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    Retail’s Journey to AI: Step towards a smarter future in retail

    Download our complete guide to shape a strategic roadmap to AI in retail and gain critical advantages in efficiency, customer experience, and market competitiveness.  Retail is no stranger to transformation – but it is in the midst of a shift like none before. The move to data-first, AI-driven technologies offers the insight and foresight retailers have long been looking for – and changes the retail formula from …

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    Top 5 Retail Trends & Priorities 2024

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    Top 5 Retail Trends & Priorities 2024

    Building agility and resilience in a recovering market – 2024 is the year to create new opportunities, stronger systems, and the ability to react fast to a market liable to change.

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    Fight inflation with algorithmic retailing: a strategy for growth in a difficult market

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    Fight inflation with algorithmic retailing: a strategy for growth in a difficult market

    Ed Betts explains the power of big data, and how AI-driven strategies can offer the insights required to be agile in an ever-changing landscape.

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    Consistency makes compliance: meeting regulatory pressure through AI

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    Consistency makes compliance: meeting regulatory pressure through AI

    5min read = Summary: Ed Betts highlights the increasing levels of legal obligation faced by retailers and the path to ensuring compliance without failing customers = Retail pricing is an area that often comes under significant scrutiny. The cost-of-living crisis has brought the effects of inflation into sharp focus for consumers and puts pricing once again in the spotlight. The potential for profiteering and ‘greedflation’ has attracted …

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    Transforming Supplier Collaboration Whitepaper

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    Transforming Supplier Collaboration Whitepaper

    The value of real-time operationally collaborative merchandising for retail.

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    The Golden Quarter: Perfect promotions through intelligent merchandising

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    The Golden Quarter: Perfect promotions through intelligent merchandising

    = Summary: Ed Betts explains why this year’s Golden Quarter will be even tougher than the last and how AI-driven merchandising can help retailers thrive as inflation and interest rates bite hard = 4min read  The 100-day countdown to Christmas is the busiest period in the retail calendar, and unquestionably the most challenging. This year’s Golden Quarter will likely be one of the most difficult in recent …

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    Category Management Datasheet

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    Category Management Datasheet

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    Promotions Datasheet

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    Pricing Datasheet

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    Pricing Datasheet

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    Availability Vs inventory: One plan to rule them all

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    Availability Vs inventory: One plan to rule them all

    = Summary: Ed Betts considers the importance of a central planning platform and AI-driven forecasting to ensure seasonal event success = 4min read The retail calendar year is a busy one. Whether fixed seasonal events or one-offs such as sporting occasions, the industry plays a pivotal role in setting the tone, creating the ambience and making every moment memorable. There is an expectation that stores will be …

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    Demystifying AI: Negative AI headlines may be obfuscating the truth behind AI’s real potential for retail and the ways operational AI can automate processes

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    Demystifying AI: Negative AI headlines may be obfuscating the truth behind AI’s real potential for retail and the ways operational AI can automate processes

    4 minute read Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominates today’s news cycle, and for good reason. It is both a catalyst of major change in numerous industries, and a technology upon which significant negative sentiment is growing around its future applications. But we must be careful not to consider ‘artificial intelligence’ as a blanket term, because it simply isn’t. Putting the specifics of their programming aside, it’s safe to …

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    Retail Technology Show 2023: Retail Express to join leading tech innovators

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    Retail Technology Show 2023: Retail Express to join leading tech innovators

    18th April 2023 | 5 min read Q&A with Ed Betts, Retail Lead Europe at Retail Express, who considers ahead of the show the role of intelligent merchandising technology and its critical place in the future of retail  What is the Retail Technology Show and why is it important to Retail Express? The critical role that technology plays in retail is unquestionable. From customer relationship management and …

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    Can refocusing on promotional mix over price win back customer loyalty?

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    Can refocusing on promotional mix over price win back customer loyalty?

    Ed Betts, General Manager – Retail Lead Europe at Retail Express, considers the importance of promotions in creating a buzz beyond price to help prevent custom loss to discount stores. | 4 min read In January 2023 grocery price inflation hit a record high of 16.7% according to the latest industry figures – it is now predicted that households will face an extra £788 on their annual …

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    Refocus on promotional mix over price to win back customer loyalty

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    Refocus on promotional mix over price to win back customer loyalty

    3 min read | By Ed Betts, General Manager – Retail Lead Europe at Retail Express Grocery price inflation has hit a record high, resulting in the prediction that households will face an extra £788 on their annual shopping bill[1]. Worried customers have already made adjustments to shopping patterns and cut back on spending. For retail businesses, the financial squeeze caused by product and supply chain pressures …

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    Algorithmic Retailing Datasheet

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    Algorithmic Retailing Datasheet

    Algorithmic retailing enables retailers to gain actionable insights from vast amounts of data, make informed decisions, and adapt quickly to changing market conditions, thereby gaining a competitive edge in the retail industry.

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    Media & Display Datasheet

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    Retail Trends 2023: Strategic focus now critical to be competitive

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    Retail Trends 2023: Strategic focus now critical to be competitive

    3 min read | Barry Grange CEO, Retail Express 2022 was a difficult year. Though sales percentages were up almost across the board in the grocery sector, retailers spent the year battling rampant inflation, frequent supplier price increases, rising energy costs, and numerous other economic challenges. Customers felt the pinch deeply, meaning retailers were forced to fight, wherever possible, to prevent passing on additional costs. Sadly, the …

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    UK/USA Grocery – Learnings from 2022 Should Drive 2023

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    UK/USA Grocery – Learnings from 2022 Should Drive 2023

    24th January 2023 | 3 min read Barry Grange CEO, Retail Express 2022 was a year to remember. For most retailers, however, it was not a year to savour or celebrate. 2022 will be remembered for the war in Ukraine, leading to food supply shortages and major increases in energy costs. COVID-19 heavily impacted economic performance throughout 2022 and will continue to lead to supply chain issues …

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    Promotion & Offer Effectiveness Whitepaper

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    Promotion & Offer Effectiveness Whitepaper

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    Demand Forecasting Whitepaper

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    Demand Forecasting Whitepaper

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    Intelligent Merchandising Datasheet

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    Intelligent Merchandising Datasheet

    Retail Express removes the major pain points from end-to-end merchandising by providing a single collaborative solution for all stakeholders; sharing processes, common data, workflow, analytics, automation, planning and execution tools to deliver better outcomes; improving go-to-market plans and their implementation; using predictive analytics driven by our world-class AI Machine Learning technology.

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    Retail Margin Management Datasheet

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    Retail Margin Management Datasheet

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