Retail stories
Nearly a third of UK exporters reported weaker June sales as higher costs and post-Brexit paperwork continued to squeeze margins.
A small group of UK SMEs are reporting far bigger productivity gains from AI, with front-runners saving more than 280 hours a year per employee.
Retailers risk losing shoppers to AI answers as poor product data leaves items absent from recommendations and search clicks fall.
Outages in cloud, payments and software could stop British firms trading within minutes, Everywhen said, even with premises still open.
Fewer than four in ten affected merchants are monitoring employee fraud, leaving seasonal hiring spikes to widen losses from chargebacks and refunds.
Businesses facing staffing pressures may use Ui Ai's Amica to handle customer queries, orders and leads around the clock.
Security teams are increasingly being used to improve efficiency, safety and compliance as retailers seek more value from ageing systems.
Paper flyers gave way to targeted WhatsApp, RCS and SMS campaigns, helping the Italian retailer lift its active customer base by 100% in a year.
Banks and merchants face fresh fraud risks as the council's Kuala Lumpur meeting weighs how AI is changing payment security.
Poor returns experiences are pushing 92% of shoppers away, while most also check refund windows before buying, Reveni's study found.
The lower-cost range aims to make direct view LED displays viable for more schools, offices and venues as prices remain a key barrier.
Only 7% of organisations say their data is ready for AI, risking weaker personalisation and costlier technology investments.
Enterprises can now shift more Oracle workloads into AWS as the joint database service expands to 22 regions with a lower-cost Exadata option.
Rising fulfilment complexity is pushing manufacturers and retailers towards AI tools that can route stock, orders and delivery promises more effectively.
Search on WordPress sites could get sharper results as WP Engine widens its semantic tool beyond hosting customers, aiming to lift conversions.
The new body seeks to help brands retain customers as Asia-Pacific loyalty spending is forecast to reach USD $141.8 billion by 2030.
The win highlights how a wholesale-first fashion brand has turned online sales into a global growth engine, shipping to 95 countries.
Australian founders are losing time worth more than AUD $92 billion a year to routine admin, dragging on productivity and growth.
The tie-up could push financing offers and rewards directly into AI shopping, testing whether shoppers will use credit inside ChatGPT.
Australian workers with digital skills can command pay rises of up to 26% as employers demand them in nearly nine in 10 job ads.
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