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Weis Markets Implements Fresh Grocery Platform to Enhance Store Operations

Retail TouchPoints

Weis Markets will streamline operations at its 198 stores through a partnership with Invafresh. The fresh grocery platform will assist with demand forecasting, in-store production planning, food traceability, recipe management and cut test management across all fresh departments.

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

Retail TouchPoints

A number of major retailers have had some form of adoption because of its ability to materially improve inventory management, but it hasn’t offered the same benefit to the customer experience. It had tremendous benefits because it put the product in the right place at the right time, increasing full-price sales.

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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout. Companies must excel and stay ahead of the curve in today’s technologically competitive environment.

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Smart shopping carts, low-code and robots: Welcome to retail tech in 2023

Inside Retail

From smart shopping carts and intelligent buying assistants, to dynamic pricing algorithms and inventory tracking systems, retailers will have access to a wealth of powerful tools that enhance their ability to meet customers’ needs and respond quickly to changes in the market. .

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CI&T Study: To Create Lean and Mean Demand Forecasts, Move to Real-Time Data Sharing

Retail TouchPoints

“If both parties began looking at a variety of data sets, but through the same lens, there would be much more strategic alignment and much less of a disconnect visible in inventory management,” noted Melissa Minkow, Retail Industry Lead at CI&T in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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‘Fast Delivery is Table Stakes’: Foxtrot CEO on Standing Out in the Crowded Digital C-Store Space

Retail TouchPoints

The boom has led to the launch of multiple competing services, from major grocers like Kroger to established delivery companies like DoorDash to online pure plays like Gopuff. Foxtrot is taking its own approach to the rapid delivery market by embracing a fully omnichannel operation.

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Why has Ocado crashed out of FTSE 100 – and what next?

Retail Gazette

“Ocado’s share price irrationally rose in the stock market nonsense of 2020 when certain investors thought we would never go back to stores, which was nonsense, but Ocado did a good job feeding the frenzy,” he says. He points out: “The firm has had to raise cash to survive twice and it cannot be ruled out again.”