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How smart new technologies are improving sales and reducing costs for retailers

Inside Retail

These technologies are helping retailers achieve efficiencies in operational functions including staff deployment and management, customer service, shrinkage reduction and lifecycle pricing. The software uses AI to help a retailer plan the introduction of new stock into a store and manage the pricing levels across its shelf life.

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More than plexiglass: Experts weigh in on rising retail crime rate in US

Inside Retail

Factoring in the roughly US$700 million of inventory shrinkage that occurred in 2022, mainly attributed to retail crime, the company is on track to lose up to a total of US$1.2 billion due to organised retail crime over the past two years alone. The challenges retailers face within areas of high crime rates is staff safety.

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Zebra Technologies releases 16th Annual Global Shopper Study

Mass Relators

Many retailers expect to deploy loss prevention analytics (49%) and demand planning and forecasting (54%) by 2026. While omnichannel shopping causes challenges for retailers, most shoppers prefer options. As omnichannel shopping continues to grow, the volume of returns increases along with it.