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Supermarkets Invest Millions to Bring AI and Robots Back to Store Floors, Boosting Efficiency

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Supermarkets Invest Millions to Bring AI and Robots Back to Store Floors, Boosting Efficiency

Supermarkets are moving back to a model that looks oddly familiar: smaller stores, less browsing and more of the work shifted out of sight. In the process, how supermarkets are going back to the future is becoming a live commercial question for every buyer, supplier and retailer watching labour, fulfilment and store formats collide. For … Read more

Coffee Giants Invest $2 Billion Deploying Satellite AI to Map and Reduce Global Deforestation Risk

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Coffee Giants Invest $2 Billion Deploying Satellite AI to Map and Reduce Global Deforestation Risk

The EU Deforestation Regulation is about to lock millions of smallholder coffee farmers out of European markets — not because they’re clearing forests, but because the maps say they are. That mapping failure is now the target of a multi-company satellite programme that could reshape how the global coffee supply chain proves its sustainability credentials. … Read more