Retail Technology Show 2026: AI talk turns practical
Retailers focus less on AI hype and more on the data, infrastructure and operational change needed to make it work, writes Miya Knights, Retail Technology PublisherBy Miya Knights | Wednesday April 29 2026
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Ulta Beauty gets AI makeover
Published 28.04.26 by Retail Technology
Cosmetics retailer Ulta Beauty has launched agentic commerce across Google surfaces and introduced Ulta AI, a new AI shopping assistant#sustainability
Modern Milkman delivers sustainability
Published 27.04.26 by Retail Technology
Modern Milkman, the British scale-up reimagining the traditional milk round, has become the first company in the UK to introduce the home-compostable bread bag from Treetop Biopak to its customers#CX
Heron Foods flying with CX upgrade
Published 24.04.26 by Retail Technology
Value supermarket chain Heron Foods has enhanced CX with a new communications platform#delivery
B&Q names Ireland delivery partner
Published 22.04.26 by Retail Technology
UK home improvement retailer B&Q has selected XPO Logistics as its new home delivery partner in Ireland#automation
The Home Depot acquires automation firm
Published 20.04.26 by Retail Technology
US home improvement retailer The Home Depot has acquired SIMPL Automation which uses advanced engineering and AI technology to help distribution facilities operate faster and more efficiently#RTS26
This week at the Retail Technology Show 2026
Published 20.04.26 by Retail Technology
With the 2026 Retail Technology Show (RTS) starting this Thursday we round up five things you won’t want to miss at the event, which connects retail’s changemakers with tech innovators.#AI
Innovation Line: Technology is maturing with age
Published 16.04.26 by Toby Pickard
As EuroShop celebrated its 60th birthday this February in Düsseldorf, Germany, there was one overarching theme that emerged at the “world’s number one retail trade fair” writes Toby Pickard, Retail Futures Senior Partner, IGD#AI
Iceland turns to AI for inventory
Published 15.04.26 by Retail Technology
Frozen food supermarket Iceland will transform the way it manages inventory and replenishment with a new AI partnership