Megan Robinson
Megan Robinson is senior technology reporter at Retail Week, reporting on how retailers use technology, data and marketplaces to grow and compete across value and electricals.
Her coverage follows the commercial impact of tools such as AI, augmented reality, social commerce and logistics platforms, rather than the technology in isolation. She joined Retail Week in 2023 and brings a trade and consumer background that spans mobile, music, beauty and sustainability journalism.
Tech, value, marketplaces and electricals
Robinson’s core beat runs across tech, value, marketplaces and electricals, and she consistently ties these strands together in her reporting. She covers value retailers such as B&M, Poundland and Primark through stories on new store openings, head-office restructurings and the rollout of services like click and collect. Electricals and multi-category groups including Very Group, JD Sports and Ocado appear in her work through detailed trading updates on golden quarter performance, category growth and festive sales. Marketplaces are a constant thread, with coverage of Amazon’s £1bn damages claim from UK retailers, co-branded credit cards with Barclays, export tools for sellers and strategic partnerships with grocers.
Across these pieces she links corporate strategy, technology investment and shopper behaviour in a way that keeps the focus on margin, growth and channel mix rather than on the novelty of the tools themselves.
Social commerce, AI and data-led features
Robinson devotes significant attention to social commerce and the economics of selling through platforms such as TikTok and Alibaba. She has written on TikTok’s role in advertising, entertainment and sales for retailers, on Sephora’s incubator partnership for beauty brands with TikTok creators, and on TikTok Shop increasing seller commission fees in its drive to become a “marketplace of the future”.
Her coverage of AI and data is similarly grounded in commercial outcomes, from a feature on virtual try-on technology and its impact on returns and customer experience, to reporting on cyber and data risks that sit at the top of retailers’ concerns. A recent long-form piece on AI in forecasting examines how algorithms are reshaping product ranging and stockholding, and has been highlighted externally as a deep dive into what AI means for retail decision-making.
She also tracks regulatory and competition issues around AI, including the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation into Amazon’s multibillion-pound investment in an AI start-up. Q&A pieces with senior figures at Alibaba.com and Amazon’s grocery business show her using interviews to probe how AI, marketplaces and loyalty are changing the mechanics of retail for SMEs and global brands alike.
Store openings, footfall and high street dynamics
Alongside technology, Robinson follows the physical dynamics of the high street, retail parks and shopping centres. She reports on individual store openings for brands such as Miniso and Fopp, including first-look visits that focus on layout, merchandising and concept development.
Her work on footfall includes pieces on Battersea Power Station’s strongest summer to date and on how school holidays and weekend spending shift traffic patterns across retail destinations. She has analysed net store openings and closures in detail, using data-led pieces to explore why convenience formats are expanding while chemists and other chains close, and what this means for occupancy rates and local retail mix. Features on initiatives to grow UK high streets and on how Southside shopping centre is battling back against Battersea Power Station show her interest in investment, refurbishment and positioning decisions at a centre level.
She also covers Marks & Spencer’s forthcoming debut at London Fashion Week, bringing brand visibility and event-led strategies into her broader view of how retailers compete for attention and spend.
Leadership, finance and regulation
Robinson’s reporting gives equal weight to leadership, finance and regulatory scrutiny, particularly where these intersect with technology and value retail. She has covered senior appointments such as Boots hiring a chief retail, logistics and operations director from Asda, using these moves to show how retailers reorganise around omnichannel and supply-chain priorities.
On the finance side, she tracks issues ranging from Tesco’s new fulfilment fees for online suppliers and retailers’ reassurance to investors after the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, through to Asda’s £8.6bn property review aimed at reducing debt.
Regulatory and risk themes run through stories on Amazon facing a major damages claim, CMA investigations into AI partnerships, cyber and data risks, and changes to marketplace fee structures. Trading pieces on retail sales “returning to growth” and category-specific performance at Boots and other chains show her methodical approach to earnings, with attention to category mix and channel trends.
Beyond the page, she moderates sessions at Retail Week’s people, consumer, responsible retail and AI in retail summits, where she leads discussions on leadership, technology and future strategy with senior industry figures. Taken together, her work presents a joined-up picture of how technology, leadership, regulation and finance shape modern retail, with a clear bias towards stories that have operational and P&L consequences.
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