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Retail trends post-pandemic: mobile payments entering the mainstream as normality approaches

Retail Times

Having spent hundreds of millions of pounds on protective measures during the height of the pandemic, it has been reported that retail chiefs are in discussions over the logistics of removing plastic screens from supermarkets.

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What Aussie retailers can learn from their counterparts in the UK, Europe

Inside Retail

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. I witnessed one supermarket with a joint of lamb locked in a Perspex box.

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Grocery Retailers Take Notice of the Single-Use Plastic Problem

Rangeme

Retailer Waitrose launched Waitrose Unpacked in 2019, featuring only bulk products, and has since expanded it to four stores. Micro versions are also available within traditional shops, so consumers can refill containers with products like frozen fruit, rice, cereals, and washing detergent. Supermarkets can be leaders.

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2022 Best Business Practices for Brands and Retail Buyers

Rangeme

and global retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands focus their efforts and thrive this year, let’s see how the retail industry is changing and which practices can help to drive growth. How the retail and CPG workforce will look in 2022. Unilever workers will never return to desks full-time, says boss.

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6 of the Top Reasons Online Businesses Fail

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon If you are thinking about starting an online business which is often called a direct to consumer business in retail then you are not alone. And when your customers demand free shipping or when return costs add up a promising business can be put into jeopardy pretty quickly. Just ask mattress retailer Casper.

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New Bird Flu Causes Worldwide Supply Chain Disruption

Rangeme

Moreover, beyond the impact on human health, the bird flu pandemic is causing real problems for the poultry industry and its customers, from supermarkets to the restaurant trade. consumers to buy free-range eggs —eggs that come from birds allowed unlimited access to the outdoors during the daytime. Meanwhile, in the U.K.,

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4 Elements of Amazon’s Strategy to Watch

Indigo 9 Digital

“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. One of the benefits is that it makes returns easier. Amazon Fresh supermarkets are small, between 2 5,000 sq.