Intelligence Node
JULY 10, 2024
When you step into a retail store, you see a shelf decorated with beautiful products. When the products are strategically placed on a shelf, the shopper customer is automatically lured. The post Top 5 Strategies to Take Control of the Digital Shelf on Amazon appeared first on Blog.
Retail Wire
JULY 8, 2024
The Environmental International journal published a recent study that found more than a dozen toxic metals, including arsenic and lead, in a variety of tampons sold in the U.S. and Europe.
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Retail TouchPoints
JULY 8, 2024
Citing “extremely low volumes” of customers using personal checks, Target will stop accepting checks for in-store payments on July 15, 2024, as reported in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and confirmed by Target. The retailer joins several supermarket retailers that have stopped accepting checks, including Aldi , Whole Foods Market and Lidl. “Target is committed to creating an easy and convenient checkout experience, and that includes providing our guests with numerous ways to pay, including our ne
Inside Retail
JULY 8, 2024
KFC is creating Christmas in July this year by opening its first Colonel’s Lodge. The fast food chain is offering three two-night stays in the festive-themed KFC lodge. With every purchase of $30 or more in the KFC app this month customers can enter the draw to win a trip for four people. The winners will enjoy an unlimited supply of KFC Christmas spreads and the services of a KFC lodge butler.
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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.
Inside Retail
JULY 7, 2024
Online Asian supermarket Ebest is relaunching its website and offering free eggs and milk for first-time customers, in a move to attract buyers amid the cost-of-living crisis. The free premium brand eggs or 1.5 litres of milk are being offered on a rotating basis to customers’ first order, along with a $10 off and complementary delivery for orders over $59. “We invite customers to explore our offerings and discover the value and variety available at an online grocer like ours,”
Retail Wire
JULY 10, 2024
The Kroger-Albertson merger has not yet been finalized, but the list of stores planned to be divested has been revealed.
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Retail Customer Experience
JULY 11, 2024
When brands are initially transparent with customers, they build trust-based relationships. Loyalty programs are an ideal bridge to communicate data principles clearly with consumers.
Inside Retail
JULY 10, 2024
JB Hi-Fi’s subsidiary The Good Guys is facing legal action from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for alleged deceptive misrepresentations around its ‘StoreCash’ promotions. The ACCC said that The Good Guys ran 116 promotions between July 2019 and August last year, offering consumers a store credit or StoreCash if they spent a certain amount on qualifying products in its online or physical stores.
Retail Wire
JULY 7, 2024
Sam's Club has quietly implemented a policy that requires shoppers to pay extra for access during designated hours, a revelation that sparked discussions among concerned consumers across various social platforms.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 11, 2024
Oil and gas giant BP has signed a deal to bring electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs under its BP Pulse banner to 75 Simon Property Group sites across the U.S. This deal will include more than 900 ultra-fast Gigahub charging bays that support nearly every make and model of EV, with the first locations opening to the public in early 2026. The specific Simon locations that will be included weren’t announced, but Richard Bartlett, CEO of BP Pulse said that Simon’s portfolio of shopping, dining and e
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Retail Focus
JULY 12, 2024
When searching for a new home, many factors come into play beyond the aesthetics and location of the property. One crucial consideration that often impacts decision-making is the crime rate of the neighbourhood. Understanding how crime rates affect property searches in Birmingham can significantly influence the choices buyers make. Assessing Safety and Security Safety is paramount when choosing a place to live, and Birmingham’s crime rates are pivotal in this assessment.
Inside Retail
JULY 11, 2024
Booktopia’s administrators have called for a meeting with creditors on July 15. However, creditors will not be allowed to attend in person and can only access the meeting through teleconference and webinar. A creditor must not vote in respect of an unliquidated debt, a contingent debt, an unliquidated or a contingent claim, or a debt the value of which is not established unless a just estimate of it has been made.
Retail Wire
JULY 10, 2024
The Athletic Brewing Company is the largest non-alcoholic beer company in the United States.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 10, 2024
As an online business, your sales numbers won’t matter if you can’t deliver your customers’ orders efficiently. There’s an inventory sweet spot you’re always looking to achieve — not overstocking, not understocking, and still managing to keep up with changing buyer demands. Learning to master your inventory management processes can net significant bottom-line results in your ecommerce business.
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Retail Gazette
JULY 10, 2024
Co-op has become the first retailer in the UK to publish a socioeconomic pay gap report, putting a spotlight on the difference in pay between colleagues from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The convenience chain said the report will help inform its social mobility strategy and the actions it needs to close the pay gap. The business collected voluntary data from 48% of its 57,000 colleagues across the UK between April 2023 to April 2024 and found it has a mean pay gap of 5.2% between staff f
Inside Retail
JULY 9, 2024
Lush is extending its all-year-round closed-loop packaging incentive to allow customers to bring even non-Lush plastic cosmetics packaging for its recycling program – but only for a limited time. Lush will deduct $1 from a customer’s purchase for every plastic cosmetics packaging piece brought to its stores as the company seeks to minimise its plastic footprint.
Retail Wire
JULY 9, 2024
Dollar General has announced a new kitchen and housewares collection inspired by Dolly Parton that spans multiple items across different product categories.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 8, 2024
Businesses across industries have embraced generative AI across their organizations to power efficiency and performance. In fact, 79% of business leaders said they expect generative AI to transform their organizations within three years, according to a Deloitte survey of more than 2,800 executives whose organizations are currently piloting or implementing generative AI.
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Retail Focus
JULY 10, 2024
HUSQVARNA unveils its updated global store design concept, to reflect the brand’s Nordic heritage. With flexibility and modularity as the guiding principles, Husqvarna has created a concept that caters to the needs and store space of each dealer, whilst enhancing the end-customer experience. The new store concept is available to dealers this season.
Inside Retail
JULY 9, 2024
In the touristy Saint-Ouen flea market, not far from the Stade de France where athletes will compete in this summer’s Paris Olympics, police officers swarmed in at dawn on April 3 and shut down 11 stores selling counterfeit bags and shoes. They confiscated 63,000 items of clothing, shoes and leather goods, including fake Louis Vuitton and Nike products, and threw them into garbage compactor trucks on the spot.
Retail Wire
JULY 7, 2024
A Trader Joe's receipt from a California family has sparked a viral discussion on social media about grocery costs and shopping choices for large families who are on a budget.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 11, 2024
Ebay is working to better support its sellers with a revamped advertising experience as well as a new Business Cash Advance offering that gives sellers quick access to revenue-based loans. New Ebay Cash Advance Offers Sellers Fast Access to up to $1 Million Ebay has launched a new Business Cash Advance offering, a revenue-based financing product that will give eligible U.S.
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In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.
Retail Focus
JULY 10, 2024
Today, technology is evolving at a rapid rate – so much so that, what was once an innovative idea of its own, live streaming for e-commerce is seeing a wave of fresh ideas. So, let’s take a look at some of the technology making for the next generation of live stream e-commerce. OCR Optical character recognition (OCR) uses a camera lens to capture an image, which is then transformed into a machine-readable format.
Inside Retail
JULY 8, 2024
Automotive parts distributor Bapcor has rejected Bain Capital’s proposal to acquire all its shares for $5.40 apiece, equivalent to about $1.83 billion. Bapcor said the proposal does not represent fair value and is not in the best interest of its shareholders. In a separate announcement, Bapcor said it has appointed 7-Eleven CEO and MD Angus McKay as its new executive chairman and CEO, effective August 22.
Retail Wire
JULY 6, 2024
A new retail platform has emerged in Oklahoma and Alabama: AI-powered vending machines that dispense bullets. These machines, developed by American Rounds, are located in supermarkets and use advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and facial recognition to ensure buyers meet legal age requirements. Other than that, they operate like any other generic vending machine that would have normally stocked and dispensed toys, candy, snacks, drinks, and other similar fare.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 12, 2024
Supermarket chain Hy-Vee has invested heavily in its digital transformation over the last two years — and its latest adoption of digital shelf tags and post-purchase offers powered by its retail media network are designed to further improve the omnichannel grocery shopping experience. Digital Shelf Tags Improve Store Efficiency and Sustainability Through a partnership with VusionGroup , Hy-Vee is rolling out digital shelf tags in more than 230 stores to enable real-time updates to product inform
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Retail Focus
JULY 9, 2024
For many homeowners, their property is in a constant phase of improvement and evolution. When people buy a home, it is unlikely to be exactly to their tastes and plans will be made to redecorate key rooms and spaces so that the home becomes as unique as they are. At first, this may simply involve re-painting key rooms to fit with more modern designs and colour schemes.
Inside Retail
JULY 10, 2024
Simon Griffiths is the CEO and co-founder of the pr o fit-for-purpose business Who Gives a Crap , which donates 50 per cent of profits to global hygiene projects to ensure everyone in the world has access to a toilet and sanitation. Philanthropy has always been in Griffiths’s DNA. Before Who Gives a Crap, hospitality was the training ground for his business brain.
Retail Wire
JULY 6, 2024
Costco has agreed to a $2 million settlement in response to a class action lawsuit alleging the false advertising of its Kirkland Signature Moist Flushable Wipes. The lawsuit, representing customers who purchased the wipes in New York between July 1, 2011, and May 31, 2017, claims that the wipes were not actually flushable and instead ended up causing significant damage to people's plumbing and septic systems.
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 12, 2024
There are two types of customers: those who buy and those who keep coming back. Success in ecommerce, and retail in general, depends on the latter. For VCs backing ecommerce upstarts, exponential growth and expansion often focuses on speed and a “growth at any price” mindset. On the other hand, traditional retailers must reinvent their playbook to keep up with a customer experience driven by tech that evolves quickly enough to meet consumers’ rising expectations.
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Generative AI is poised to redefine B2B, but scaling AI success in this space isn’t without obstacles. From fragmented data sources and complex buyer journeys to operational inefficiencies, the road to AI-powered growth can be challenging. To achieve a competitive edge, understanding your organization’s AI-readiness is essential. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model provides a quick, actionable way to assess your starting point.
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