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Battle of bots, customers win!

Amazon trounces rivals in battle of the shopping 'bots' Earlier this year, engineers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) who track rivals' prices online got a rude surprise: the technology they were using to check Amazon.com several million times a day suddenly stopped working.

At Shop.org there were many things, but here is the main 7 takeaways version of Retaildive.

7 takeaways on retail's future from Shop.org The annual event offers a sneak peek at technology trends and changing customer behavior. Among the many insights from the show is one universal truth: the shopper is everywhere and retailers should be too.

We totally expected this to happen. We discussed how CountBOX technology can help, but already we felt very little engagement and Toys R Us was just going down the stream passively.

Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy in US The once dominant toy retailer has struggled against larger rivals such as Amazon and Walmart.