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Roof windows and rooflights retailer, Sterlingbuild, has migrated its 40,000-SKU e-commerce platform to Adobe Commerce Cloud, with its partner, objectsource.

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East of England Co-op has been testing out a cleaning robot (named Clint) at its Stanway Food store.

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SoundHound AI, Inc. and Peter Piper Pizza, the iconic pizza and family entertainment destination, announced a collaboration that allows guests to place phone orders for pick-up through a conversational voice AI agent.

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Vallarta Supermarkets, a Southern California grocery chain, will soon have new digital ad screens installed in its approximately 60 stores. That’s thanks to an expanded partnership with full-service marketing agency Quad, which also manages the grocer’s physical in-store signage.

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The Agent reports the adoption of Akeneo’s Supplier Data Manager (SDM) solution, with the aim of streamlining and enhancing the onboarding of its supplier product data.

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Uber has become the official on-demand delivery and rideshare partner of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as Team USA.

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Uber Eats today announced the arrival of even more grocery and convenience selection for consumers shopping with SNAP benefits across the country. Wegmans, Gopuff and Family Dollar join a growing list of grocery merchants and convenience retailers accepting SNAP.

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Wincanton has bagged a new contract with KAYALI to provide B2B fulfilment services for the fragrance brand.

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RaceWay, which operates more than 240 stores in 11 states, has launched its first-ever loyalty program, RaceWay Rewards, supported by the PAR Retail platform from PAR Technology.

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Pappas Restaurants has selected Tabit to modernize operations across all brands with mobile-first POS, enterprise management tools, and open-architecture flexibility.

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Primark has partnered with 3D mapping specialist Apollo3D to create virtual scans of more than 350 stores in the UK and Europe as part of an LED lighting upgrade.

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A $100,000 robotic dog, named Spot, is on patrol at a Long Island, New York construction site. Spot is tasked with boosting safety for workers building a hospital wing in Bay Shore.

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Spanish womenswear brand BIMANI has announced a multi-year partnership with AI powered merchandise planning and execution platform Nextail, with the aim of allowing it to make smarter inventory decisions as it scales.

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Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion bid spurred changes at the chain’s Japanese owner. Now, the question is whether that momentum will carry forward.

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Leading Mexican convenience retailer adopts unified forecasting, replenishment, and space planning platform to drive growth and operational efficiency

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Nutrition Warehouse was clear on the capabilities it was looking for in the next solution provider: seamless integrations with its existing tech partners, an easy-to-use dashboard that store staff could operate without impeding customer service and support for same-day delivery with excellent order tracking and communication at every stage.

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Konzum, a retailer operating in Croatia, has chosen to partner with Instaleap as it looks to scale its e-grocery operations.

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The Kroger Co. is giving its loyal shoppers easier access to digital deals. The national supermarket chain recently started adding paper flyers mirroring its weekly digital deals near the entrances of its stores, as reported by The Cincinnati Enquirer.

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The largest shopping and entertainment complex in North America is using AI to help keep track of expansive parking environment. Mall of America is expanding an ongoing deployment of Axis Communications car-counting video analytics across more than a dozen locations on its 5.6 million-sq.-ft. campus in Bloomington, Minn.

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Target’s retail media network Roundel has introduced a new artificial intelligence-powered feature designed to help advertisers use the retailer’s first-party data and real-time shopping customer behavior to optimize offsite media campaigns.

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Car rental giant Hertz is facing some blowback as customers report that its "AI-powered" vehicle scanner charges them hundreds of dollars for tiny cosmetic dings.

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Lidl GB is gearing up to launch a trial in four stores of a new self-scanning mobile app feature.

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Swedish specialty chemicals company to improve forecast accuracy and improve commercial decisions with advanced demand planning capabilities

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REWE Group has opened its 23rd REWE To Go smart store, situated at the Stuttgart University S-Bahn station in Germany.

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86 Repairs, the end-to-end repairs and maintenance (R&M) solution built for the restaurant industry, has announced its partnership with Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers (Freddy’s).

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Circle K and Swiftly are partnering to roll out the largest alcohol cashback program in U.S. convenience retailing.

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Debenhams Group has selected Mangopay’s wallet infrastructure to support the next phase of its marketplace growth.

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EG America is teaming with Vroom Delivery to offer online ordering and delivery to its customers. Vroom will manage third-party marketplaces for the c-store operator, including DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub.

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Using the AI powered Adaption platform, Morrisons is creating a digital twin of its end-to-end supply chain, a fully interactive model that mirrors the complexity, scale, and pace of its national network.

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RaceTrac Inc. and Sensolus, a global provider of industrial IoT solutions, are teaming up to deploy tracking technologies for critical parts transported between store locations and distribution centers.

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Bojangles has announced a new partnership with Smart Big Box, Alyath EV and Energy and Environmental Design Services to install turnkey EV charging stations at most of its locations.

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Customer communications platform Sinch helps boost engagement and conversions at Courir across multiple social media and messaging channels

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Morrisons has rolled out a generative AI-powered tool, backed by Google Cloud and Gemini, that helps customers find products in store, part of its ongoing digital revamp and data infrastructure overhaul, City AM can reveal.

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Logistics provider Ninja Van Philippines has introduced its Scan-to-Print virtual fulfillment technology to improve business-to-business (B2B) logistics efficiency and accuracy amid the growing complexity of distribution in the country.

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Fashion e-tailer Oh Polly has chosen 7Learnings as its pricing technology partner across the UK market.

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Spanish menswear brand Scotta has partnered with Nextail, an AI driven merchandise execution platform purpose built for fashion.

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DIGITS is partnering with Coborn's to launch the grocery chain’s retail media network this autumn.

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PepsiCo, Unilever, Nestlé and Coca-Cola are scaling generative and agentic AI for marketing, supply chain and product innovation.

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The food company’s executives said they’ve pivoted to a functional deployment approach, which will take longer but mitigate some challenges.

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GK Software reports that REMA 1000, a Norwegian grocery retailer, has chosen it as a technology partner for its in-store operations.

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Urban juice bar and coffee concept Joe & The Juice has announced a partnership with Adyen focused on the FinTech firm’s proprietary multimedia countertop SFO1 payment terminal.

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They say location is everything in retail, and so American Eagle is leveraging Snap Map — the Snapchat map program — to promote its physical locations while also providing “Snapchatters” with a mobile shopping experience on its website. More than 800 American Eagle stores are now featured as Promoted Places on Snap Maps.

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Golden Corral has partnered with Flybuy, the AI-powered location engine, to enhance the pickup experience for its newly launched Golden Corral Favorites, a fast-casual concept.

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Nobody's Child has gone live with a new e-commerce site.

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RFID solutions company Nedap is partnering with retailer Tilly’s to deploy Nedap’s iD Cloud solution across all its stores to enhance inventory accuracy, optimize product availability, and streamline operational efficiencies.

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Walmart is letting small-to-medium-sized businesses and non-profits apply for credit to make payments. Walmart Business is rolling out the TreviPay Pay by Invoice solution.

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Impact Analytics is proud to announce its partnership with German textile and non-food discounter KiK to drive end-to-end optimization. As part of this collaboration, KiK will adopt the Impact Analytics end-to-end merchandising and supply chain platform, including AssortSmart, PlanSmart, InventorySmart, ItemSmart, and the GenAI-powered BI solution, MondaySmart.

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The Walmart global supply chain is being reengineered with real-time AI and automation. Intelligent systems are being rolled out globally and are already live across markets including Costa Rica, Mexico and Canada.

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