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The AI Pricing Debate: Balancing Retail Innovation and Consumer Trust

Retail TouchPoints

This development follows efforts by major brands like Wendy’s and Walmart to implement real-time pricing technologies, raising questions about AI and consumer protection, privacy, and fair practices. The Rise of AI in Retail Pricing The adoption of AI in retail pricing is accelerating.

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The Future of Retail Pricing Strategies in an Unstable Economy

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

For brands in sectors such as apparel, Footwear, Jewelry, Sporting Goods, Home Goods, and Department Stores, finding the right retail pricing strategies is crucial to survival and profitability. Combined with 2025 inflation trends, where consumer prices are expected to rise another 3.2%

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Why modern retailers must provide “much more” than what they are selling

Inside Retail

Customer expectations of engagement and experience in retail are changing equally quickly. Not that long ago, walking into a carefully organised grocery market, hearing a pianist perform in the centre of a high-end department store, or having a retail associate help guide you represented a good retail customer experience.

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Have we reached peak Christmas advent calendar?

Retail Gazette

They produce bumper sales for retailers such as Harrods, Boots, and Net-a-Porter. Department store Liberty even called out its record beauty calendar sales as factor behind its growing profits last year. Even pets have their own advent calendars. Consumers are also drawn to the value for money they represent.

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[Infographic] Brick-and-Mortar Retailers (Plus Chocolate) Drive Sales on Valentine’s Day

Wiser

The answer was discount stores, such as 5 Below, dollar stores, and others, as 53 percent said they buy here for this holiday. In second was big-box stores like Target, with department stores, dedicated florists, and other retailers trailing behind.

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Proudly made in China: How Chinese consumers are reclaiming domestic brands

Inside Retail

Still, many Chinese citizens were unable to afford – or unwilling to pay full retail prices – for foreign-branded items. A demand for counterfeit goods was thus sparked, fuelling a boom for local manufacturers and leading China to become the top global market for the production and sale of fake goods.

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The retail inventory method vs. cost accounting in the tariff era

Retail Dive

The ups and downs of tariffs RIM uses a cost complement — a ratio of the cost of goods available divided by the retail price of goods available. A century ago this was a brilliant formula for pencil-and-paper estimates of inventory and margins, as merchandise flowed in and out of stores. You can unsubscribe at anytime.