Archive for February, 2018
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How Major Mergers Are Changing Your Favorite Private Brands
February 26th, 2018Among the features that attracted Amazon to Whole Foods is its popular private label, 365 Everyday Value. But mergers in the retail industry also are forcing private labels to change – in terms of access, innovation and price. For consumers, it’s altering the shopping basket in many ways.
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Your Next Best Job Opportunity Is In Technology — Retail Technology
February 20th, 2018Retailers are predicted to close thousands of stores in 2018, eliminating potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs. But in the back end of retail, and in the aisles, an army of jobs is being created that require highly skilled individuals. Here are the three areas to find retail tech jobs.
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How Overseas Innovations Are Changing The U.S. Shopping Trip
February 13th, 2018Who needs salespeople in the store when you can get recommendations via vending machines or avatars? These are among the innovations shaping the shopping trip in Asia and Europe, and potentially in the United States. Here’s why shoppers should be happy.
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German Lessons: What Walmart Could Have Learned From Lidl, And Vice Versa
February 9th, 2018Walmart’s surprise closing of 63 Sam’s Clubs was soon followed by Lidl’s decision to cut back its U.S. expansion plans. Both have something in common: struggling to adapt to the other chain’s territory. On this front, Walmart and Lidl can teach each other a few things.
