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Glynn Davis: Robotics plays an increasingly important role in the retail sector

We only need to go back to early 2020 to find that a major worry in the retail industry was the forecasted loss of jobs due to robotics and automation, with the BRC (British Retail Consortium) predicting 370,000 roles would become extinct by 2025 as a result of the advance of technology automating a plethora of roles.