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Rethinking Pricing: How Dynamic Markdowns can Combat Food Insecurity

Retail TouchPoints

In contrast, a promising alternative known as dynamic markdowns is gaining traction. Dynamic markdowns present a fairer solution in the current economic downturn, benefiting both retailers and customers alike. For dynamic markdowns to be effective, clear communication with consumers is essential.

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How Retailers Can Strengthen Sustainability With Data-Driven Pricing Strategies

Retail TouchPoints

These insights are a powerful way to gauge consumer demand for sustainable products with current and past sales data, identify the most profitable promotional strategies, and minimize markdowns and waste from the start. Businesses can then better predict and measure markdown results while dynamically updating markdown plans.

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Woolworths Group’s Australian food, B2B segments lead sales increase

Inside Retail

The supermarket chain’s net profit before significant items slid 0.6 Big W’s sales remained flat amid markdowns to clear the autumn/winter range. Woolworths Group booked lower earnings despite higher sales in the last fiscal year. per cent to $1.71 billion while net profit after significant items plummeted 93.3 per cent to $67.92

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New app helps grocers, consumers reduce food waste

Inside Retail

Gander, describing itself as an Australian first, connects shoppers with reduced-price foods nearing their expiration dates, offering discounts and reducing food waste in supermarkets and grocery stores.

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44% of UK shoppers want best-before date discounts to help cut grocery bills

Retail Focus

With retailers removing best-before dates to reduce food waste, UK consumers still want supermarkets to offer discounts on goods nearing expiry, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software.

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Good, better, best: How Myer is winning during the ‘shift to thrift’

Inside Retail

From essentials – at the supermarket and the petrol pump, in the mortgage and in the power bills – to the not-so-essentials, such as the local café, the fashion boutique, the travel agent and the new car dealer. Tread carefully because markdowns will bite hard if you misjudge stock weights.

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How Woolies is using 2D barcodes to increase sales and transparency

Inside Retail

Major US supermarket Walmart also did a pilot program using 2D barcodes from GS1 recently.

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