Event Coverage 5 minutesRegister for Free AccessLondon Tech Week 2018: Profiling 13 Retail-Tech Startups Coresight Research June 20, 2018 Executive SummaryThe Coresight Research team attended London Tech Week 2018 held June 11–17.We attended two retail-tech startup pitches during the week: Tech London Advocates’ Retail Tech 50 at startup incubator Cocoon Networks and Project Kairos London’s Retail TechPitch at trade show TechXLR8. Here, we profile 13 of the retail-tech startups we met. Tech London Advocates’ Retail Tech 50 showcased five London-based retail-tech startups: self-checkout technology MishiPay, physical store-monitoring platform Third Eye, mobile shopping app developing platform PoQ, retail and hospitality staff app Yapster and omnichannel commerce platform Mercaux. Project Kairos’ event introduced eight retail-tech startups including augmented reality (AR) company Digital Pop-Ups, self-checkout platform Planckly, e-commerce cybersecurity firm Prodaft and fresh-food automated sales kiosk Servo Kiosk. Many of the companies that we saw during London Tech Week 2018 collaborate with leading retailers. MishiPay’s technology is used by French home improvement retailer Leroy Marlin and German electronics retailer Saturn, while PoQ’s clients include pure-play retailers Missguided, Made.com and PrettyLittleThings. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 18: Skechers To Close Multiple Stores; Whole Foods Market To Open Smaller-Format StoresAnalyst Corner: What’s Happening in Beauty Retail?—Analyzing Mixed Performance and Success Strategies with Madhav PitaliyaWorld Retail Congress 2025 Insights: Consensus on Tariffs Floor, AI Risks in Adaptive Apparel, Smart Scaling in FocusWalmart Investment Community Meeting 2025: From Low-Margin Retailer to Diversified, Digital Profit Engine, But Tariffs Create Uncertainty