MillerKnoll and 3D Cloud by Marxent

3D Cloud by Marxent, a specialist in 3D e-commerce for furniture and home improvement, has announced a partnership with design company MillerKnoll.

The pair are launching a new, code free system for building and maintaining consumer facing, web-based 3D product configurators for furniture e-commerce, powered by 3D Cloud. 

Earlier this year, 3D product configurators built with the app were launched in select Herman Miller retail stores.

These are now available via the Herman Miller contract website in the US and are expected to roll-out to the firm’s websites serving consumers and international markets in mid-2023. 

Interior designers and trade professionals now have the ability to customise designs such as the Aeron chair in real-time and then buy their final configuration online.

The apps allow shoppers to visualise every possible combination, get accurate pricing as they design, download images at any stage in the process, and share them with friends and family. 

The University of Hull and iParcelBox

The University of Hull’s Aura Innovation Centre has joined forces with Hull-based company iParcelBox to develop a carbon footprint tool for people shopping online. 

The initiative started when iParcelBox wanted to understand exactly how green its product was. 

The company provides a drop box, which the customer monitors and controls from their smartphone to securely receive parcels when they’re not home or can’t get to the door. 

Paul Needler, iParcelBox’s CEO, felt that the Aura Innovation Centre (AIC) could help support small businesses to accelerate their low carbon innovations into commercialisation, so got in touch to see whether his firm’s idea was eligible for support and funding.

The AIC matched iParcelBox up with the University of Hull Business School’s logistics and supply chain expert Dr Sushma Kumari, who leads a masters course in the subject.

Smart Robotics

Smart Robotics, a specialist in picking automation as a service for warehouses and logistics processes, has officially launched its latest cobot – the Smart Fashion Picker.

This can pick a large variety of fashion items, which are placed in protective wrapping, straight from a cart or bin.

Vision sensors, motion and task planning algorithms help the cobot to calculate what to pick next, as well as how to pick and place the item accurately into the next bin, and it can easily detect when the bin is empty or filled.

American Eagle Outfitters

American Eagle Outfitters has announced American Eagle (AE) initiatives across Meta Quest 2 and a campaign with TikTok’s SoundOn platform.