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‘Illusory’: Woolworths, Coles charged with falsifying discount promotions

Inside Retail

The ACCC alleged that the supermarkets increased the prices of the products by 15 per cent for a brief period before being subjected to Woolworths’ ‘Prices Dropped’ and Coles’ ‘Down Down’ promotions. Coles said that it will defend its position in the proceedings.

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ACCC to live stream supermarkets enquiry

Inside Retail

In January, the inquiry was initiated in response to a directive from the Australian Government due to concerns about supermarket pricing practices, including the potential use of false or misleading “was/now” pricing and “special” promotions.

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Retail Roulette – Why Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts are a complete gamble for retailers and consumers alike

Retail Focus

The approach of offering fewer products while increasing promotional impact reflects how a retailer like Currys is refining its strategy to balance consumer preferences with enticing deals to consumers. to a retail price of £2999. to a retail price of £2999.

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AI-Powered Pricing and Promotions are Redefining the 2020 Retail Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers and their shoppers are whiplashed accordingly. This poses unprecedented uncertainties for retail pricing and merchandising teams for the holidays in 2020. Here are some of the issues facing retailers — and ways that they can harness AI-powered pricing and promotions to cope with them productively.

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Woolworths and Coles drew consumer ire for cost-of-living pressures in 2024

Inside Retail

From bad to worse The major supermarkets emerged from parliamentary and regulatory agency inquiries as well as concerted political, media, union and consumer group gang tackles in 2024 that damaged their reputation and affected their share price and enterprise value. billion, but booked provisions worth $1.6

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Retail pricing strategies: Which one is the right one for your FMCG products?

Tokinomo

Product, Price, Place, and Promotion are the core of marketing. In this article, we are going to focus on the Price. What impacts the pricing strategy? Which pricing strategy works best for different products? Everybody knows about the four Ps of marketing. How much should customers pay to get the product?

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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? To capture these customers, should all the hot new designer denim be subject to the same standard holiday promotion, or should the more popular washes follow a different promotional cadence?

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