Bella Italia

Italian restaurant brand, Bella Italia, has launched its first ever rewards app.

The aim is to. showcase new dishes, offers and competitions.

The launch is part of the ‘Feel Bella’ campaign, designed to offer a soothing escape from life’s daily stresses, just in time for autumn. 

The app, which took six months to develop, unlocks deals like free dough balls on Tuesdays. It also allows customers to find the nearest Bella Italia whilst staying up-to-date with the latest menu launches and limited time only dishes. 

There is also a ‘Spin The Wheel’ section, where users can unlock exclusive discounts, perks, and freebies, along with the chance to win a £100 voucher every week.

Hibbett

Athletic inspired fashion retailer, Hibbett, has selected the Cequence Unified API Protection (UAP) platform.

Doing so has significantly enhanced its automated threat detection capabilities and enabled comprehensive inventory management, compliance, and API protection across all online and in-store brands.

Like many retailers, Hibbett operates in a hybrid IT environment, juggling both on-premises and cloud-based systems for its retail and online operations. After critical SaaS migration to Oracle Cloud and Azure Active Directory, the company prioritised robust API security.

This migration triggered a surge in API usage, highlighting the need for greater visibility to mitigate data loss, theft, fraud, and potential business disruptions. Maintaining business continuity was paramount.

Hibbett sought a security solution that could quickly discover and protect all internal and external APIs and enable the creation of custom policies for mitigating and blocking bot attacks without disrupting revenue streams or existing business partnerships.

This led it to Cequence’s UAP platform.

Clipper Petroleum

Clipper Petroleum has launched its new e-commerce channel through a partnership with Lula Commerce.

This introduces local delivery and pickup services across its retail locations in Georgia and South Carolina.

Founded in 1933 and acquired by Tom Bower Sr. and Bob Braff in 1974, Clipper Petroleum has grown to operating 23 convenience stores, six quick service restaurants (QSRs), and supplying fuel to over 300 dealer partner accounts across the US southeast.

Celebrating its 50-year anniversary this year, the company is now providing its customers with access to their favourite products through digital ordering platforms like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub.

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s has announced a new multi-year partnership with SAP that will see the consolidation of its legacy systems, with the aim of achieving increased business agility through cloud-based solutions, as well as a simplified and cost optimised technology estate. 

SAP has been appointed to lead the design of the new solution in partnership with lead transformation partner Accenture and cloud provider AWS. 

By adding new capability and capacity to its commercial systems, the retailer says it will be able to manage products on promotion in increasingly flexible ways, allowing a more tailored value experience for our customers. 

The project will simplify and integrate Sainsbury’s systems and tools into one cohesive platform and create a single ecosystem for Sainsbury’s colleagues and suppliers to communicate.

Rhian Bartlett, Chief Food Commercial Officer at Sainsbury’s, says: “We’re excited to be working with a brilliant partner network in SAP, Accenture and AWS to completely revolutionise our commercial systems, which are the heart and lungs of our business operations.”

“This is a huge step forward in our Next Level Sainsbury’s plan, as we continue to invest in market leading technology that allows us to keep growing at pace and maintain our momentum towards becoming first choice for food.”