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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

Retail TouchPoints

This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. By automating the process to create new accounts, fraudsters can use these one-time signup offers over and over again and sell fake accounts to those who wish to get the discount. Bad Bots are Siphoning Profits.

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

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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 303 Amazon, Walmart and E-com Q4 Results

Retail Geek

Scot: [6:16] Should be over should be like part of the onboarding. So it’s an area where companies are looking to save money very quickly because you’re not locked into certainty or anything like that like you would, be with some software as a service platforms. 38:37] Selfish piece of.

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