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Retail Around The World: 4 September 2026
EUROPE
Tesco appoints first agentic AI director
Tesco has appointed Lucy Cooper as its first group customer experience and agentic AI director. Cooper joins from THG Ingenuity, where she developed AI agents across ecommerce opera...
Temu ten years from now
There’s been a lot happening to and at China’s online value behemoth Temu of late. So much so, it seemed worthy of a Slop dive this week. I realised recently, while browsing a few old pieces, that Temu is a platform that comes up all the ti...
Retail Around The World: 3 September 2026
EUROPE
Poundland back on the block after a year in new hands
UK discount retailer Poundland owner Gordon Brothers has launched a sale process just over a year after acquiring the chain for GBP1. Adviser Alvarez & Marsal has begun...
Retail Around The World: 2 September 2026
EUROPE
EU suspends Brazilian meat imports
The EU will suspend Brazilian meat imports from 3 September after Brazil failed to guarantee compliance with rules prohibiting antimicrobials for animal growth. The restriction covers pro...
Tracking this ‘September Reset’ trend
Heads up guys, it’s 1 September and summer’s done, apparently. Dusting off the sand, feeling refreshed and reinvigorated, the industry is already looking ahead to Q4 and the year’s peak trading time. This year, though, we’re not so much hit...
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