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  1. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm for shoppers

    AI chatbots are already in use by Australia’s biggest retailers, from Buddy at Bunnings to Olive at Woolworths.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Australia #compeition #homebrand #privatelabel #Retail #Retailindustry #Supermarkets #Technology
    newsbeep.com/au/881396/

  2. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  3. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  4. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  5. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  6. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  7. Kardashian curves: M&S launches £28 bodysuit with exaggerated hip padding
    By Chloe Mac Donnell

    The ‘hip boost’ aims to create hourglass silhouette, much like Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand’s padded shorts

    theguardian.com/fashion/2026/s

    #Fashion #MarksSpencer #KimKardashian #Retailindustry #Business #UKnews #Bodyimage #TheGuardian #ChloeMacDonnell

  8. Private equity faces existential crisis in US as unsold companies pile up
    By Heather Timmons

    Private equity firms and the companies they own employ over 13 million, from startups to rural hospitals and large retailers, but experts’ concerns of collapse are growing

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #Business #USnews #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #HeatherTimmons

  9. The hill I will die on: No self-respecting adult should use the term ‘picky bits’ | Laura Snapes
    By Laura Snapes

    It’s the Boaty McBoatface of dinner time. Britons, resist the supermarkets’ cutesy branding and have some dignity

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Supermarkets #Fooddrinkindustry #Food #Business #Retailindustry #UKnews #TheGuardian #LauraSnapes

  10. ‘They make life much easier’: AI-powered shopping trolleys roll out in Lancashire
    By Raphael Boyd

    Customers give their verdicts as a Morrisons becomes first store in UK to trial trolleys that scan, weigh and add up costs

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Morrisons #UKnews #England #Retailindustry #Shopping #Business #Supermarkets #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd

  11. Woolworths’ Ooshies craze causes Coles sales slump with parents shopping at rival supermarket to collect toys
    By Luca Ittimani

    Coles full-year results show that despite gaining market share over past 12 months, sales fell over four weeks of ‘competitor’s collectables campaign’

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Coles #Woolworths #Supermarkets #Business #Retailindustry #Australianews #TheGuardian #LucaIttimani

  12. Sweet, soft and strong: TikTok turns Japanese milk bread into latest UK food craze
    By Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

    Natto toast, fresh fruit sandwiches and soufflé pancakes all part of growing interest in east Asian cuisine

    theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/

    #Food #UKnews #Baking #Japanesefoodanddrink #Retailindustry #Business #Waitrose #Consumerspending #TheGuardian #SarahMarshConsumeraffairscorrespondent

  13. Knickers in a twist: why M&S selling crotchless panties isn’t as outrageous as it seems
    By Lauren Cochrane

    Some have called it ‘S&M’, but partnership with Ann Summers is less a scandal than another step in a century of evolving underwear trends, experts say

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #MarksSpencer #Retailindustry #Business #Underwear #UKnews #Fashion #TheGuardian #LaurenCochrane

  14. How Elephant and Castle risks becoming London’s gentrification ‘patient zero’
    By Phillip Inman and Sarah Butler

    New £500m town centre welcomes its first tenant this month, but displaced traders say promises that they could return have been broken

    theguardian.com/cities/2026/ju

    #Gentrification #London #Hospitalityindustry #Retailindustry #Housing #Regeneration #Communities #Society #UKnews #Cities #Business #TheGuardian #PhillipInman #SarahButler

  15. The battle over peat: why do some gardeners still insist on using it?
    By Rachel Dixon

    Peat bogs are essential to the environment, holding twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests. But in the UK, 80% are damaged, most of what is extracted is used in horticulture – and some campaigners fear the problem is getting worse

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #Plants #Greenhousegasemissions #Climatecrisis #Food #Farming #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #Vegetables #Fruit #Gardens #Lifeandstyle #Wetlands #Soil #Compost #Environmentalactivism #TheGuardian #RachelDixon