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01 / STORE TECH
26 AUG 2026

Morrisons Has Put the Digital Basket on Wheels

Instacart’s Caper trolley is not checkout-free retail. It is a more practical attempt to move the digital state of a shopping trip into the aisle.

5 MIN READ

02 / STORE TECH
26 AUG 2026

Morrisons Is Using Vision AI to Redesign the Exception, Not the Checkout

Everseen’s Evercheck will roll out to 200 stores. The technical idea is simple: catch a likely miss-scan, let the shopper correct it first, and involve staff only when the exception survives.

6 MIN READ

03 / BUSINESS
26 AUG 2026

Ocado’s next European bet is a test of whether automation can travel without replacing the retailer

Denmark’s nemlig will keep its storefront and last mile while Ocado automates the fulfilment core. It is a cleaner version of the platform pitch Ocado has been trying to prove.

3 MIN READ

04 / ROBOTICS
26 AUG 2026

Tesco’s shelf robot trial is getting a little less experimental

The retailer is extending its test of Simbe’s Tally beyond a single store. The important question is whether continuous shelf visibility becomes useful enough to justify another autonomous machine in the aisle.

3 MIN READ

05 / STORE TECH
26 AUG 2026

Morrisons is using computer vision to make self-checkout less dependent on suspicion

Everseen’s Evercheck is rolling into an initial 200 stores. The technology’s value will depend on whether it can correct genuine mistakes without turning every checkout into a confrontation.

3 MIN READ

06 / COMMERCE
26 AUG 2026

Amazon’s drone push in America makes its Darlington launch look less like a side project

Prime Air is heading towards nearly 500 US cities and towns while its first non-US operation is already live in England. The UK now has a front-row seat to whether drone delivery can become an ordinary fulfilment tier.

3 MIN READ

07 / INFRASTRUCTURE
26 AUG 2026

The electronic shelf label is quietly becoming a store operating layer

VusionCloud now manages 522 million connected labels, and recurring services are growing faster than the hardware business. That is the real story behind the digitised shelf.

3 MIN READ

08 / COMMERCE
26 AUG 2026

Alibaba is showing what ‘agentic shopping’ looks like when the retailer owns the catalogue

Qwen can search, compare and navigate Taobao’s enormous assortment while merchant agents automate work behind the scenes. The lesson for UK retail is about data control, not chatbot design.

3 MIN READ