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JANUARY 9, 2020

was the first market in which the Swedish firm piloted ESL technology nearly 20 years ago — in a series of Connecticut Stop & Shop grocery stores to be specific. Some customers have mostly set their shopping habits to the data they see on those sale tags — if it isn’t marked as discounted, their eyes will literally not even see it.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2018

Brandon Phillips, small business consultant at desktop warehouse management firm Fishbowl , says SMBs are struggling because of their continued reliance on spreadsheets — and they may not even know it. He emphasized the interconnectivity of inventory management into other areas of the enterprise, like procurement, logistics and accounting.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For the food industry — that waste adds up to a $990 billion price tag, according to Alex Garden, chairman and CEO of Zume Inc. However, pizza was just their prototype — and in 2018, they began building out to the firm’s broader ambition — exporting their technology to any restaurant that wanted to use it to expand their operations. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

Facing issues both firms found to be unsolvable, Staples and Office Depot have said they are giving up the ship and abandoning the $6 billion deal. Despite the perceived injustice, however, Sargent also noted that the two firms will not appeal. Competition both firms are feeling rather acutely, but more on that in a second.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

percent and 44 percent, respectively), the same couldn’t be said for Amazon’s logistics operations. An even bigger hit came from Amazon’s sprawling network of fulfillment centers around the world, which tagged the retailer for $3.68 A report from real estate brokerage firm CBRE Inc. billion to the $1.8

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

When the shopper is scrolling Instagram and spots an outfit they want to make their own, they can then tag the post “#GetChoosy. Logistically speaking, Choosy is currently available in the U.S., After all, Choosy’s value proposition largely rests on successfully imitating coveted Instagram items.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2016

But what effect has the Amazon wave — and the scores of futuristic fulfillment centers that power its logistics — had on the back end of every other retailers’ supply chain management ? industrial research for real estate firm CBRE Inc., David Egan, head of U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

On one hand, they are very different firms. But on the other hand, it did hit that unicorn valuation in less than six months – the firm found itself involved in some high profile partnerships (like this one with the White House) and has ended its years with numbers trending toward the black – but not there yet.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

But despite its size and dominance of the typical grocery arena, Kroger is a firm increasingly beset by competition and a world that is moving away from the traditional supermarkets that it has made its stock and trade in operating. Ahold is the firm behind Stop & Shop, Giant-Carlisle and Giant-Landover in the U.S.,

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. Import, export, finance, marketing, wholesale, retail, customer service, security, territory, logistics. That’s a law firm, 20 people. That’s an analyst’s firm.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And we literally talk about during the show, I got a tag to present to the SEC, about their new single stock product. You have to explain to me the name of this firm. Dave is really a fascinating person, with an incredible depth of knowledge about, well, he’s probably best known as the ETF guy. Why don’t you speak to him?

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 16, 2023

RITHOLTZ: But looking at logistics and stuff like that. I can either just give it away for free, which, you know, I started the cash tag dollar sign… RITHOLTZ: Right. I have a, I have everybody in my firm on a list. So, if anybody’s going to use the internet, FedEx is going to benefit. Some days I’m like, wow.

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