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Primark mulls click-and-collect trial expansion

Retail Gazette

The fast fashion chain is currently trialling click-and-collect across 57 stores, for its womenswear and kidswear products. Speaking at the LIVE Retail Week x Grocer conference, Primark CEO Paul Marchant said: “It plays into our bricks-and-mortar strategy because it is driving more customers to the stores.

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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. The same information can alert a checker if a scanned item has expired or been recalled, avoiding potential illness and reputational harm to the grocer and producer.

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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. Second Hand Shopping Gaining Popularity.

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6 of the Best Ways to Retain Customers in Retail

Indigo 9 Digital

That’s why you still shop at the mom and pop grocer across the street from your home. Many consumers say they want to buy sustainably sourced clothing but fast fashion retailers like Zara and H&M are among the largest clothing retailers in the world. All of the social media posts, emails, late nights and dollars spent.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

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] Scot: [9:59] Yeah the have is there a list of people that have done J W wasn’t one of the convenience store it’s kind of like 7-Eleven is that right.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 283 – 2021 Year End Review

Retail Geek

38:08] Battle for eyeballs between retailers and traditional digital platforms is super interesting and I think you know you set the layer who is. Scot: [40:18] Yeah saw an article about these guys were this this one lady she did this Argyle Sweater outfit and.