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An increasing proportion of retailers are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to strengthen their long-term business model, from forecasting customer demand and managing stock to automating deliveries and returns. Although Covid-19 accelerated the evolution in consumers’ approach to shopping, AI is driving the long-term revolution in how those shops are run.

On the surface, the pandemic seems to have had a devastating effect on cities. Is the upheaval of the past year a doomsday toll for the world’s urban areas? Or simply a symptom of living with Covid? On Thursday 29 April, Samantha Simmonds, sat down with Chief Executive of Centre for Cities, Andrew Carter to discuss how urban living will look in the future.