Daily Briefing – All the Retail Technology News you need to know today (July 28)

28th July 2020

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Xbox and PlayStation are set to release rival branded trainers in collaboration with Adidas and Nike, both of which are already seeing demand skyrocket.

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Consumer confidence in the UK is returning to pre-pandemic levels as consumer spending is up on the same period in 2019, new figures from Barclaycard show.

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Amazon has issued its largest ever bond borrowing $18.5 billion in cash investors say it “doesn’t need”.

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Waitrose is introducing a delivery charge to customers for the first time in its history to “bring us in line with the rest of the market” and cover the increasing costs of picking and packing.

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Waitrose is scrapping its two-hour delivery service ‘Rapid’ so it can “focus solely on (its) Deliveroo partnership”.

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Playstation 5 buyers are set to be disappointed further as shortages are set to continue into next year according to Sony.

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Adidas could sell Reebok to Chinese rivals Anta Sports and Li Ning who are increasingly replacing the brands sales in China amid an ongoing boycott.

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