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5 Nov 2026
Kinney Drugs put AI on its pharmacy phones. It lasted three months
Failure / Retail
Free
4 Nov 2026
Chewy's AI assistant settles 30% of chats. The savings are $50m a year
Deployment / Retail
Free
2 Nov 2026
Anthropic's S-1 says AI prices and limits can change. Plan for it
News, with a verdict / Ways of working
Free
29 Oct 2026
Amazon lists your products unless you opt out. Should you stay in?
News, with a verdict / Retail
Free
23 Oct 2026
Colgate's machine-health AI paid back in 4 months at six plants
Deployment / Manufacturing
Free
22 Oct 2026
AI found a flaw in the PHP behind 69% of websites. Ask your host today
News, with a verdict / Ways of working
Free
21 Oct 2026
Magalu's WhatsApp AI agent converts 3x its app. It's 0.2% of sales
Deployment / Retail
Free
20 Oct 2026
Siemens' Erlangen plant: AI cut ramp-up engineering by up to 85%
Deployment / Manufacturing
Free
16 Oct 2026
Target ranked store chores by forecast. It saved 2m staff hours a year
Deployment / Retail
Free
15 Oct 2026
Manufacturing AI in 2026: seven results, one published price
Sector brief / Manufacturing
Free
14 Oct 2026
Albertsons' AI grew baskets 10% to 26%. It didn't pay back at once
Deployment / Retail
Free
13 Oct 2026
Rockwell's AI copilot cut technician ramp-up from 9 months to 3
Deployment / Manufacturing
Free
10 Oct 2026
Home Depot let AI answer store phones. Callers got help 4x faster
Deployment / Retail
Free
9 Oct 2026
Tata Steel put AI agents on customer complaints. Turnaround halved
Deployment / Manufacturing
Free
8 Oct 2026
Meta's Personal Agent Protocol has no spec yet. Check your firewall
News, with a verdict / Ways of working
Free
7 Oct 2026
Kroger had AI score 1,934 ads before buying media. It was 81% accurate
Deployment / Retail
Free
6 Oct 2026
Toyota let factory staff build their own AI. They made 10,000 models
Deployment / Manufacturing
Free
5 Oct 2026
Aesthetify's chatbot invented doctors' titles. A court held it liable
Failure / Ways of working
Free
3 Oct 2026
Danfoss put AI agents on its order inbox. They make 80% of decisions
Deployment / Manufacturing
Free
1 Oct 2026
Shopify let browser agents check out. Who pays when they buy wrong?
News, with a verdict / Retail
Free
30 Sept 2026
Lowe's says Mylow users convert at triple the rate. What that proves
Deployment / Retail
Free
25 Sept 2026
Retail AI returns in 2026: which retailers put a number in writing
Sector brief / Retail
Free
24 Sept 2026
Amazon blocked Meta's shopping agent. Should a mid-sized retailer?
News, with a verdict / Retail
Free
23 Sept 2026
Zalando makes 90% of its on-site content with AI, not its catalogue
Deployment / Retail
Free
22 Sept 2026
VitrA spent about €1m on AI for one tile line. Scrap fell by half
Deployment / Manufacturing
Free
21 Sept 2026
Chinese AI models are cheaper. What that means for a 200-person firm
News, with a verdict / Ways of working
Free
18 Sept 2026
Walmart sold inside ChatGPT. Its checkout converted a third as well
Deployment / Retail
Free
17 Sept 2026
Anthropic's data-retention reversal: what it means for mid-sized firms
News, with a verdict / Ways of working
Free
17 Sept 2026
IKEA let a bot take the routine queries and moved 8,500 staff to sales
Deployment / Retail
Free
16 Sept 2026
Manufacturing's real AI deadline is 20 January 2027
Sector brief / Manufacturing
Free
15 Sept 2026
What an AI slowdown looks like at Unilever's Indaiatuba plant
Deployment / Manufacturing
Free
8 Aug 2026
What if the five-year plan is the thing holding you back?
News, with a verdict / Ways of working
Free