Because of the prevalence of smartphones and their direct usage in retail environments, near-field communication (NFC) has attracted a lot of interest from retailers. The technology enables a range of enhanced user benefits such as easily accessible product information and at-shelf payment capabilities.
Together with Strongpoint, Pricer sponsors the annual Swedish award Digitized Store of the Year and is also a member of the jury. The three finalists are now nominated.
In order to stimulate the German economy, which was badly hit by the corona pandemic, the German government has decided to lower the VAT rate. It is a temporary reduction for the period during the second half of 2020 from 19% to 16% (respectively 7% to 5% for services subject to reduced VAT).
The number of retirement-age Americans who work in retail has increased steadily since the 2008 recession, resulting in nearly one-quarter of retail workers being 55 or older*. This creates a demographic vulnerability for stores, who will be recruiting replacements in the years to come.
There is tremendous disruption in retail following COVID-19 and while the pandemic has changed both consumer demand and preferences, many of these changes where well underway before COVID-19, only to be quickly accelerated by the pandemic.
Many retailers have examined or researched Click & Collect solutions. However, in the middle of the current COVID-19 health crisis many stores remain closed or are enforcing limited times and numbers of shoppers to ensure the safety of their staff and customers as well as compliance with government-mandated lockdown rules. This has led to a focus on curbside pickup capabilities.
For the third year, Pricer is a member of the jury for the annual award Digitized Store of the Year. For Pricer, it is important to highlight the best digitization practices as it contributes to better customer experience and streamlines the work in the stores.
Watch how the Italian grocery store Tosano managed to do a complete installation of electronic shelf labels in a store overnight.
Pricer’s CEO Helena Holmgren is interviewed in the Swedish business magazine Affärsvärlden. In the interview she says that Pricer benefits from the increasing digitization of retail and that without ESL’s there is a missing link in the process.
Picking goods is one of the most important and time-consuming parts of online order management for grocery stores. Each order often contains many articles and it is important that the right ones end up in the right box and then be delivered to the right customer.
The benefit of optical wireless communications is the possibility of pricing in real time. Scalable, real-time pricing and data at the shelf edge.
Optical wireless communication and radio communication have a lot in common (both are electromagnetic radiation), but there are a few physical differences! Read all about it here. The main difference is that our optical spectrum (880 nm) is almost noise-free. Radio systems suffer from interference with other signals, other WiFi networks and devices. The radio frequencies most commonly used are ...