All articles by George Nott – Page 12
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NewsAsda sent thousands of complaints over ‘Orwellian’ facial recognition trial
Big Brother Watch dubbed the supermarket’s use of facial recognition tech ‘deeply disproportionate and chilling’
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NewsAsda tech team shake-up sees CIO and tech VP depart
Both were responsible for managing Asda’s ‘Project Future’ – dubbed Europe’s largest systems implementation programme
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NewsCompleat Food Group rolls out bee listening tech to boost biodiversity
The company has partnered with Agrisound to roll out its ‘Polly’ listening devices to provide real-time data on pollinator activity
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NewsUK AI tool promises real-time shopper footfall and spending insights
Yellow Sub AI has launched a software-based alternative to physical footfall sensors and cameras
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NewsChina’s biggest retailer JD.com test-launches UK grocery site Joybuy
JD.com has commenced a major recruitment drive for ‘category superstars’ ahead of a full launch later this year
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NewsWaitrose to track and trace single-use plastic packaging with Polytag
Waitrose will track plastic waste using an online portal which provides ‘live barcode-level lifecycle data’ on packaging
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NewsMorrisons adds charity donation feature to More Card
The new feature from Morrisons comes in response to customers and colleague requests for the option to put their points towards a charitable cause
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NewsMedia Bites 14 April: ‘profound’ tariff impact, junk food ads, cocoa-free chocs
Trump’s tariffs prompt ’profound’ response from Chancellor Rachel Reeves, and cocoa-free chocolate gets interrogated and tasted.
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Comment & OpinionThe Secret Genius of Modern Life: Hannah Fry peers into the fridge
It’s hard to overestimate just how significant the invention of refrigeration has been on the food supply chain, grocery shopping and our daily lives
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NewsNaked Smoothies launches first ‘train-triggered’ ad campaign
The brand’s latest campaign places an image of a bottle of fruit pieces on platform edge digital screens, which are blended into a smoothie when a train pulls into the station
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NewsFood waste app Remy links to Tesco online baskets to remove ‘biggest barrier to adoption’
Food waste feature launched without Tesco involvement, but ‘builds credibility and momentum in our conversations’ Remy says
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NewsDeliveroo partners with SMG to boost retail media offering to brands and advertisers
Deliveroo says the SMG partnership will ’offer enhanced user targeting, better campaign insights and new formats to advertisers’
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NewsTHG Ingenuity heralds revenue-boosting power of AI recommendations
A ‘Foundation Finder’, used by online beauty retailer Lookfantastic, has seen 96% of customers purchase a new product
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NewsDeliveroo integrates first restaurant loyalty scheme into its app
Wagamama’s ‘Soul Club’ loyalty scheme members linking their account to the app can now earn points when they order from the outlet via Deliveroo
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Comment & OpinionBan Hatch & Dispatch: welfare film lays out logic for egg production change
Stephen Fry narrates The Vegetarian Society’s animated short, which starts with the same tone as a kids’ Christmas movie
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NewsNew HFSS rules mean M&S Christmas ad cancelled, claims chairman
‘This country is regulating to stop people talking about mince pies during the day,’ Archie Norman said
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NewsM&S chairman: online grocery is ‘a desert of profit’
‘There’s been more wealth destroyed by people trying to develop food online businesses than any other industry I can think of,’ said M&S chairman Archie Norman.
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NewsAnt-inspired ‘hairy gripper’ boost for robotic picking in Ocado and Amazon backed research
In tests with 30 different household objects, the addition of ‘hairs’ increased the prototype gripper’s grasp success rate from 64% to 90%
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NewsHome Office praise for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats on illegal working ‘beyond absurd’ group claims
‘The elephant in the room is why platforms would even want to allow substitute when people with the right to work could just sign up directly,’ Worker Info Exchange said
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NewsCo-op launches retail media tool that target shoppers based on ‘convenience missions’
‘Co-op Compass’ offers brands the ability to target Co-op customers based on their recent purchases