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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. ‘Penchant for bling’: can Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley take a bigger slice of luxury retail?
    By Sarah Butler

    Frasers billionaire bought Harvey Nichols and increased Hugo Boss stake despite tough times for high-end stores

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Retailindustry #FrasersGroup #MikeAshley #Business #UKnews #TheGuardian #SarahButler

  10. Specsavers pays £12m dividend to parent company as profits soar
    By Sarah Butler

    Pre-tax profits rose at high street opticians to £429.7m in the year to February while sales increased 7% to £4.3bn

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Retailindustry #Business #UKnews #Annualresults #TheGuardian #SarahButler

  11. Harvey Nichols warns it could collapse without rescue deal, as bidders circle
    By Jasper Jolly

    Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is frontrunner to buy Knightsbridge-headquartered department store chain

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Retailindustry #FrasersGroup #MikeAshley #Business #London #UKnews #TheGuardian #JasperJolly

  12. Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists
    By Nicola Davis Science correspondent

    Palaeontologists warn before auction at Sotheby’s in New York that super-rich collectors are harming research

    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    #Dinosaurs #Palaeontology #Fossils #Science #Retailindustry #USnews #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #NicolaDavisSciencecorrespondent