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News‘Lidl & Go’ pilot to be available across seven UK stores
Lidl’s customer trial, ‘Lidl & Go’, is being rolled out to a total of seven stores and being made available for public use for the first time.
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NewsJD Sports launches virtual try-on trial
JD Sports has launched a trial of a new virtual try-on tool on its UK ecommerce website, Retail Week can reveal.
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Opinion‘Almost no one thinks about how to invest in retail’
Private equity is looking elsewhere, and many investors show no interest in small and mid-sized retailers, but True co-founder Matt Truman sees opportunity in the industry
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AnalysisFrom AI to attitude – how Thierry Garnier changed Kingfisher
Kingfisher chief executive Thierry Garnier is leaving the home improvement powerhouse. Big changes have been made at the business since he arrived with his retail toolkit.
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NewsPinterest appoints new international vice president to drive global growth
Pinterest has hired a new vice president of international as it builds momentum outside of North America.
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NewsZalando cites AI and About You integration for double-digit revenue increase
Fashion retailer and tech provider Zalando has said revenue was up by 23.8% in the first quarter of the year, with adjusted EBIT reaching €65m.
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: Mapping the four futures of AI in retail
A new report by EY outlines the four ways that the AI revolution could go and how retail could be affected
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InterviewQ&A: Descartes VP of sales on route optimisation and the innovations powering logistics
Retail Week spoke with Descartes vice-president of sales Gary Taylor about new innovations, and how a great delivery and logistics service can feed into the rest of retailers operations
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AnalysisThe art of fresh thinking to maintain high-performing stores
Successful stores always put CX at the heart of strategy – but ongoing growth requires periods of reflection to see the bigger picture, identify hidden costs and reset for the future.
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NewsJD Sports trials conversational AI agent online
JD Sports has become the latest retailer to launch a conversational agent on its website as it looks for more ways to enhance the customer experience, Retail Week has learnt.
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AnalysisTech: What M&S, New Look and Morrisons are prioritising
Retailers are constantly looking for ways to grow, innovate, and thrive at a time when increasing competition, geopolitical tensions, and low consumer confidence have taken hold.
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AnalysisWhat threat do Claude Mythos and ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’ pose to retail?
Claude developer Anthropic claimed earlier this month that it had developed a new AI model capable of finding hidden vulnerabilities in every major operating system and browser. With retail already a particularly vulnerable target, how much of a threat is this new tech?
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AnalysisTest Drive: Just Eat’s AI voice assistant
Rapid delivery platform Just Eat introduced a new AI voice assistant for UK customers with the aim of making ordering easier and more inclusive.
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InterviewQ&A: Similarweb VP of global research solutions on SEO vs GEO and retailer websites in the age of AI
As usage of large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, has grown, retailers have increasingly been looking at how they can appear more prominently when users make retail queries. Industry analysts have created the term “Generative Engine Optimisation” (GEO). This is an evolution of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), the science of performing well on Google and other search tools.
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NewsMountain Warehouse launches new ecommerce platform
Mountain Warehouse has launched a new ecommerce platform in partnership with BigCommerce to accelerate innovation and global growth, Retail Week can reveal.
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AnalysisStore staff call for action on pay and working conditions to avoid summer burnout
Exclusive interviews with 500 UK frontline workers reveal the factors that incentivise productivity during peak summer trading, at a time when teams are short-staffed and operationally stretched.
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: Tracking AI investment by retailers
We have just launched the Retail Week AI Investment tracker, a recap of all the stories Retail Week has published on retailers’ AI initiatives over the past few years
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DataThe Retail Week AI Investment Tracker – how retailers are actually using AI
AI is one of retail’s fastest-moving investment areas. The AI Investment Tracker brings those investments together in one place, so subscribers can quickly see where the technology is being deployed.
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NewsTesco and Adobe enter strategic AI partnership for personalised Clubcard rewards
Tesco has signed a deal with software giant Adobe to “accelerate personal engagement” with the supermarket’s shoppers.
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NewsGoogle appoints ex-THG chief marketing officer for retail director role
Google has appointed a former THG Beauty chief marketing officer as its new director of retail for the UK and Ireland.