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Amazon's new Alexa+ tablets run Android with the full Google Play Store and will be sold through Best Buy and Target, a test of how far Amazon will open its hardware to put its assistant in more homes.

Westwing built its reputation online. At NRF Europe in Paris, CEO Andreas Hoerning explained how private label, selective stores and premium services are reshaping the home retailer.

Al-Futtaim runs around 30 digital storefronts from one shared commerce backbone. At NRF Europe, Eric Meulien explained how that architecture let the Dubai group scale without replatforming, and why product data, 15-minute delivery and AI shopping agents are now testing it.

Portugal's Continente has been selling groceries online since 2001. Twenty-five years later, its Head of E-commerce, Guilherme Cardoso, says the bigger opportunity is no longer simply growing digital sales. It is using stores, quick commerce, loyalty data and AI as parts of th…

Retail has spent years turning stores into experiences. ARKET and Aroma-Zone are asking a more commercially useful question: does any of it actually make the customer relationship stronger? At NRF Europe in Paris, Jesper Magnusson and Laure Kruithof argued that physical retail…

Żabka Group has grown from a traditional Polish convenience chain into a network of more than 13,000 stores, digital businesses and AI-powered operating tools. At NRF Europe in Paris, incoming CEO Tomasz Blicharski explained why the transformation started not with generative A…

M&S and Sephora plan to bring Sephora at M&S to 100 UK locations, starting in spring 2027, with a broader range online and in-store beauty advice.

Debenhams Group CEO Dan Finley says the retailer will not return to the British high street. Instead, the 248-year-old name is being rebuilt as a digital marketplace where stock risk sits with brands, AI powers decisions behind the scenes and almost unlimited choice replaces t…

Growth leaders from JOE & THE JUICE, Granado and L'Osteria explained at NRF Europe in Paris why scale and brand consistency matter more than country count.

After entering 40 new markets in a decade, Lagardère Travel Retail is rebuilding how it opens stores, turning hundreds of dependent tasks into a repeatable discipline.

Groceryshop 2026 showed value being redefined by stretched budgets and GLP-1 medications, with NielsenIQ, Sam's Club and Chobani mapping the new grocery shopper.

Groceryshop 2026 showed AI agents from Instacart, DoorDash and Kroger, GLP-1 shifts and in-store retail media reshaping who builds the grocery basket.

M&S Food spent four years moving forecasting, replenishment and allocation onto RELEX. At NRF Europe, Susan Massicot explained why the hard part was not the technology.

New Ipsos, Kantar and Oxford Economics data unveiled at YouTube Festival shows more than half of UK YouTube watch time now happens on TV screens, as the platform opens Creator Shows and Open Call to brands.

Mango is expanding its renewed loyalty programme into six more European markets, including the UK. But Style Club is about more than rewarding repeat purchases.

Day two at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe brought Zabka, Arket, Aroma-Zone, Westwing and Continente together around one shared lesson: lasting growth is built on discipline rather than speed.

Amplience co-CEO and CTO John Williams explains why AI agents, structured data and content operations are reshaping retail discovery and margins.

NRF Retail's Big Show Europe 2026 opened in Paris with five sessions on supply chain transformation, cross-border commerce, marketplace expansion and Debenhams' digital reinvention.

Primark is preparing to offer home delivery in Great Britain for the first time, backed by a newly acquired automated fulfilment facility in Sheffield. The strategic question is whether the value retailer can add e-commerce convenience without undermining the store economics t…

John Lewis has opened The Box Studio, a permanent content creation facility inside its Oxford Street shop, as part of an £800 million investment programme. The move turns the storytelling capability behind its Christmas adverts into a year-round operation spanning social video…

Nordstrom Rack is expanding its physical footprint, Target is making its biggest move yet into prestige beauty, Williams-Sonoma is growing despite a difficult housing market, Lowe's is turning America's skilled-trades shortage into an industry-wide workforce challenge, and bea…

Speaking to The Retail Podcast at NRF APAC 2026, DFI Retail Group Chief Executive Scott Price argued that customer trust, information sharing and board-level accountability must become central to how the retail industry responds to cyber risk.

Walmart is removing friction at checkout, Home Depot is turning stores into rapid-fulfilment hubs, American Eagle is betting on football culture, Best Buy has reached a major zero-waste milestone and Ross is proving that value retail can grow through more than price alone. Tog…

Speaking at EuroShop 2026, Holland & Barrett's Head of Store Design Richard Fisher explains why physical retail now competes with Netflix for attention, and how punk and showbiz design, Tesco concessions and the Cardiff Experience Store are reinventing a 150-year-old wellness …

Cross-border e-commerce is getting more expensive, marketplaces are searching for growth beyond merchandise, India's quick-commerce boom is challenging traditional grocery, global shipping remains unpredictable and Fabletics is betting on stores for its next phase of expansion.