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South American food retailer Grupo Éxito has renewed its DemandTec Price Optimization subscription. The solution helps Grupo Éxito identify shopper behavior trends in order to generate the right price recommendations and improve its assortment by defining product roles by zone and division. “Our multi-year relationship with DemandTec exemplifies how science-based optimization enables us to deliver prices that are more relevant for customers,” said Jorge Vallejot, Technology Director at Grupo Éxi
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Click HERE or on the photo above to watch the video. Our Retail Adventures podcast becomes an international meeting of the minds when Rich, Georganne and Jason are joined by Ian Scott (UK), and Jeremey Sea (Singapore) to talk about all things retail. The conversation includes a global view on COVID-19 and the second wave of lockdowns, Holiday 2020 and what's happening at retail right now, Amazon's pharmacy launch and its continued quest for total world domination, what retailers are doing to int
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