AGP Executive Report
Last update: 39 minutes agoShop Prices Watch: The British Retail Consortium says shop price inflation jumped to 1.5% in August (up from 0.9% in July), with food inflation at 2.8% and non-food at 0.9%, driven by higher energy, input and commodity costs plus the AI-driven rise in memory and storage prices—so households may feel the squeeze into autumn. New Store Opening: Aldi’s new Rayleigh Weir Retail Park store opens 17 September at 8am, with fresh produce, British meat, wines and spirits, and free fruit-and-veg bags for the first 30 customers. Consumer Scam Alert: Which? says Booking.com has “glaring gaps” after it set up a fake 10 Downing Street holiday let that accepted payments and stayed live for weeks, raising security and fraud concerns for travellers. AI in Business: A Yorkshire survey finds AI adoption is still a top challenge, but 41% of firms plan to accelerate AI/automation investment. Hospitality Tech Shift: A study by Apollo3D says 66% of consumers now use pre-visit digital exploration like 3D tours before booking hospitality. Streaming Expansion: JioHotstar is launching in the UK, Canada and Singapore, replacing Hotstar there and rolling out region-specific pricing and a large content library.
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