All Technology articles – Page 8
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Comment & OpinionIf an LLM won’t recommend you in a heatwave, do you still exist?
As AI replaces traditional search, fmcg brands face a battle for digital visibility, says Ella Kersey, growth director at Brandwidth
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s behind the Asda-Ocado tie-up and will it work?
Asda is to adopt Ocado’s Smart Platform technology. What does the deal entail and will the new partnership work?
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NewsAmazon to expand its rapid delivery service Amazon Now to Manchester and Birmingham
The 30-minute delivery time is the fastest Amazon has offered in the UK
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NewsAmazon customers can now add fresh groceries to same-day delivery orders
Previously, fresh food could only be bought and delivered as part of a separate basket via the Amazon Grocery section of the site and app.
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NewsRapid grocer Gopuff launches in-app AI with Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI
‘Today, we believe the greatest friction left in commerce is not delivery or instantaneous access to the essentials customers need. It’s the moment before: the thinking, the deciding, the remembering’
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NewsEasyGroup makes marketplace play with OnBuy
Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s sector-spanning brand is ‘entering mainstream online retail’
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NewsAI startup wins $10m to cut fresh food waste with staff app
Freshflow claims its technology can cut fresh food waste by up to 30% per store, and improve store revenue by 2%-4%.
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NewsBuy now, pay later: retailers warned over compliance ahead of July deadline
The regulation comes into force on 15 July, bringing deferred payment products under full consumer credit rules for the first time
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Partner FeaturesConvenience is evolving: so should brand strategy
Traditional convenience sales models are failing. Precision-led activation is becoming the new growth driver for brands navigating a volatile channel.
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NewsSpecialist retail buying software startup wins £2.4m backing
London-based tech company Handshake has developed a program through which buyers can ‘make, track and execute’ commercial agreements
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NewsAsda signs up Ocado to overhaul online shopping
Asda has signed a deal with Ocado Group to completely overhaul its online shopping business
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NewsAldi opens ‘Britain’s largest supermarket warehouse’
The 1.3m sq ft distribution centre in Bardon, Leicestershire, is 100,000 sq ft larger than Lidl’s Luton DC, which it hailed as its biggest in the world when it opened in 2023
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NewsMiddle East meal delivery player Calo exits UK
Calo is ‘refocusing on its core markets and expansion into new verticals’
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NewsLipton to expand ‘social hub’ global content and creator network following pilot
The hubs, which ‘operate as an extension of the brand’s in-house team’, have already been rolled out across France, Turkey, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland
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Category ReportFilippo Berio launches research project to combat olive tree disease
After the shocks to Mediterranean olive oil supply from the extreme heat and drought conditions in 2022-2025, the industry has a new supply crisis to contend with
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NewsJust Eat pilots AI-powered WhatsApp ordering
The company claimed it to be ‘Europe’s first food and retail ordering journey on WhatsApp’
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NewsCrowdshipping platform Shopopop launches in UK
The app allows individuals – or ‘crowdshippers’ – to pick up orders picked and prepared by stores and deliver them along their daily commutes, and earn ‘tips’ for doing so
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NewsFuel theft incidents jump 23% at UK forecourts
Fuel crime prevention platform Forecourt Eye recorded 11,170 theft incidents in March and April, up from 9,089 in January and February
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NewsDunnhumby appoints new CEO
The new hire succeeds Josh Bottomley, who decided to step down after three years.
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NewsMorrisons boosts online operations, renews Clarkson’s Farm sponsorship
New vans are carrying a livery promoting the supermarket’s rapid delivery service Morrisons Now