend, Snaps, Acorns, Skyport, 99designs, Adallom, Ticketbis, Ola
Seed stage
Financial technology startup Ascend Consumer Finance raised $1.5 million in seed funding, The round was led by Mucker Capital, w... |
| 15.04.2015 | RetailNext Raises $125M | RetailNext Inc., a San Jose, California-based provider of in-store retail analytics, raised $125m in funding.
The round was led by Activant Capital Group with participation from August Capital, StarVest Partners, Nokia Growth Partners, Comm... |
| 15.04.2015 | RetailNext scores a whopping $125M to turn stores into data systems | You may think you’re walking into a store.
But, if the establishment is being monitored by in-store data analytics firm RetailNext, you’re actually walking into a data-capturing and -integrating honeypot. And the San Jose, California-based ... |
| 15.04.2015 | RetailNext scores a whopping $125M to turn stores into data systems | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
You may think you’re walking into a store.
But, i... |
| 01.04.2015 | Xovis: expansion into the global retail market | |
| 11.07.2014 | Funding Roundup - week ending 7/11/14 | GetYou, Google Ventures, Cover, jobandtalent, mNectar, HotelQuickly, DigitalOcean, Spectrum Equity
Seed stage
Social feedback platform GetYou raised a $1.1 million seed round from venture capital firm RDSeed and angel investors, including W... |
| 08.07.2014 | RetailNext Raises Another $30 Million To Track In-Store Data | Rockwell was right, these days somebody is always watching.
But now, simply watching isn’t enough, so startups are raising increasing amounts of money to develop and sell technologies that allow companies to make sense of all the data they’... |
| 08.07.2014 | RetailNext Completes $30M Growth Financing | RetailNext, Inc., a San Jose, CA-based provider of an applied Big Data platform for physical retail, completed a $30m growth financing.
The round was led by Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) with participation from new investors Qualcomm Incorpor... |
| 08.07.2014 | Funding Daily: Suspiciously rich puppy edition | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s our roundup for all the notable funding ne... |
| 08.07.2014 | RetailNext, making brick-and-mortar a little more like e-commerce, raises $30M | RetailNext, a company that specializes in providing data analysis tools to real-world retailers, has raised a $30 million late-stage round of investment.
This is the company’s fourth round of funding, bringing its total capital raised to $5... |
| 08.07.2014 | RetailNext, making brick-and-mortar a little more like e-commerce, raises $30M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
RetailNext, a company that specializes in providi... |
| 07.07.2014 | RetailNext Secures $30 Million in Growth Equity Financing | Nokia Growth Partners Leads Late-Stage Round With New Investments from American Express, Qualcomm, Tyco and Activant Capital Group
SAN JOSE, Calif. – July 8, 2014 – RetailNext, Inc., the leader in applied Big Data for physical retail, toda... |
| 03.12.2013 | RetailNext Acquires Eric Schmidt-Backed Wi-Fi Analytics Company, Nearbuy Systems | In-store analytics provider RetailNext is plugging a hole in its product suite with the acquisition of Nearbuy Systems, a three-and-a-half year old, in-store mobile analytics firm backed by $2.5 million from Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeav... |
| 30.04.2013 | RetailNext Closes $15M Series C Financing | RetailNext Inc., a San Jose, CA-based provider of Applied Big Data for brick-and-mortar retail, closed a $15m Series C financing.
The round was led by new investor StarVest Partners, with participation from existing investors August Capital... |
| 30.04.2013 | RetailNext Secures $15 Million in Growth Financing led by StarVest Partners |
Nokia Growth Partners and Commerce Ventures Make Investments to Help Fuel Applied Big Data in Physical Retail
SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 30, 2013 –RetailNext Inc. , the leader in Applied Big Data for brick-and-mortar retail, today announce... |
| - | Afterpay’s Black Friday results highlight evolving consumer trends | By the numbers: Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday data reveals significant changes in how people are shopping this holiday season compared with last year, when fear of the coronavirus kept people away f... |
| - | Sundance Inks Multiyear Deal With RetailNext to Deploy Analytics Solution | Lifestyle brand Sundance has partnered with RetailNext Inc. to deploy the company’s “smart store” analytics solution, which is designed to “optimize shopper experiences.” It’s a multiyear agreement. Terms of the transaction were not disclos... |
| - | Vibhu Norby of B8ta on Disrupting Traditional Multibrand Retail Model | Multibrand department stores must evolve or risk peril. This was the undertone during Vibhu Norby of B8ta’s discussion with RetailNext’s Alexei Agratchev during WWD’s CEO Summit.
“We came to retail from the brand side, we felt that when peo... |
