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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. Family of former Vodafone manager found drowned call for ‘Adrian’s law’ to protect franchisees
    By Simon Goodley

    Adrian Howe’s family believe that fears his deal would be financially ruinous led him to kill himself

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Vodafone #Law #Retailindustry #Scotland #Mentalhealth #UKnews #Business #Telecommunicationsindustry #Health #Society #TheGuardian #SimonGoodley

  13. Vodafone settles legal claim brought by 62 former franchisees
    By Simon Goodley

    Agreement, without admission of liability, ends 19-month high court dispute that small-business owners said left them with large debts

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Vodafone #Business #Telecommunicationsindustry #Retailindustry #UKnews #TheGuardian #SimonGoodley