{"id":16175,"date":"2025-11-02T11:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/retail-technology-72\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T11:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:35:13","slug":"retail-technology-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/retail-technology-72\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><body id=\"wp_automatic_ReadabilityBody\"><rss xmlns:atom=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2005\/Atom\" version=\"2.0\"><br \/>\n<channel>\n    <link\/>https:\/\/retailtechnology.co.uk\/<br \/>\n    <title>Retail Technology<\/title>\n    <link href=\"https:\/\/retailtechnology.co.uk\/rss.xml\" rel=\"self\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\"\/>\n    <description>Retail Technology RSS news feed RSS news feed<\/description><br \/>\n    <language>en-gb<\/language><br \/>\n    <copyright>Copyright 2025 Retail Technology RSS news feed<\/copyright><br \/>\n    <image><br \/>\n        <title>Retail Technology<\/title><br \/>\n        <width>144<\/width><br \/>\n        <height>23<\/height>\n        <link\/>https:\/\/retailtechnology.co.uk\/<br \/>\n        <url>https:\/\/www.retailtechnology.co.uk\/images\/logo_rss.gif<\/url><br \/>\n    <\/image><br \/>\n    <item><br \/>\n        <title>Retail Technology launches podcast<\/title><br \/>\n        <description>Retail Technology is delighted to launch its first official podcast &#8211; 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