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Shoppers Are Caught Off Guard as Prices on Everyday Items Change More Often

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noticed the bed frame she purchased from the home-goods seller. said his supermarkets have been changing grocery prices more frequently to protect profit margins as manufacturers raise prices. We are printing thousands of new price tags every week,” Mr. Griffin said. Cheryl Spiridigliozzi, 59 years old, of Rossville, Ga.,

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

The good news stretches far beyond the rich. The good news stretches far beyond the rich. It’s a good time to be a worker and a bad time to be a consumer — the problem is most people are both. ( Manufacturers need to cut costs as electric-vehicle inventories pile up, but this is easier said than done.

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NXP Rolls Out Privacy-Enabled Tag Chips For IoT

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NXP Semiconductors in late September introduced its latest NTAG DNA tag chip, providing privacy-enabled, multi-layered security for NFC and IoT authentication applications. With the new NTAG 424 DNA, brands can fight counterfeit and grey market activities at a cost that enables mass-market deployment of advanced NFC tags.

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Logistics Can Beat Product (Even Santa Needs Help Sometimes)

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There are many elements involved in developing and manufacturing products for a customer. In fact, most of a company’s concentrated efforts go to the creation of what they’re going to sell, and with good reason. Companies need to be able to deliver it to the consumer, or all of your efforts are wasted. Location – North Pole.

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Unpacking Smart Packaging’s Insights And Engagement Promises

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Consumers interact with product packaging on a daily basis. Packaged goods often reach consumers’ hands after traveling across oceans and being shipped between manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Additionally, companies are looking to use smart packaging to engage with consumers in new, more compelling ways.

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How Manufacturers Become Direct-To-Consumer Sellers Through Marketplaces

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While manufacturers make might products ranging from luxury handbags to jackets, they may only get paid a small percentage of the final retail price for those items. A brand might sell a given product for $100, according to Italic CEO Jeremy Cai, but a manufacturer may only get a small fraction of that amount. The Business Model.

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The Robots Are Coming – And Some Are Already Here

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Well, there are lots of technological limitations in the field, and it turns out that consumers aren’t all that into robots anyway. Consumers also occasionally reported finding them creepy. That’s because robotics is enjoying something of a boom at present, handling a lot of new and useful work well out of consumers’ sight.