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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 289 – ShipBob Co-Founder and CEO Dhruv Saxena

Retail Geek

ShipBob is a tech-enabled third-party logistics provider (3PL) that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. We discuss ShipBob’s origin story, how the e-commerce fulfillment industry has evolved, as well as the challenges and implications of Amazon and Shopify’s various fulfillment initiatives.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 292 – Q1 2022 Recap (Live)

Retail Geek

lifestyle so next line so started spiffy in 2014 and today we’re in 27 locations about a 50 million run rate doubling, we have 250 Vans across the United States and about 500 technicians so that’s a little bit of background on me.