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Job vacancies in the UK have dropped for the eighth time in a row, according to latest figures, as employers hold back on recruitment due to economic pressures. Data published...

Last week saw Chancellor Jeremy Hunt deliver his Budget in the Commons, who confirmed that the UK is expected to avoid going into a technical recession in 2023 and promised...

By Francois Chaubard, the CEO of retail AI company Focal Systems Chaubard: AI will be so ingrained in running a retail store in the next seven years that it will...

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has highlighted the significant impact that proposed measures to restrict the advertising and promotion of alcohol in Scotland would have on local shops. The...

The change in shoppers' essential spending habits continues to force traditional supermarkets - Tesco, Carrefour, Sainsbury's and Morrisons - to stay price competitive and defend market share vs. discounters Aldi...

By Alexandre de Vigan, CEO, Nfinite Alexandre de Vigan, CEO, Nfinite When it comes to e-commerce, the importance of imagery cannot be overstated. As shoppers can’t touch or hold a...

By Amy Bastow, managing director StorIQ, a Cegid company In the first six months of 2022, data from PWC found a total of 6,147 shops belonging to multiples and chains...

Online businesses can set up a social media profile, post images of new products, and even promote some favoured customers who submit some images of the products in use. It's...

Empty supermarket shelves and stock shortages are becoming increasingly common, but today the Fairtrade Foundation warns that everyday essentials including bananas, coffee and cocoa could be at risk of becoming...

Businesses should thoroughly investigate the price rises their suppliers are requesting before agreeing to new terms, says international procurement and supply chain management consultancy INVERTO, part of Boston Consulting Group. Examples...

FDM Group, whose mission is to bring people and technology together, has revealed how the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), and language models such as ChatGPT, are set to change the future...

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has written to Lorna Slater MS, Minister for Green Skills, the Circular Economy and Biodiversity, calling on the Scottish Government to urgently address the...