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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

VMS

But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern. The initial plan is to drop these package-carrying drones into the backyards of residents in Lockeford, Calif. Happy New Year. INFLATION ON. YOUR MIND.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

Dick’s Sporting Goods also attributed part of the brand’s 23% profit drop in the second fiscal quarter of 2023 to theft ( CNBC ). According to the National Retail Security Survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF), vanishing inventory contributed to $112 billion in losses last year alone — up significantly from $93.9

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 301 Annual Predictions 2023, Year-End Recap, NRF Big Show

Retail Geek

The AI for inventory management is super interesting like these models that are doing demand forecasting that are doing kind of. versus last year so from 2021 which was a monster year we went up another 5.2%, now most people were disappointed when they saw that number, big for a couple reasons last year we were up 13.4