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

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy. 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. Who doesn’t want that?

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2023 in review: 8 stories that rocked retail this year

Retail Gazette

Soaring food prices put the grocers under the spotlight and, despite the wafer-thin margins they operate on, execs from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons were hauled in front of MPs to investigate whether the sector was profiteering from the cost-of-living crisis. Food and drink inflation rose to 19.1%

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Does Buying Local Have A Positive Impact on the Planet?

Independent Retailer

A study from 2008 found that you could likely only reduce your emissions by about five percent if you bought local food all the time, and the same can be said for general products found at your local grocers or mom-and-pop shops. The more retailers can own that onus, the easier it will be for consumers to make better decisions.”.

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6 of the Best Ways to Retain Customers in Retail

Indigo 9 Digital

Consumers buy things from people and retailers they trust. That’s why you still shop at the mom and pop grocer across the street from your home. Those products keep customers coming back to Apple year after year because Apple has a brand consumers trust. Both of these products were and still are hits with consumers.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Podcast RSS SoundCloud TuneIn iHeartRadio Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts Facebook. ? ? ? ? ?

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 283 – 2021 Year End Review

Retail Geek

Retailers now compete with social media networks for eyeballs Apparel has shifted from designer led to consumer led, as evidenced by the meteoric rise of Shein. We’re so very grateful to our audience, both for the time you have shared with us, and for generous opinions, feedback, and knowledge that many of you have shared.