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Interview: Alice Ancona, Chief Operating Officer, Americas Food & Beverage Show & Conference 2026
Last year, I had the pleasure of interviewing Alice Ancona, Chief Operating Officer of the Americas Food & Beverage Show & Conference. Our discussion focused on the exhibition’s growing international profile and its role...
Iceland partners with SAI, leveraging its AI Visual Language Model to reduce retail losses and shrink by 80%.
Reducing false alerts by almost 50% has led to greater adoption among staff, with a 90% response rate to crime alerts generated by the SAI One platform In addition to helping Iceland reduce...
Morrisons Debt Rises to £7.5 Billion as UK Grocery Competition Intensifies
Morrisons’ net debt has risen to £7.52 billion, highlighting the financial pressure facing the UK supermarket as competition from Aldi, Lidl and the major grocery groups continues to intensify. Newly filed accounts for Morrisons’...
Aldi Named Britain’s Cheapest Supermarket Again as Lidl Closes the Gap
Aldi has once again been named Britain’s cheapest supermarket, extending its winning run to seven consecutive months in the latest Which? price comparison. The consumer organisation compared the average prices of 93 everyday grocery...
H&M, Rituals, JD Sports and LOAF are among the leading brand and commerce leaders confirmed to speak at MACH X: Amsterdam
MACH X, the event that brings together the innovators redefining how modern commerce is constructed, will take place in Amsterdam between 29 – 30 September 2026 Bringing together progressive commerce leaders to share best-of-breed...
Lactalis Buys Cathedral City in £988 Million Saputo UK Deal
French dairy giant Lactalis is buying Saputo’s UK dairy business for £988 million, taking control of Cathedral City and several other well-known British dairy brands. The deal includes Cathedral City, Wensleydale, Davidstow, Clover and...
Giles Hurley Comments on Misleading Discounts at Big Supermarkets
Aldi Managing Director Giles Hurley has entered the supermarket pricing debate at a particularly significant moment for the UK grocery industry, with Aldi and Lidl set to face the same regulatory treatment as the...
In Conversation: Has Retail Technology Become More Important Than Price?
ISN Editor Riad Beladi in conversation with a former Carrefour retail executive who moved from supermarket retail to the retail technology supply side Original interview conducted in French. Translated and edited for English publication....
H-E-B Suppliers Cut Jobs as Indoor Farming Industry Comes Under Pressure
The closure of an indoor farming operation supplying H-E-B has resulted in 166 job losses in Texas, while another major produce supplier faces possible closure and a further 115 jobs are at risk. The...
Why Specialised Public Relations Agencies Matter in Retail Technology
Retail technology is becoming one of the fastest-moving areas of the supermarket industry. Electronic shelf labels, stock-taking technology, robotics, artificial intelligence, software, hardware, computer vision and automated checkout are attracting growing attention from retailers...