Retail stories
Xero data shows New Zealand small-business sales rose 3.9% in the March quarter, with retail and hospitality leading a broadening recovery.
Vultr, SUSE and Supermicro unveil cloud-to-edge AI setup to help enterprises run workloads nearer data sources and cut latency.
Salsify adds an AI intelligence layer to help brands manage product data, retailer rules and shopping signals across digital and agentic commerce.
Merchants turn to tokenised checkout as EMVCo's Click to Pay promises faster online payments, lower fraud and less cart abandonment.
Adobe completes Semrush acquisition to widen its customer experience suite with SEO and AI visibility tools for brands.
Extreme launches Wi-Fi 7 access points for healthcare, education and large venues, adding indoor and weatherised models with PoE+ support.
HPE launches rugged ProLiant servers for edge AI and remote industrial sites, adding tougher systems for factories, telecoms networks and defence.
FYUL teams up with TrusTrace to centralise supplier records and speed compliance with EU deforestation and digital product passport rules.
Gen Z shoppers are acting on AI advice without checking sources, with a Rithum study finding 64% made purchases on recommendations.
More than two in five UK retailers and haulage firms plan May price rises as ONS data show costs and supply chain strain climbing.
PowerSync unveils optimiser to help Australian commercial energy users trade solar and battery assets in the National Electricity Market.
Daon has unveiled an AI-driven workforce identity fraud tool for employers, aimed at spotting fake candidates, deepfakes and account takeover risks.
Vertesia and Florence Consulting Group team up to push enterprise AI into live workflows across Europe, backed by a major platform update.
Australian SMEs brace for Budget, with MYOB saying tax relief, lower red tape and cost-of-living support could decide hiring and investment.
KERV.ai launches Moment Match Engine to pair video scenes with shopping signals, aiming to boost contextual video ads for publishers and brands.
UK banks and retailers face mounting losses as 6.5 million consumers secure GBP £3.5 billion in refunds through friendly fraud, survey finds.
Infios secures its eighth straight Gartner Leader nod for warehouse management systems, buoyed by a 4.5-star customer rating and strong retailer uptake.
Global retail study finds AI leaders outpace rivals on forecast speed and full-price sell-through, while slower planning costs sales.
RedCloud to roll out AI agents in 2026 for inventory, sales and market planning, aiming to sharpen FMCG decisions using trade data.
Singapore phishing drill sees click rates fall to 7.4% as nearly 140 businesses show training can curb risky staff responses.
