What we are working on next. This page lists the reports, live event coverage and standing topics our editors have planned, so readers and partners can see where our reporting is heading before it publishes.
Our weekly briefing on the five retail moves that mattered, published every Friday in UK and USA editions.
Friday 2 October 2026
Editorial deadline 1 October 2026
A monthly data report tracking AI adoption, automation spend and store technology signals across major retailers.
Monday 5 October 2026
Editorial deadline 2 October 2026
Live reporting from the show floor and the Innovation Stage, with session notes, video shorts and reader questions.
15 to 17 September 2026
Editorial deadline 17 September 2026
What actually shipped in Paris: the themes, the vendors and the decisions retail leaders took away from the show.
Monday 28 September 2026
Editorial deadline 27 September 2026
How retailers are staffing, forecasting and automating for Black Friday and Christmas trading.
Early October 2026
Editorial deadline 2 October 2026
Programme, speakers and the questions we plan to put to exhibitors ahead of the show.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Editorial deadline 29 September 2026
A standing investigation into AI agents that browse, compare and buy on behalf of shoppers.
Friday 9 October 2026
Editorial deadline 7 October 2026
Continuing coverage of picking robotics, micro-fulfilment and the economics behind rapid grocery.
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Editorial deadline 12 October 2026
Recurring coverage is being refreshed.
Plans can move as the news does. Dates are our current intention rather than a commitment, and every entry still goes through the checks described in our editorial standards.
Five useful signals from the people shaping global retail. Every Friday.
