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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

Scot: [17:17] So a lot of people feel like Amazon pulling back on their physical stores outside of Whole Foods means they’re kind of moving away from the space did you get a Vibe on that or are they looking to be more of a provider of Technology though.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 303 Amazon, Walmart and E-com Q4 Results

Retail Geek

Scot: [34:05] Yeah yeah and having a Marketplace will be good will be another piece of data to feed into this kind of viral Crazy Fast fashion engine that they’ve created. Scot: [5:20] Cool shouldn’t you know who your clients are as a chief digital retail strategy officer. 38:37] Selfish piece of.

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