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Kiwis ‘not served well’ by grocery duopoly, but report reactions mixed

Inside Retail

The commission asked the government to undertake an independent review of the $22 billion annual grocery market in November 2020. It remains to be seen if recommendations to improve wholesale distribution and land availability will be enough to encourage new entrants.”.

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A cost-of-living crisis is brewing in Asia. Here’s what it means for retail

Inside Retail

At first, it seemed like Asia might get off lightly – most governments and professional economic forecasters in the region said so – but cost of living pressures are rising across the continent, with food, energy, rent and labour costs now all key drivers of retail price inflation. Japan holds out. Japan is an excellent case in point.

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How Halara uses machine learning to make just the right amount of activewear

Inside Retail

Halara is a fast-growing athleisure and lifestyle brand founded in October 2020 by Joyce Zhang, a technologist who previously led algorithmic projects at tech-centered companies like Microsoft and Hulu. How is it possible to have such a quality at US$25?” “I So I thought what was the secret?”

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How Inflation is Impacting the Trucking Industry — And You

Independent Retailer

Effective January 1, 2020, AB5 affects independent contractors throughout California, radically changing 30 years of worker classification and reclassifying millions as employees. . California just lost about 70,000 truck drivers because of a new petition known as the AB5. In September 2019, Gov.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

Over a billion in gmv which is to say the direct to Consumer wholesale and the value of their licensing business in the market was over a billion dollars. And early summer of 2020 it was it was really really challenging to be in the market and I learned a lot about myself as a leader from it. Scot: [57:47] Yeah.