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Sensing, Not Seeing, with Vision AI as Retail’s Crystal Ball for the Future

Retail TouchPoints

While 7-Eleven is at the forefront of inventive uses for vision AI in the convenience retail market, we are also observing interest and adoption of vision AI for supermarket retailers for resource reallocation, to mirror each store’s unique ebb and flow of operations and foot traffic throughout the day.

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Co-founder Sébastien Kopp on Veja’s secret to transparency and sustainability

Inside Retail

Trying to find suppliers at every level of the production chain, choosing the most ecologically and socially oriented. We buy the PET directly from them at 3.5 Veja has always used ships for transport, avoiding airplanes since 2005. This enabled us to progress at our own pace without making any mistakes.

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Best of 2024: Clintons new owner’s plans for the card retailer that refuses to fold

Retail Gazette

At its peak, it was the clear greetings card market leader with over 1,000 stores and a presence in almost every major British town, but a n influx of internet rivals alongside the growing popularity of Card Factorys value offer resulted in the retailer losing its grip on the industry.

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How Brands Can Deliver Sustainable Instant Commerce for Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

Traditional logistics networks weren’t built to handle such breakneck delivery speeds, and retailers are left trying to meet consumers’ expectations while facing ever-rising environmental impacts due to emissions-heavy overnight air shipping, cardboard overuse and even more delivery trucks clogging up city streets and spewing exhaust.

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Ecommerce vs. Retail Packaging: A Tale of Two Boxes

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce Packaging Protecting Your Product on its Journey E-commerce packaging focuses on the design and materials used to safeguard products during the shipping process. Excessive packaging can inflate shipping costs and create an environmental burden. Chris Thompson is Senior Marketing Communications Manager for QC Conveyors.

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No Magic Solution

LS Retail

Christine Lantinen purchased the company in 2005, when it had $100,000 in sales. Today, sales at the privately-held company are up to $45 million. Besides a worker shortage, Maud Borup is experiencing – as many importers and exporters are – higher shipping costs.

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With Consumers Awash in Subscriptions, Brands Set Sights on Paid Membership

Retail TouchPoints

consumers have at least one subscription, and predicts that the subscription market will reach a nearly $200 billion valuation this year and surpass the trillion-dollar mark by 2027. And while more than half of consumers said they have canceled at least one streaming service since January 2023, among that group, 73.4%

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