Tag: retailers
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The Register: Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/sainsburys_lfr/ Source: The Register Title: Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Feedly Summary: Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech…
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Cloud Blog: This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/smarterx-migrating-to-bigquery-from-snowflake-cut-costs-in-half/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half Feedly Summary: In 2024, retail sales for consumer packaged goods were worth $7.5 trillion globally. Their sheer variety — from cosmetics to clothing, frozen vegetables to vitamins — is hard to fathom. And distribution…
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Slashdot: Walmart Prepares for a Future Where AI Shops for Consumers
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/16/2138230/walmart-prepares-for-a-future-where-ai-shops-for-consumers Source: Slashdot Title: Walmart Prepares for a Future Where AI Shops for Consumers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Walmart’s advancements in developing AI agents for autonomous shopping, aiming to lead in agentic commerce alongside competitors like Visa and PayPal. It highlights a significant shift in consumer…
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The Register: Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/cyber_scum_attacking_uk_retailers/ Source: The Register Title: Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores Feedly Summary: DragonForce-riding ransomware ring also has ‘shiny object syndrome’ so will likely move on to another sector soon The same miscreants behind recent cyberattacks on British retailers are now trying to dig their claws into major American…