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

Retail TouchPoints

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. Brands can include a number of features in a 2D barcode that can help improve and ease access to customer service. alongside a large QR code. A true win-win!

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 316 Annual Predictions 2024

Retail Geek

So they, you know, when this happened, you and I, I think jointly predicted that them getting into fulfillment was not only a bad idea, but a terrible idea. A lot of people are using it for customer service and really improving that.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

Services to other retailer. So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02] So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02]

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 264 – Retailer Q1 Earnings and E-Commerce data

Retail Geek

5:04] To dictate what garments they make and what styles they leaned into and how they apportion, dollars to inventory so that’s that’s where the kind of real-time fashion comes in that they’re sort of a data-driven fashion. Um and shop for apparel. [3:41]

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

We cover many of the tactical challenges (onboarding SKUs, product content, fulfillment, and curation), as well as the opportunities of this new “CircularCommerce” space. Matt: [18:53] No no that I left before any of those kind of process integration initiatives occurred. And we wound up. [29:43]

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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. Jason: [33:04] The for Sheehan.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 284 Annual Predictions 2022

Retail Geek

Jason : NFTs, Web 3, Metaverse, and Ultrafast delivery services are all overhyped and don’t deliver meaningful commerce revenue in 2022. Shein exceeds $30B in annual sales, disrupting apparel industry Adoption of BNPL services slows down to less than 15% CAGR in 2022. 2022 Predictions.