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  • The £150 agentic trust threshold: UK shoppers place spending cap on autonomous AI purchasing

    Despite fast-growing adoption of agentic AI, caution kicks in for higher-value purchases, with UK shoppers putting a £150 price cap on autonomous AI spending, new data from the MACH Alliance reveals. Retaining transactional authority  Research of over 1,000 UK consumers, commissioned ahead of MACH X: Amsterdam, showed that two thirds (67%) now use AI within the search…

  • Asda completes rollout of Vusion ESLs across all its 517 Express convenience stores

    Asda has completed the rollout of electronic shelf edge labels (ESLs) across all 517 UK Asda Express convenience stores, as the retailer continues to invest in technology across its estate. Working with Vusion and its partners, Renovotec and HL Display, the supermarket has invested over £7.5million to install over 1.2million ESLs, which has replaced the task of manually…

  • Amex: ‘Viral pilgrimages’ see Gen Z travel up to 95 mins to visit retailers discovered on social

    Four in five (80%) Gen Z consumers have visited an independent business or retailer after discovering it on social media, according to new research from American Express (Amex). Among those who have made special social-inspired trips, the longest journeys average 95 minutes, highlighting the lengths younger shoppers will go to visit trending businesses and brands. Amex’s Hype…

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