# Press resources

Assets and information to be used for the press.

## High Street Futures Report

A study by The Future Laboratory in conjunction with NearSt exploring the future of physical retail.

[View the report](/content/about/futures-report/index.html)

## About NearSt

NearSt is a retail technology company that connects live in-store inventory data to consumer-facing platforms using its NearLIVE technology platform. The company works with thousands of retailers across 14 countries to surface their products on Google, Meta, Uber Eats and more.

[Download press assets](/content/about/press#/index.html) press@near.st

## In the news

Retail Sector· May 2025

### Retailers winning by making local inventory visible online

The Grocer· Feb 2025

### NearSt launches tech connecting stores to delivery apps

iNews· Jan 2021

### NearSt secures funding round backed by Grosvenor Group

The Times· Aug 2019

### Data team helping the high street fight back

Forbes· July 2019

### Consumer preference shifting back to physical stores

Independent· April 2019

### Google-backed startup taking on Amazon to save the high street

Daily Mail & BBC· Nov 2018

### Google partnership brings local shop inventory online

Monocle· April 2019

### The Entrepreneurs podcast — NearSt founders

WIRED· Oct 2017

### Can this startup save the high street from Amazon?

Guardian· July 2016

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