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Online Older Grocery Shoppers Matter Too

Those 50 years old and older are an important online shopping segment. Even if retailers and their suppliers don’t realize this. Online older grocery shoppers matter too! As Krista Garcia reports for eMarketer: One study “found that these shoppers who … Continue reading

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Resistance to Scanning and Bagging?

Today’s in-store technology often seeks to enhance the customer experience. Sometimes this works. And sometimes it doesn’t. Let’s see how. Continue reading

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Voice Assistants Have Come to In-Store Shopping

The technology behind virtual assistants, such as Alexa and Siri, keeps rapidly advancing. Not only can we order from our homes.  But some voice assistants have come to in-store shopping.   See How Voice Assistants Have Come to In-Store Shopping … Continue reading

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