{"id":2559,"date":"2022-05-04T10:50:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2559"},"modified":"2022-05-05T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:10:00","slug":"new-study-ai-automation-in-retail","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/news\/new-study-ai-automation-in-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study: AI &#038; Automation in Retail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/futureofwork.fes.de\/\">FES Competence Centre Future of Work<\/a>, UNI Europa has published a\u202fnew report titled <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Artificial-Intelligence-and-Automation-in-Retail_EN.pdf\">Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Retail. Benefits, challenges, and implications\u202f(a union perspective)<\/a>&#8221; <\/strong>autored by <a href=\"https:\/\/digit-research.org\/researcher\/dr-wil-hunt\/\"><strong>Wil Hunt<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/digit-research.org\/researcher\/dr-steve-rolf\/\"><strong>Steve Rolf<\/strong><\/a> , Research Fellows at the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (<a href=\"https:\/\/digit-research.org\/\">Digit<\/a>) at the University of Sussex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the project was to help affiliated trade unions in the Commerce sector get a timely insight into how technological trends are reshaping retail. The impact of Covid-19 is also a focus as well as looking at the role of trade unions in relation to these changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report outlines recent technological developments in retail that are linked to AI and automation and discusses the implications for consumers, retail organisations and\u202f\u2013 especially\u202f\u2013 workers and unions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report is available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Artificial-Intelligence-and-Automation-in-Retail_EN.pdf\">English<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Artificial-Intelligence-and-Automation-in-Retail_FR.pdf\">French<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Artificial-Intelligence-and-Automation-in-Retail_DE.pdf\">German<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Artificial-Intelligence-and-Automation-in-Retail_ESP.pdf\">Spanish<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Find the full report here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uni-europa.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2022%2F05%2FArtificial-Intelligence-and-Automation-in-Retail_EN.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Loader\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Loading...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"EAD Logo\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Taking too long?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Reload\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Reload document\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Artificial-Intelligence-and-Automation-in-Retail_EN.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Open\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Open in new tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Together with the FES Competence Centre Future of Work, UNI Europa has published a\u202fnew report titled \u201cArtificial Intelligence and Automation in Retail. 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