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How Woolies is using 2D barcodes to increase sales and transparency

Inside Retail

Their journey began in 2017 with just loose produce. “At It’s a great opportunity for retailers to start thinking about how to engage with your customer and provide a better shopping experience.”. Woolworths worked with GS1 to complete a full roll-out of 2D barcodes on its fresh produce and chilled items.

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Adobe: Consumers Will Spend More Online in First 10 Months of 2021 than All of 2019

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce accounts for roughly $1 of every $5 spent by consumers (up from $1 of every $6 spent in 2017). The apparel category saw particularly marked price hikes in both July (up 15.26% ) and August (up 15.52% ), two months in which apparel prices typically drop amidst summer markdowns and back-to-school promotions.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

If you can’t move all of the inventory then markdowns are required which eats into sales per sq. By 2017 Forever 21 decided it would open 40 F21 Red stores within that year alone. But in 2017 some F21 stores were only generating revenues that were half of projected sales. Large stores are inherently risky.

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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? Ending the Tradition of Blanket Markdowns Enter this year’s holiday shopper. Add it all up and it’s clear that the timing duration, and location of holiday shopping is not like the old days.

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Meet Lindsay Nicholas, the fashion designer bringing NY edge to Melbourne

Inside Retail

Of course, life doesn’t always turn out as we plan, and we wound up moving to Melbourne in 2017. We’re also not a brand that takes markdowns on stock after six weeks. I thought we’d be moving to NYC when we left Singapore, so I started my business in New York. This gives us more flexibility.

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Improve Key KPIs & Meet Yearly Goals with Predictive Analytics

Retalon

This dramatically increases revenue from transfers, lowers inventory costs and increases sales while helping you avoid unnecessary markdowns and subsequent allocations. In-Stock Percent. Every retailer aims to minimize the amount of out-of-stocks in their stores, so a particularly useful KPI is in-stock percent. Promotion Lift.

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Improve Key KPIs & Meet Yearly Goals with Predictive Analytics

Retalon

This dramatically increases revenue from transfers, lowers inventory costs and increases sales while helping you avoid unnecessary markdowns and subsequent allocations. In-Stock Percent. Every retailer aims to minimize the amount of out-of-stocks in their stores, so a particularly useful KPI is in-stock percent. Promotion Lift.