Behind the scenes, grocery stores are increasingly digitized. Three Swedish tech suppliers within different areas are using their cloud services to create solutions for price automation, reduction of food waste, and campaigns on digital screens.
From the start, a perfect storm referred to meteorological events aggravated by rare combinations of circumstances. The first reference to it was published back in the year 1718, but in modern times it has been used more frequently to describe the events such as the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
Pricer Italy is among the finalists of the Retail Awards 2022 in the Best Logistics Project category. This category rewards the best projects for the optimization of the entire supply chain, from transports and logistics, to sustainable packaging for fast home deliveries, combining the new consumer needs with the needs of production and distribution.
27% expect to return a profit from ecommerce orders fulfilled via bricks-and-mortar networks within a year 5% don’t expect ever to be able to achieve profitability with these types of orders 50% have looked at cost saving exercises elsewhere as they don’t make money on online orders fulfilled via the store
Does it make sense to grow food cereals, fruits, and vegetables, raise cattle, or spend resources on food production and transportation, just to throw one-third away? Often, we don’t realize the negative impact of food waste on the environment and climate change. By joining forces we can all contribute to minimizing food waste at all levels. Here are some ideas on how retailers can contribute.
Pricer’s acting CEO Magnus Larsson has been interviewed by the German shareholder magazine DER AKTIONÄR (boersenmedien.de) special publication "Ver10facher". Below is an extract together with a link to the article in German that was originally published in August 2022.
Stock is the number one challenge facing retailers in their bricks-and-mortar stores estates, with both stock availability and replenishment capabilities hampering retailers’ efforts to drive efficiency and deliver customer experience in the store, the latest research from Pricer shows.
Advising retailers to go for margin growth in the current crisis would be foolish given how many barriers are involved – inflation, wage rises, supply chain disruptions, falling consumer confidence. The focus therefore can only really be on margin protection, but without losing market share, brand equity and most importantly, customer loyalty.
Watch Acting CEO Magnus Larsson present Pricer and market trends at the investor event, Börsveckans Småbolagsdag, held on September 6, 2022, in Stockholm.
Many retailers are struggling to recruit enough store associates to keep store operations and new services running. At the same time, many are battling price hikes in products across the range as well as simultaneously trying to fix a broken supply chain. No wonder there is so much love for electronic shelf labels (ESLs) and if you missed the love fest, don’t worry, here we outline some reasons ...
The squeeze on stores, which is putting pressure on bricks and mortar estates to perform more digital roles and support e-commerce operations, is accelerating UK retailers’ investment in digitalising their physical locations, with autonomous, replenishment and contact free capabilities becoming prioritised on tech roadmaps, according to research from Pricer.
RTIH asks major players in the retail technology space for their thoughts on the sector, and throws in a random question to keep them on their toes. This time around, our five questions go to Duncan Potter, Chief Marketing Officer at Pricer.