Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

That is according to recent research by software provider Packworks in collaboration with Fourthwall, a sociocultural research firm, which looked at prices for food items in sari-sari stores, the local term for neighbourhood stores that serve lower-middle-class communities. These stores operate in what we call a sachet economy.

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Wiser

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

At Wiser, we were wondering what went through consumers’ heads around this holiday, so we polled more than 2,700 mystery shoppers from across the U.S. According to our Wiser survey of our network of smartphone-enabled shoppers, 83 percent buy their Valentine’s Day gifts at brick-and-mortar retailers. to find out.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Thirteen years after Woolworths introduced self-service checkouts to Australian supermarket shoppers, discount grocer Aldi has bowed to the demand for quick and convenient self-serve transactions at its stores. They could lose that excitement and theatre that’s created on those Special Buys days with the big lines out the front.

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