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Rethinking Pricing: How Dynamic Markdowns can Combat Food Insecurity

Retail TouchPoints

is at an all-time high, with one in four Americans struggling to afford basic groceries due to rising food costs – a situation only exacerbated by inflation. In contrast, a promising alternative known as dynamic markdowns is gaining traction. Food insecurity in the U.S. Many view these pricing strategies as “milking” the customer.

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Retail Roulette: When Promotions Become High‑Stakes Risks

Retail Focus

Well, we’ve all fallen for such a trap, and promotions can sometimes feel addictive to a point where we purchase things that we don’t really need. That’s the magic (and madness) of retail promotions, which is a game as unpredictable as roulette. They want to boost their revenue, but sometimes promotions can destroy brands.

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David Jones, LSKD reveal how their Black Friday sales are performing so far

Inside Retail

The Black Friday Cyber Monday sales period has expanded to become ‘Black November’ this year, with many retailers and brands starting their promotions earlier than ever. However, many consumers only appear willing to buy if there’s a significant markdown involved, so where does that leave retailers?

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Stronger Bonds, Stronger Business: The Case for CRM and Loyalty Now

Retail TouchPoints

They help brands move fast, personalize at scale, lock in repeat revenue, grow lifetime value and forge emotional bonds that transcend transactions. It’s how brands activate data, orchestrate journeys, anticipate needs through predictive outreach and build addressable relationships at scale. That’s where CRM and loyalty shine.

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How AI is Revolutionising the Retail Sector

Retail Focus

For example, when you shop online at Amazon or ASOS, you’ll notice that the recommendations are specific to your browsing and buying behaviour. This helps retailers optimise inventory levels, staffing, and promotions for smoother operations and waste reduction. It also allows retailers to tailor pricing at an individual level.

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How retailers are protecting margins and profits amid economic uncertainty

Inside Retail

Shifts in consumer behaviour towards big promotions presented challenges to margin integrity, as Krista Diez-Simson, CFO of Taking Shape, pointed out. Though promotional cycles were a boon for sales, Diez-Simson said that managing the tension between cashflow and margin became her biggest challenge in 2024.

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Debenhams Group ’embraces AI’ to overhaul pricing and promotions strategy

Retail Gazette

Debenhams Group (formerly known as Boohoo Group) has teamed up with artificial intelligence platform UiPath to implement AI at scale across its product pricing and promotions strategy. 11/03/2025 x 3:41 PM Historically, manual efforts resulted in reactive, trial-and-error markdown cycles, said Debenhams Group.