Estee Lauder expands Microsoft AI partnershipEstee Lauder is building on an existing artificial intelligence collaboration with Microsoft to connect its data across all brands, regions and channels. Daytime dining chain First Watch cloud-enables its store operationsFirst Watch Restaurants Group Inc. is simplifying operations and streamlining technology integrations in its corporate stores. Amazon to invest $18 billion in Germany in 2027 Amazon plans to make total investments of more than $18 billion in Germany in 2027, spanning jobs, technology, and infrastructure. POS modernization boosts retailer performance – here’s how A new study reveals retailers that upgrade their POS technology can obtain a number of benefits across the enterprise. Boscov’s unifies store inventory view The nation’s largest family-owned department store retailer is conducting order management, store fulfillment and customer service on one platform. Amazon investing $5.3B in Saudi Arabia cloud, AI infrastructure Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making a major expansion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the end of the year. Amazon commits $500M to cloud and AI training for university students Amazon is giving verified higher education students access to resources for developing skills and careers in cloud and artificial intelligence technology. Regional convenience retailer Weigel’s unifies store operations at POS Weigel’s is leveraging artificial intelligence and the cloud to bring together key in-store workflows on a new POS platform. Amazon ups planned Louisiana data center investment to $18B Amazon is increasing its financial commitment to support artificial intelligence and cloud technologies in northwest Louisiana. AS Watson deploys cloud-based omnichannel platform The world’s largest international health and beauty retailer is creating the infrastructure to deliver connected customer experiences. Retail Technology News: July update Retailers in July 2026 focused technology efforts in areas including robots, AI-based shopping assistance and 3-D product imaging. Sheetz migrates to new store virtualization platform A Pennsylvania-based regional convenience store operator is replacing legacy edge computing infrastructure at its stores. 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last
