All Technology articles
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NewsAmazon launches checkout-less first UK physical store in Ealing
The Amazon Fresh store is a “new convenience grocery format” for the e-commerce giant
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Planning documents indicate Amazon’s first UK store will be Fresh format
Amazon has three main formats of physical food stores: Fresh, Go and Go Grocery
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Tesco undertaking ‘massive’ process mapping project
Tesco has trained staff in its locations all over the world to understand and map processes from “thousands and thousands” of documents
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Infarm launches larger-scale vertical farm offering for retailers
The Berlin-based firm has launched a line of ‘modular farming units’ it calls Growing Centres, which stand up to 18 metres high
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Analysis & Features
The tech that can keep Brexit Britain connected
As red tape and delays threaten the efficiency of cross-border trade, how is technology keeping Britain moving?
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Events booking platform Feast It pivots into gourmet meal kits
Feast It Deli offers gourmet meal kits from its restaurant and catering partners, plus instructions from chefs
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Comment & Opinion
We should be stimulating the gene editing debate, not shutting it down
Fifty British organisations have written to supermarket CEOs, urging them to make a public statement denouncing the deregulation of gene editing
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Redefine Meat raises $29m to bring 3D printed meat to market
The series A funding round will see the Israeli company’s products launch in Europe, followed by Asia and North America
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Ubamarket readies mass rollout of hospitality app following £3m raise
Company has hired four members of staff to focus on integrating it’s scan and go app with more retailer point-of-sale systems
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Ocado delivering worst ‘digital experience’ of major supermarkets, survey finds
Among Ocado shoppers, less than a third (31%) rated their digital experience as good and only 14% deemed it exceptional
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Promotional Feature
How ready is UK warehousing for the robot revolution? The perfect conditions to automate now
Coming of age against a backdrop of Covid-19 and Brexit, OWR reveals how automation is both fending off challenges and thriving in a world dominated by e-commerce
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Category Report
Cutting-edge Covid tech: hygiene technology category report 2021
Retailers and food manufacturers are going nuclear in the war on Covid with virus-killing robots and other UK-made high-tech solutions
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Analysis & Features
Cornershop: inside a store designed for the post-Covid world
Capgemini, SharpEnd and The Drum have teamed up to open ‘Cornershop’, a real store that tests out a digital retail future – with contactless coffee and tailored dietary recommendations
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Personal shopper app Beelivery planning TV advertising campaign
Beelivery has appointed Lindsay Ball to steer the push as marketing director
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Costcutter to trial customer loyalty app across 23 company-owned stores
The three-month trial will allow users to make instant payments and access exclusive promotions
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Waitrose launches app that tracks emotional wellbeing of its animals
The app has been developed in collaboration with Scotland’s Rural College and is designed to give its animals an ‘enriching life’
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Analysis & Features
How vertical farming is taking off
In the first in a two-part series on the future of farming we look at the upward trajectory of vertical farming
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WH Smith makes virtual scans of travel estate for inspectors
The project will allow its property teams to safely tour and inspect sites from behind a computer screen
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Quarter of Holland & Barrett staff utilise scheme giving instant access to wages
The technology gives employees instant access to their earned wages whenever they need them
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Comment & Opinion
Mel Smith: How grocery technology will become a driving force in customer loyalty
Technology has been the driving force behind Ocado’s success, and changes are coming ever-faster, says Ocado Retail CEO Mel Smith
