Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) has received a $100m minority investment from the merchant banking division of Goldman Sachs in a deal that APT describes as the largest investment in predictive analytics to date. Further reading How ...
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Analysing information from transactions in real time can enable retailers to boost sales and discover banking errors, according to Juan Luis Carselle, assistant director of IT strategic planning and information security at Walmart Mexico ...
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Booths, the 160-year-old North-West-based supermarket chain, is abolishing paper receipts for holders of its new Booths Card and instead will store them in their personal accounts online. The receipts can be accessed online and via web ...
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The U.S. Senate has, by a wide margin, supported a bill allowing an Internet sales tax, but the legislation appears to be a tougher sell to the public. Sixty-one percent of U.S. residents surveyed by online postage vendor Endicia said ...
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) has now completed the roll out of contactless payment to 644 of its UK stores, including its railway and airport franchise stores. The move cements M&S’ position as the UK’s leading contactless retailer, ...
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The world of food manufacturing and the soldier may seem very far apart at first glance, but they both operate in uncertain and rapidly changing environments, writes Damian McKinney, former Royal Marine and founder of business execution ...
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The world of food manufacturing and the soldier may seem very far apart at first glance, but they both operate in uncertain and rapidly changing environments, writes Damian McKinney, former Royal Marine and founder of business execution ...
Tags: Food manufacturers, Food
Retail giant Tesco has reported pre-tax profits down 51% to 1.96bn – its first profit drop in 20 years – and revealed plans to close its US chain of Fresh & Easy shops in its full-year results for the 52 weeks to February 23. ...
Derby-based ethnic food manufacturer S&A Foods plans to make up to 70 of its 500 staff redundant as it restructures its chilled ready meals business. Perween Warsi's firm S&A Foods will be making 70 of its 500 staff redundant The ...
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Indian fashion and textile industry leaders converged in Mumbai on March 20 to celebrate cotton apparel at Cotton Council International’s (CCI) “COTTONSCAPE” event at the 2013 India Fashion Forum (IFF). ...
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Sainsbury's was the only retailer to increase its market share in the last three months, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer increased its share from 16.9% to 17% in the 12 weeks ended 17 February, beating ...
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With the help of university students, Norwalk Furniture has redesigned its website to cater to the shopping habits of consumers in the 30 to 55 age range. NORWALK, Ohio — Upholstery and table manufacturer resource Norwalk Furniture ...
The horsemeat scandal has caught big retailers “with the their underwear down” and it was still too early to predict the full implications of the crisis, a leading food policy commentator has told FoodManufacture.co.uk. ...
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More than a third of shoppers are less likely to buy processed meat products after the horse meat scandal, according to a survey of 6,000 consumers by the research group GMI on behalf of Kantar. Value ranges are expected to suffer from ...
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While digital technology continues to reshape the way companies and consumers interact, social media is not replacing the in-store shopping experience, according to a new report by PwC titled Demystifying the Online Shopper: 10 Myths of ...