Target names first AI officer US retail giant Target has appointed Chandhu Nair as its first chief AI officer
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Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer/
Signal to sales: in-store mobile unlocks loyalty engagement Poor in-store mobile signal is stifling retailers’ return on their loyalty app investments, yet fixing it can pay back within months, Miya Knights, Retail Technology Publisher, discovers
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Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8738/signal-to-sales:-in-store-mobile-unlocks-loyalty-engagement/
Immersive Harry Potter store set to open Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences is opening the UK’s largest official fully immersive Harry Potter Shop on 4 November 2026 in Oxford Street
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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8741/immersive-harry-potter-store-set-to-open/
Asda targets digital George growth Asda has announced an extended partnership with Merkle as it looks to support the next phase of digital growth for its clothing brand George
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8740/asda-targets-digital-george-growth/
Home Depot upgrades tech team Home Depot has announced leadership portfolio changes to accelerate innovation in its tech teams
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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8739/home-depot-upgrades-tech-team/
Walmart expands drone delivery to Florida Walmart and Wing have started drone delivery in Greater Orlando, Wing’s first market in Florida
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8737/walmart-expands-drone-delivery-to-florida/
Catching the AI eye Aaron Smedley, GM, Shopify Ecosystem at Cloudinary on how to avoid being invisible to AI agents and your shoppers
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Thu, 06 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8736/catching-the-ai-eye/
The Perfume Shop shortlisted for AI award The Perfume Shop has been shortlisted for the Data and AI Partnership of the Year award at the DataIQ Awards 2026
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8735/the-perfume-shop-shortlisted-for-ai-award/
B&M upgrades POS Value retailer B&M has partnered with PMC to deploy a modernised Point of Sale (POS) solution spanning hardware and software across its entire estate
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Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8734/bm-upgrades-pos/
Kohl’s adds AI assistant US department store Kohl’s is the latest retailer to launch an AI assistant
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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8733/kohlas-adds-ai-assistant/
Topps Tiles launches trade app Topps Tiles has released a new trade app built with Apadmi
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Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8732/topps-tiles-launches-trade-app/
PreCook dishes up growth with new partner Kitchenware retailer ProCook has chosen DHL Supply Chain as its strategic logistics partnership to support its next phase of growth in the UK
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Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8731/precook-dishes-up-growth-with-new-partner/
La-Z-Boy relaxes with 3D Cloud tech Furniture brand and retailer La-Z-Boy has expanded use of new 3D Cloud technology to positively impact its omnichannel shopping and design experiences and to streamline internal operations
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Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8730/la-z-boy-relaxes-with-3d-cloud-tech/
Product truth: the agentic data reckoning As AI shopping agents begin to read storefront data, the product detail retailers have been able to hide can become a liability, and the discipline to fix it is already running at the industrial edge, Miya Knights, Retail Technology Publisher, discovers
https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8728/product-truth:-the-agentic-data-reckoning/
Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8728/product-truth:-the-agentic-data-reckoning/
Michaels crafts AI assistant US craft store Michaels has launched Ask Mike, a new AI-powered shopping assistant built with Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience
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Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8729/michaels-crafts-ai-assistant/
J. Crew names ecommerce/digital EVP Fashion retailer J. Crew has named Stacey Levitt as its EVP of ecommerce and digital experience
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Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8727/j-crew-names-ecommercedigital-evp/
The retail AI bill comes due As AI moves from experiment into production, the question for retailers is shifting from what it can do to what it costs to run, and who owns the infrastructure underneath it, writes Miya Knights, Retail Technology Publisher
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Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8723/the-retail-ai-bill-comes-due/
Waitrose adds digital newspaper subs PayPoint’s i-movo Secure Digital Vouchers are now accepted across all Waitrose supermarkets
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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8726/waitrose-adds-digital-newspaper-subs/
AI rewrites retail’s rules of survival The profit bar for corporate survival is set to double as AI turns operational efficiency into a strategy rather than a tactic, Miya Knights, Retail Technology Publisher, hears.
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Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8722/ai-rewrites-retails-rules-of-survival/
Ulta Beauty names new CTO Cosmetics retailer Ulta Beauty has named Kelly Garcia as its new chief technology officer (CTO)
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Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0100https://www.retailtechnology.co.uk/rss.xml/news/8742/target-names-first-ai-officer//news/8725/ulta-beauty-names-new-cto/
Startup growth specialist Daniel Groves explains how to meet today’s shoppers’ expectations of effortlessly moving between online and in-store shopping and enjoying the same level […]
Gone are the days when retailers relied on spreadsheets, emails and phone calls to offload customer returns and excess inventory into the secondary market. Today, […]
