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UK Retailers Bet Big on AI-Personalised Marketing Ahead of Christmas Trading
From Tesco Clubcard to John Lewis's £800m AI push, UK retailers are betting on personalisation ahead of the trading period that decides their year.
Mark
Contributor and Tech Writer, British Business Review
- UK Startups
- AI Adoption
- Fintech
- Retail Technology
Mark is a contributor and tech writer at British Business Review, covering UK startups, AI adoption, and the technology companies building Britain's next generation of scaleups. He reports on funding rounds, product launches, and the founders and engineers driving the UK tech sector forward.
He writes most often about what is already running in production — factory-floor AI, retail personalisation systems, licensed fintech — and how those deployments compare with the sector's public narrative.
Mark contributes to British Business Review as an independent journalist and is not a member of staff.
Articles by Mark
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How UK Manufacturers Are Quietly Adopting AI on the Factory Floor
Predictive maintenance adoption among UK manufacturers more than doubled in a year. Here's what the data shows — and why skills, not budget, is now the bottleneck.
startups
London's AI Startup Corridor: Why Founders Are Choosing Shoreditch Over Silicon Valley
London AI startups raised $12bn in the first seven months of 2026. Here's what's actually driving the city's AI cluster.
startups
Revolut's Next Act: Inside Britain's Most Valuable Fintech's Global Push
After a five-year wait, Revolut is a fully licensed UK bank. Here's what that changes — and what it signals about London's fintech ambitions.