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Tesco has become the latest major supermarket to introduce a traffic light system across its stores to limit the number of shoppers and help maintain social distancing.

Tesco to introduce automated traffic light system across all stores as COVID-19 cases continue to spike

October 6, 2020

Tesco has become the latest major supermarket to introduce a traffic light system across its stores to limit the number of shoppers and help maintain social distancing. As new coronavirus…

Aldi’s automated traffic light entry system could soon be rolled to NHS COVID-19 vaccine sites across the UK.

Aldi’s ‘automated traffic light system’ set to receive major upgrades as it’s rolled out across UK

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Aldi Asda automated traffic light Social Distancing

July 7, 2020

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Aldi’s automated traffic light systems being rolled out across its UK stores are due to receive major upgrades to help deaf and blind shoppers. Aldi introduced the automated traffic light…

Amazon is building a new 1.75 million sq ft distribution centre in Nottinghamshire creating more than 1000 jobs.

Amazon piloting new device which alerts workers when they break social distancing

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June 17, 2020

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Amazon is piloting a new wearable device which will inform its warehouse workers when they are too close to colleagues. Amazon workers at its fulfilment centre in Kent, Washington, will…

Intu is repurposing its footfall-tracking technology to ensure social distancing measures are maintained at its UK shopping centres as non-essential retail reopens for business.

Intu repurposes footfall-tracking technology to enforce social distancing it its centres

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June 15, 2020

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Intu is repurposing its footfall-tracking technology to ensure social distancing measures are maintained at its UK shopping centres as non-essential retail reopens for business. The shopping centre giant is using…

Covent Garden is launching a host of new digital experiences from its retailers including everything from beauty consultations to downloadable recipes and spin classes.

Covent Garden stores Mulberry, Tiffany & Co and Charlotte Tilbury to launch digital initiatives ahead of reopening

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June 9, 2020

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Covent Garden’s retailers are offering a range of new digital initiatives to ensure social distancing is maintained when they reopen next week. Mulberry, Tiffany & Co and Charlotte Tilbury are…

Tesco will soon use surplus food to power six of its stores as it embarks on an ambitious new renewable energy project.

Tesco allows shoppers to queue in their cars while its raining

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Asda queueing Social Distancing Tesco

June 4, 2020

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Tesco is allowing shoppers to queue inside their cars when it is raining in order for shoppers to maintain social distancing measures. As the sunniest May since records began comes…

Aldi introduces “automated traffic light system” nationwide as it prepares for long-term social distancing measures

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Aldi Social Distancing Traffic Light

May 26, 2020

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Aldi is launching a new “automated traffic light system” across its entire UK store estate to limit the number of shoppers allowed instore at any one time. Following a successful…

Asda is set to expand its in-store vaccination programme after becoming the first supermarket in the UK to begin administering the jabs this week.

Asda launches ‘virtual queuing’ system as it prepares for social distancing to last “for the rest of the year”

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Asda Roger Burnley Social Distancing Virtual Queue

May 20, 2020

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Asda is trialling a “virtual queuing” initiative as it prepares for social distancing measures to last well after lockdown has ended. The grocer’s new virtual system, the first of its…

Amazon forced to shut warehouse due to coronavirus outbreak

Amazon sacks 2 employees who had spoken out against COVID-19 practices

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Amazon COVID 19 Employees Social Distancing

April 15, 2020

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Amazon has sacked two employees for speaking out against its treatment of warehouse workers during the coronavirus crisis publicly without prior approval from management. The online retailers confirmed that two…

Amazon has seen the shock departure of one of its vice presidents who said remaining at the company would have meant “signing off on actions I despised”.

Amazon staff could face “termination” for violating social-distancing despite employees saying its impossible not to

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April 8, 2020

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Amazon employees who “intentionally violate” social distancing may now be sacked as the retailer comes under increasing pressure to improve employee safety. Around 50 Amazon warehouses in the US have…

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