LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 7, 2026--
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is sponsoring the Retailers Lounge at the Retail Technology Show, taking place on 22–23 April 2026 at ExCeL London. Exclusively for retailers, the Lounge offers a place to recharge, connect and step away from the busy show floor, while gaining a fresh perspective on today’s retail challenges and opportunities through informal and insight-led conversations with Toshiba’s team of experts. The Lounge will also feature Toshiba’s Innovation Zone, an interactive space with demonstrations focusing on hospitality, convenience and specialty environments, including Toshiba’s mobile-first ecosystem with the new TCx® M7 and TCx® M11.
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Toshiba will also highlight the growing momentum of its VisualStore Suite, a next-generation software solution designed to give retailers greater control, flexibility and speed in delivering connected in-store experiences. Following the recent announcement of its expanded partnership with Matalan, VisualStore is being deployed to support faster innovation, improved efficiency, and more seamless customer journeys across channels.
Toshiba’s collaboration with Matalan will also be featured with a session on the Spark Stage: “Improving Customer Experience Through People-Powered, Customer-Led, Tech-Enabled Store Transformations” on 22 April at 10:20, where leaders from both organisations will share insights into real-world retail transformation.
“Retailers don’t just need more technology - they need the right technology, applied in the right way,” said Martyn Ryder, General Manager UK&I at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions. “That’s why our focus is on meaningful conversations to help retailers cut through complexity, make confident decisions, and move forward in a way that works for their business.”
Retailers are invited to reserve a meeting to connect with Toshiba’s experts and tap into their more than 50 years of experience to explore new ideas, and discover how a more tailored, consultative approach can help shape their next steps.
About Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions empowers retail to thrive and prosper through a dynamic ecosystem of smarter, more agile solutions and services that enable retailers to resiliently evolve with generations of consumers and adapt to market conditions. Supported by a global organisation of devoted employees and partners, retailers gain more visibility and control over operations while enjoying the flexibility to build, scale and transform retail experiences that anticipate and fulfill consumers’ ever-changing needs. Visit commerce.toshiba.com and engage with us on X, formerly known as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, to learn more. Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Tec Corporation, which is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
About Retail Technology Show
Launched in April 2021, the Retail Technology Show is brought to you by the experienced team who previously organised the UKs largest retail exhibition: RetailEXPO (formerly RBTE). For ten years we've been showing how to evolve ahead of the market, building a community of retailers, brands and hospitality providers with the courage to seize the opportunities ahead.
The Lounge at the Retail Technology Show will also feature Toshiba’s Innovation Zone, an interactive space with demonstrations focusing on hospitality, convenience and specialty environments.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia's most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police and media reported on Tuesday.
Police have not confirmed the name of the 47-year-old former soldier who was arrested Tuesday. But he has been widely reported in the media to be Roberts-Smith, a former Special Air Service Regiment corporal who was awarded both the Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry for his service in Afghanistan.
Police charged him Tuesday with five counts of war crime murder. He will remain in custody overnight and make his first court appearance on Wednesday, a police statement said.
He will potentially apply for release on bail Wednesday.
Roberts-Smith is only the second Australian veteran of the Afghanistan campaign to be charged with a war crime.
Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz, 44, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of war crime murder. He is accused of shooting Afghan man Dad Mohammad three times in the head in an Uruzgan province wheat field in May 2012.
War crime murder carries a potential sentence of life in prison. It's a federal crime in Australia, defined as the intentional killing in the context of armed conflict of a person who is not taking an active part in hostilities, such as civilians, prisoners of war or wounded soldiers.
Police arrested Roberts-Smith at Sydney Airport on Tuesday after he arrived on a flight from Brisbane, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett said.
“It will be alleged that the victims were not taking part in hostilities at the time of their alleged murder in Afghanistan. It will be alleged the victims were detained, unarmed and were under the control of ADF members when they were killed,” Barrett told reporters, referring to the Australian Defense Force.
“It will be alleged the victims were shot by the accused or shot by subordinate members of the ADF in the presence of and acting on the orders of the accused,” Barrett added.
In September last year, Australia's highest court removed Roberts-Smith's last chance to clear his name of court findings that he unlawfully killed four Afghans.
The High Court said it would not hear his appeal against a federal judge's civil court finding in 2023 that he likely killed noncombatants unlawfully in 2009 and 2012.
Three federal court judges had unanimously rejected his appeal against that ruling.
Roberts-Smith sued for defamation after several newspapers published articles in 2018 accusing him of a range of war crimes.
But while the civil courts found the war crimes allegations were mostly proven on a balance of probabilities, the new charges would have to be proved in a criminal court to a higher standard of beyond reasonable doubt.
The charges follow a military report released in 2020 that found evidence that elite Australian SAS and commando regiment troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and other noncombatants.
Barrett said few soldiers were involved in the new allegations.
“The alleged conduct related to these charges is confined to a very small section of our trusted and respected ADF which helps keep this country safe,” Barrett said.
“The overwhelming majority of our ADF do our country proud. Today’s charges are not reflective of the majority of members who serve under our Australian flag with honor, with distinction and with the values of a democratic nation,” she added.
The Office of the Special Investigator was established to work with police on the war crime allegations. The office’s director of investigations Ross Barnett said allegations of 53 war crimes had been investigated and 39 of those investigations had concluded without charges. Around 40,000 Australian military personnel served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, of whom 41 were killed.
FILE - Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney, Australia, on June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett speaks to media during a press conference following the arrest of former Australian soldier in Sydney, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)
