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AI Recommendations Need a Checkout Shoppers Trust

Artificial intelligence is making it easier for retailers to get discovered. It is doing considerably less to help them get paid. Data in the October 2026 edition of the Consumer AI Benchmark Report from PYMNTS Intelligence reveals that nea

Instant Payments May Give Credit Unions a Deposit Growth Advantage

Banks have generally measured instant payments by transactions: how many customers use them, how much money moves and how quickly payments arrive. An example from Amplify Credit Union adds another measure: deposit growth. Business accounts

Official Statistics: Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2024

Statistics on UK utilisation of tariff preferences for imports and exports under PTAs for 2024, including trade in goods between Great Britain and the EU under the TCA.

Built to Scale: How to Grow Embedded Payments Without Starting Over

Embedded payments can be relatively straightforward to launch, but successful growth changes what businesses need from their payments infrastructure. As volume rises, so can fraud exposure, compliance demands and operational complexity. Com

Refreshed payment method design in checkout

This tiled layout appears when the payment methods meet certain display criteria, including offering four or fewer payment methods. For other configurations, the standard list view continues to display.

eBay to cut 1,000 jobs in restructuring drive – report

US e-commerce company eBay will cut 1,000 jobs, or 9% of its workforce, to redirect capital into higher-growth commercial divisions. The post eBay to cut 1,000 jobs in restructuring drive – report appeared first on Retail Insight Network.

Ensemble forecasting with IBM Granite time-series models

22,000 orders in 21 days—how did the "junk" everyone rejected make a comeback?

Thought it was dead stock, but it sold like crazy! Breaking down 3 counterintuitive TikTok bestsellers

Eco 360 Group joined Temu to build visibility for new brand of mops and buckets

Eco 360 Group spent 40 years building Eco Bag into one of the United Kingdom’s best-known recycled bin liner brands. Now, the Huddersfield cleaning products business is hoping to do the same for MACROMAX, its range of mops, buckets, and sco

Queues form on Regent Street as H&M drops Elie Saab collection

H&M’s latest collaboration with Elie Saab launches today [22 October 2026] at 9am, with fashion fans already waiting in line outside the retailer’s Regent Street store. In September, H&M announced its newest designer collaborator would be L

The Golden Guide 2026: The peak we planned for no longer exists

Retail likes a calendar because it makes demand look manageable, according to The Golden Guide 2026. Christmas sits in one box, Black Friday has another and back-to-school gets its few weeks. Fashion waits on the weather and gifting retaile

Etihad Cargo flies rescued bears from Russia to Ireland

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo has flown two rescued brown bears from Russia to their new home at Wild Ireland, a wildlife sanctuary in County Donegal. Bu, a former circus bear, and Tyapa, who had been kept at a petting zoo, spent years livin

Sainsbury’s raises profit outlook as grocery sales climb despite £164m loss

Sainsbury’s has raised its full-year profit guidance after reporting a 3.6 per cent rise in underlying operating profit to £525m, as grocery sales growth and market share gains boosted its first-half performance. It reported a 2.6 per cent

Build-A-Bear to open store inside Hard Rock Cafe in London first

Build-A-Bear Workshop is set to open a new store experience inside Hard Rock Cafe in London’s Piccadilly Circus, marking the restaurant chain’s first retail partnership of its kind. The new location, which opens on 26 October, will bring th

Online retailers could be forced to take websites offline amid global cyber security threat

Online retailers could be forced to take their websites offline after critical security flaws were discovered in a programming language used by online shops, prompting urgent warnings from cyber security agencies worldwide. The UK’s Nationa

Waitrose opens first new supermarket in eight years in £1bn expansion

Waitrose has opened its first new supermarket in eight years in Cricklewood, north London, as part of its current £1bn investment programme. The 18,000 sq ft store, which opens today, marks a significant milestone in Waitrose’s plans to exp

French supermarket attacks were product of ‘basic security flaws’

Hundreds of French supermarkets suffered significant financial losses after hackers exploited ‘basic cybersecurity weaknesses’ to take control of refrigeration systems, causing widespread food spoilage and equipment damage. The cyberattack,

Walmart will fully open up AI agent shopping; users can set spending limits

Tencent Deploys Retail AI Suite Across 600 Asian Merchants

The cloud giant links internal tools to Weixin and WeCom as Chow Tai Fook and SML Group automate store workflows and inventory.

Australian Auto Retailers Fetch 11.2X Valuation as Apparel Slips to 6.4X

Grant Thornton transaction data shows private capital discounting discretionary fashion brands while logistics discipline and regulatory payment overhauls widen the valuation divide.

Online penetration 32.2%! To capture overseas growth, launch these two products first

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What FDE means at OpenAI

What forward deployed engineering means at OpenAI

Huawei Sets 10 Gbps Microwave Backhaul Target to Support Mobile AI

Carrier networks face thousands of monthly fiber disruptions as AI workloads push regional transmission requirements up to tenfold.

TikTok Shop star ratings and customer reviews convert sales

With the festive season approaching and an unprecedented increase of shoppers flocking to TikTok to search for gift inspiration, brands need to maximise the platform’s growth to drive sales. New research by Bazaarvoice, the platform connect