Technology
Retailers urged to act now in response to ‘critical’ website security flaw
Retail trade body Bira urges businesses of all sizes to check their websites now
Retail Trust partners with AI tech firm to help protect store workers
Retail Trust partners with tech company that uses AI and facial recognition to better predict staff abuse
One Stop invests in online delivery platform rollout
One Stop strengthens franchise by giving partners access to its successful order aggregation solution
Virgin Money backs Snappy Group as its delivery platform hits a record scale
Snappy Group has announced a new funding facility via Virgin Money
Spar opens new store at Swansea University campus
A.F. Blakemore has launched a new Spar store at Swansea University, replacing a longstanding Costcutter following a competitive tender process led by the students’ union.
eStoreBrands and Co-op partner on new quick commerce supplier platform
Co-op and eStorebrands announce new analytics platform for quicker category growth
Co-op opens sustainability showcase store in Norfolk
Co-op has opened a new sustainability showcase store in the Norfolk market town of Attleborough, featuring a range of environmental initiatives designed to be visible to shoppers.
Snappy Group unveils AI assistant for convenience retailers
Snappy Group has launched Snappy AI, an artificial intelligence assistant designed to help convenience retailers analyse performance data, spot trends and complete operational tasks more quickly
*shopt’s director speaks about the app’s ongoing retailer-friendly focus
*shopt’s director Alexa Hester speaks to Convenience Store about her vision for the rewards app
Tomra unveils space-saving reverse vending machine for convenience stores
Tomra has announced a more compact reverse vending machine that ideal for smaller stores
Businesses can adopt digital ID for alcohol sales from today
Licensed premises in England and Wales will now have the option to accept digital proof of age when selling alcohol
Scunthorpe retailer highlights payment issue with provider Dojo
A Scunthorpe retailer contacted Convenience Store to highlight a contractual clause from Dojo
TAP Retail extends Henderson Technology partnership
Forecourt operator, TAP Retail, has renewed its partnership with Henderson Technology
ACS’s Local Shop Report reveals tax and inflation as main forces impacting stores
Tricky headwinds for convenience retailers have grown over the past year, the latest ACS report reveals today
Retail the industry most impacted by business crime, new survey shows
Insurer Capital on Tap’s new survey reveals some of the facts behind business crime figures
Two wholesalers prove electric HGVs can match diesel equivalents
A new case study highlights real-world results from eHGV use in the wholesale sector
Under half of frontline workers say reporting abuse leads to meaningful action
New findings suggest that having a reporting process is not enough without communication afterwards
Parfetts partners with Cerve to accelerate data-led growth towards £1bn
Parfetts has partnered with Cerve to introduce agentic AI across its supplier data
One in three shoppers say stores fall short of their expectations compared to AI
New shopper survey shows physical retail is increasingly failing to meet customers’ needs
Allwyn provides retailers downloadable Powerball social media assets
National Lottery operator Allwyn is providing retailers with a range of assets to use across their own social media channels
New tech sees Met quadruple number of shoplifters being brought to justice
New tech being rolled out as part of the Met’s crackdown on retail crime has quadrupled prosecution rates
Morrisons Daily expands Snappy Shopper partnership across hundreds of convenience stores
Snappy Shopper and Morrisons Daily have announced a major expansion of their partnership
Two in three high street businesses suffer from innacurate AI search results
New data shows worrying inaccuracies in AI chatbot-fuelled searches for high street businesses
Jisp’s Scan & Win platform delivers record shopper engagement
Jisp has unveiled the results of its highest-performing Scan & Win activation to date
Amex’s Barometer shows SME’s spend nearly twice the time on admin than growing businesses
New American Express report highlights the time pressures on on smaller businesses
Retail crime app boosts Hampshire Police’s results with more forces now using the tech
New police trial has now become UK’s most effective app for fighting retail crime
East of England Co-op expands Uber Eats delivery with Snappy Technologies’ Order Aggregation
East of England Co-op has expanded its rapid grocery delivery offering for 33 stores
Booker strengthens partnership with American Express
Wholesaler Booker has announced it has strengthened its agreement with American Express
Repeat offenders entered UK shops almost 300k times in the last six months
New figures suggest serious offenders continue targeting shops at scale despite police and industry efforts
Co-op first to launch NaviLens tech across its own brand paper range
Co-op is the first to use sight-boosting tech across its own brand paper range