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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. Facial recognition technology 'scope creep' is upon us, experts warn
    By Daniela Pizzirani and Dannielle Maguire

    Industry groups say the move to facial scans in supermarkets is about safety, but analysts say that once the technology is installed, its "scope creep" paves the way for options like discriminatory pricing.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/sup

    #DataPrivacy #AIEthics #Supermarkets #DanielaPizzirani #DannielleMaguire

  8. Prices of 4,923 products from 195 major food and beverage makers in Japan are set to rise in September, with the number of affected items up about threefold from a year earlier, Teikoku Databank has said. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #food #inflation #japaneseeconomy #middleeast #supermarkets #conveniencestores

  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. Prices are up and more pain is likely at the supermarket check-out
    By Fiona Blackwood

    If you feel like grocery prices have gone up over the past year, it's because they have. Research shows a typical grocery bill at Woolworths last year was $213.89, while in 2026 the same items cost $232.02, up 8.5 per cent.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-31/gro

    #Supermarkets #CostofLiving #FoodandDrink #FionaBlackwood

  11. 'Kick in the guts': Woolworths confirms it will no longer buy Tasmanian beef
    By Duncan Bailey and Rani Fletcher

    Woolworths confirms it will no longer sell Tasmanian beef in the state or the mainland from 2027, a move cattle farmers say is a "kick in the guts".

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/woo

    #Supermarkets #BeefCattleFarming #DuncanBailey #RaniFletcher

  12. How could facial recognition technology differ from CCTV?
    By Dannielle Maguire and Daniela Pizzirani

    While security cameras are a regular feature in many supermarkets, new technology could change the face of how businesses monitor customers.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/fac

    #Supermarkets #Surveillance #DannielleMaguire #DanielaPizzirani

  13. Farmers frustrated as Coles ends arrangement in home of Big Banana
    By Samuel O'Brien and Lauren Bohane

    Coffs Coast banana farmers struggle to make sense of a decision that will remove their produce from the shelves of a major local supermarket.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/cof

    #Supermarkets #FruitGrowing #RegionalCommunities #SamuelOBrien #LaurenBohane

  14. Woolworths posts $1.14bn profit in cost-of-living crisis - but CEO says it’s not thanks to rising shelf prices
    By Luca Ittimani

    CEO claims more customers buying more led to $175m surge in net profit as Ooshies craze boosts sales

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Woolworths #Business #Supermarkets #Australianews #TheGuardian #LucaIttimani

  15. Driving the yen's long decline are Japan's relatively low interest rates and the central bank's slow pace of hikes. Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, investors have also grown concerned about Japan's debt load. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #yen #japaneseeconomy #supermarkets #banks

  16. ‘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

  17. Darwin Woolworths blasts jingle outside store to stop 'loitering'
    By Olivana Lathouris and Jess Ong

    The looping sound of the Woolworths jingle outside a Darwin store has irritated customers, but the supermarket giant says the music is a tactic to reduce anti-social behaviour against staff and customers.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/dar

    #Supermarkets #Architecture #Homelessness #OlivanaLathouris #JessOng

  18. 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