Retail Never Stands Still
Over the last three decades, I have spent my time monitoring and covering the retail industry across Europe and North America. After all these years, I have come to one conclusion: retail is one...
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Morrisons Is Taking the Colleague Out of Click & Collect — Is This the Next Step for Grocery?
Morrisons is testing a new way of handling online grocery collection that could have consequences well beyond faster customer pick-up. At its Skipton store in North Yorkshire, the supermarket has introduced temperature-controlled Click &...
Tesco’s 2026 Agri-Tech Challenge: Two Winners and the Innovation British Farmers Need to Scale
Tesco has announced the winners of its 2026 Agri-tech Challenge, highlighting two very different technologies aimed at tackling some of the practical challenges facing British agriculture. AgroSustain has won the early-stage category with its...
Demand Soars for Nitrite-Free Meat as Waitrose Expands Clean-Label Range
Demand for meat products made without added nitrites is gathering pace, with Waitrose expanding its range after sales increased by 34% over the past year. The retailer is now taking the trend beyond sliced...
The Supermarket Basket Is Changing — And Retailers Are Watching What Shoppers Leave Behind
The biggest change taking place in grocery may not be happening on the shelves at all. It is happening inside the shopping basket. Across modern grocery retail, the traditional weekly supermarket shop is being...
Auchan’s French Reset: 266 Supermarkets, No Closures and a Very Different Retail Map
Auchan is completing one of the most significant supermarket network transformations in France, but the headline is not simply about stores being sold. It is about what happens when a major retailer decides that...
AEON’s Vietnam Bet: Why 300 Supermarkets Could Change Asia’s Grocery Map
Japan’s AEON is making one of the clearest statements yet about where it believes the next generation of supermarket growth will come from. The retailer is targeting around 300 supermarkets in Vietnam, alongside 30...
SIAL Paris 2026: Taking the Best of Spanish Gourmet Food to International Markets
SIAL Paris 2026: Taking the Best of Spanish Gourmet Food to International Markets ISN meets Eduardo González-Regalado Batllés, founder of González-Regalado Gourmet, to look at how premium Spanish food producers are finding new opportunities...
The Snack Aisle Is Becoming a Conversation With AI
The snack aisle is beginning to look very different — and the next change may not be taking place on the supermarket shelf at all. Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence when deciding...
Kroger Reopens the 24-Hour Supermarket Question
Cincinnati pilot could reveal whether the American supermarket is ready to trade around the clock again Kroger is quietly reopening a question that many supermarket operators thought had already been answered: does the traditional...