Mike Anthony

JANUARY 24, 2022

At a time when online grocery shopping puts huge pressure on bricks and mortar retail stores, this reality offers a huge lifeline to bricks and mortar grocery retail. Research shows that significant proportion of shoppers in every market in the world exclusively shop in offline stores.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Retail trends tend to surface in the UK and Europe about 12-24 months before they reach Australia. On the ground, I can report that there are challenges facing UK and European retailers that savvy Australian retailers can learn from to plan ahead. The changing face of retail in the UK and Europe is also playing a role.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2021

This year’s theme, “Empowering Seamless Consumer Experiences,” spotlights the ongoing need for retailers and brands to activate consumer engagement across all channels. Seven tailored tracks will support the underlying theme but also dig into the specific goals and challenges of executives across the entire retail ecosystem.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2021

Retail is constantly evolving in many ways within each country; India is going through an interesting phase. Overall, India has managed to leapfrog so many retail trends and is now honing its retail game to grab a larger share of the future. Theme 2: Retail’s tech tightrope. Theme 3: Networked commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2020

For consumers, that’s a lot of power. And for retailers, that’s a lot of competition. Retailers that can provide a satisfying shopping experience have a strong advantage, but consumers are a demanding bunch. Innovate Now, Invest For The Future.

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Star Miconics

MARCH 11, 2022

Self-service, or “unattended” environments, are the new expectation, and 2022 will officially be the watershed moment for self-checkout technology, adoption, and innovation. Consumers now expect payment solutions that both anticipate and address their needs no matter where, when, or how they choose to shop.

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Rangeme

APRIL 8, 2021

Welcome to consumer technology in the age of COVID, where tech gadgets of all kinds became an essential part of the way we lived, worked, learned, entertained and pretty much performed every other activity during 2020. Wellness has taken consumers way beyond Bluetooth headsets and fitness trackers. Take sleep, as an example.

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Star Miconics

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Part of this shift is the emergence of social commerce, a trend that’s setting the stage for this next retail revolution. Combining mobile shopping and social media, two of the most popular contemporary pastimes, retailers are finding more creative ways to engage consumers, drive sales, and enhance the shopping experience.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JANUARY 23, 2023

Over the past year, supply chain challenges, inflationary pricing, economic uncertainty, and geopolitical factors have taxed retailers and squeezed finances. In 2023, however, the outlook is positive, and the focus is on the customer shopping journey. Here are the top 10 retail trends impacting the industry in 2023.

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Rangeme

MAY 19, 2022

As retail catapults into the future, companies can’t afford to get left behind. Leading the way in industry influence, Amazon shapes global retail standards and shopping habits. Morrisons latest to launch AI-powered checkout-free store system. Aldi to pilot frictionless shopping at Netherlands store. Retail Dive.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 31, 2022

In 2016 it hired its first chief digital officer and in 2017 Nike launched an initiative called the Consumer Direct Offense. The initiative is Nike’s Triple Double Strategy : “2X Innovation, 2X Speed and 2X Direct connections with consumers.” Over the course of several years Nike has successfully grown its direct to consumer business.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 11, 2023

When you shift activities consumers used to complete on their own to a retailer, someone has to pay for it. A study by the Capgemini Institute found that on average retailers charge their customers just 80% of the cost of delivering goods. Trader Joe’s does not offer online shopping and does not plan to.

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Star Miconics

JULY 14, 2023

Leverage Customer Reviews Today’s consumers trust peer reviews. Conquering Omnichannel Order Management with Cloud-Based Technology Solutions Consumers have spoken! The future of retail and hospitality is omnichannel, cloud-based, and connected. Is your business prepared? Download Now 7.

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Star Miconics

JUNE 30, 2023

This invention paved the way for efficient printing solutions in retail environments. 1965: Digital scales, initially invented in Japan, became the most popular type of weighing scale worldwide, offering accurate measurements for various retail applications. This technology revolutionized inventory management and checkout processes.

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A1 Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Trend expert Claudia Herke will share more knowledge about the current trends in fashion and product design, which are decisive for the coming colours, materials and designs for festive decorations and in the office or home office. The desire for this is great, customers want to be inspired again when shopping in the city centres.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 7, 2022

Perhaps it can be taken for granted but most consumers are struggling to make ends meet. Consumers at that time were reeling from the recession and Aldi and Lidl entered the grocery market in the United Kingdom with low prices and were able to steal share. That reduces the need to shop at discount grocers. Value for money.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

“As more and more people look to complete everyday errands from home, pharmacy is an important and needed addition to the Amazon online store,” said Doug Herrington, senior vice president of North American Consumer at Amazon. In those cases consumers would rather have a place where they can pick up their purchases. The 30,000 sq.

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 11, 2022

A small detail like this can make a customer laugh creating a positive experience enticing them to spend more and return again next time in search of a shopping experience that simply feels better than others. All of these “details” provide one more reason for shopping at Trader Joe’s versus another grocer. Do you like this content?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

Similarly, retailers such as H&M invested in omnichannel communications by testing a new Instagram feature that lets consumers set reminders for when products are available to buy. They’re turning to solutions that allow consumers to connect loyalty programs with any payment card and collect points or rewards at checkout.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 27, 2022

At this store customers can also use IKEA’s app to scan a product’s QR code to add the item to their online shopping cart to have the item delivered or available for pick up. How many times have you gone shopping for a couch at a local furniture store and ate a plate of Swedish meatballs while you were there? Food to lure you in.

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

If last year was any indication of the sheer power of omnichannel retailers, then we’re in for a treat again this coming holiday season. During the 2016 holidays, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) found that nearly 70 percent of purchases were made with retailers who had both a brick and mortar and online store.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans.

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Star Miconics

JANUARY 26, 2023

AI helps consumers and workers streamline their activities and increase productivity. Leverage smart insights to discover shopping patterns and preferences, which you can turn into successful sales strategies. But what is artificial intelligence? You can take it a step further with AI power that makes recommendations for you.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 8, 2022

As pioneering supermarket chain, Amazon Fresh, ramps up its UK investment with five new stores announced this month, Richard Evans, Key Account Director at Wates Smartspace explores the impact on the fit-out industry and how fit-out specialists can support the changing face of retail. Take, for example, self checkouts.

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Rangeme

MARCH 29, 2022

In 2022, in-demand retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands will invest in stores while others will pare down their physical presence. Let’s examine the factors fueling stores’ simultaneous expansion and contraction to see where global retail leaders will invest resources and why. Retail Touchpoints.

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Indigo 9 Digital

AUGUST 2, 2022

In the United States Amazon has made the most significant advances in creating tech enabled retail stores with its Just Walk Out technology that allows customers to skip the checkout. Hema is part of Alibaba’s “New Retail” strategy. Neither should brands and retailers.” Scan and go. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 30, 2022

That year Nike launched its Consumer Direct Offence , an initiative “fueled by Nike’s Triple Double strategy: 2X Innovation, 2X Speed and 2X Direct connections with consumers.” One of the strategic moves Nike made to provide more direct connections with consumers was to rationalize its wholesale business.

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I Vend

JANUARY 9, 2022

A new year is a time to look forward and think about what will shape the future, and in this, my first article of the year, I’ll be exploring the top five trends in retail technology for 2022. iVend Retail Management Suite iVend’s retail technology is delivering innovation in retail.

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Retail Assist

JANUARY 17, 2023

Marketplaces enjoyed a surge in 2022 and this trend is likely to continue. We’re still seeing retailers planning to launch their own to broaden their product offering, reach and discovery. Physical retail accounts for 75% of sales in the UK and new stores are opening all the time. Supply Chain Resilience.

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Rangeme

JULY 12, 2022

consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers and retailers need to know about selling to Canadians? Let’s examine Canada’s demographics and retail trends to see why more U.S. Canada has a slightly older population, with more consumers aged 25 and up. Top retailers. Retail Insider. Value shopping.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 31, 2022

More and more food and beverage consumer packaged goods (CPG) discovery and commerce is happening online. CPG brands who want to get ahead of the competition use e-commerce activity in different ways to jumpstart their retail strategy. Consumers discover products online. Data, data, data.

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Small Biz Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

By placing them near checkout counters, they increase the chances of customers making additional purchases. And this will help you to tap into impulse shoppers or those consumers who can’t resist grabbing items while in line. Countertop displays organize a collection of items for your customers to browse and make selections.

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Rangeme

DECEMBER 7, 2021

How did Beyoncé, Simone Biles, and boozeless beer shape our shopping trends? As the year winds down, it’s time to review 2021’s retail predictions —and the surprises that popped up along the way. This trend analysis can give U.S. Overarching Retail Trends. Retail Dive. Retail Touchpoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2023

With online shopping becoming the new norm, the latest products and innovations are more accessible than ever before. Consumers can buy designer clothing, limited edition sneakers and the trendiest new toys for kids to obsess over in a matter of one click and no second thought. Convenient shopping is great, but not at all costs.

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Star Miconics

MARCH 29, 2024

These devices can now feature more compact designs, portability, and increased storage capabilities, expanding their utility beyond traditional settings to encompass a wide range of retail applications. These features support a broad spectrum of retail activities, from checkout efficiency to dynamic inventory control.

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