The five most important retail tech news stories of the week

It’s Friday, the week is nearly done, so let’s kick back and reflect on another eventful week for the retail technology space. Here's your briefing on some of the most important and interesting stories from the past five days.

1. Tesco raids RSA for major security hire

Simon Devlin will join Tesco next month as Head of Security Architecture.

2. Coronavirus latest: McDonald's goes takeaway, delivery and drive thru only

McDonald’s said that from 5am on Wednesday all restaurants in the UK and Ireland would close seating areas and temporarily move to being takeaway, drive thru and delivery operations.

3. Amazon staff doing compulsory overtime as coronavirus drives demand

Workers at Amazon's UK warehouses have been told to work overtime to tackle huge demand amid the coronavirus pandemic.

This despite government calls for people to restrict social contact. According to the GMB union, workers across at least four different sites now have to work compulsory overtime. National officer Mick Rix accused Amazon of putting "profit before safety"

4. Sainsbury's tackles coronavirus stockpiling with omnichannel initiatives

Sainsbury's is to prioritise vulnerable and elderly people for online deliveries amid customer stockpiling during the coronavirus outbreak. It is also set to operate an expanded Click and Collect service.