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AI

Quote from Spike’s Retail Hive October 2026 workshop: “It works” isn’t the same as “we understand it”

4 min read

Lessons from our workshop: Retail Hive October 2026

Steve Dennis - 22 October 2026

Events AI

3 min read

What retail tech leaders are talking about: Retail Jam 2026

Steve Dennis - 2 July 2026

A day at Knebworth Park. Two roundtables, dozens of frank conversations, and one big question hanging over the room: what happens to quality when AI...

-Land Big Change- Events -Release Features Fast- Retail Industry & Technology AI

2 min read

Stop testing everything the same way.

Darryl Kennedy - 26 June 2026

Your systems are unpredictable but your testing philosophy doesn't need to be. Composable commerce, third-party APIs, real-time pipelines, AI-driven...

-Land Big Change- -Release Features Fast- Retail Industry & Technology AI -Scale for Peaks-

3 min read

Site Speed and AEO – An Unanswered Question

Mike Forshaw - 20 November 2025

The Enduring Paradox of Site Speed in the Age of Conversational Search The digital landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, one that fundamentally...

Performance AI -Scale for Peaks-

Delivery team discussing project dashboards on a large screen in a modern open-plan office

2 min read

The End of Bodyshopping: Farewell to the Great Desk-Warming Economy

Darryl Kennedy - 6 October 2025

Bodyshopping, that glorious era when tech companies billed clients by the kilo of developer, is finally wheezing its last breath. For years, the...

-Release Features Fast- AI

1 min read

The Seductive Peril of the Black Box: Navigating Transparency in the Age of AI

Steve Dennis - 7 August 2025

For too long engineers have contended with “black boxes” —technologies whose internal workings are opaque. You see the data go in and the results...

Testing & Automation -Release Features Fast- AI

Illustration of a holographic figure surrounded by floating performance data charts and dashboards

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AI Chatbots for Performance Testing Analysis

Mike Forshaw - 2 December 2024

As performance testing becomes more data-intensive, analysing the results quickly and accurately is crucial for maintaining optimal website speed and...

Testing & Automation Performance AI

1 min read

AI-Powered Technology is Fundamentally Changing Retail

Steve Dennis - 24 May 2023

AI-Powered Technology is Fundamentally Changing Retail As AI-powered technology continues to evolve, we can expect to see even more innovation in the...

Retail Industry & Technology AI