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Data science in retail: it’s as much about people as science

March 4, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by Peter Thomas The need for data science in retail Considering we started talking about AI almost two decades ago, it’s perhaps surprising that it is only just starting to make an…

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The surprisingly bright future of retail

March 1, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by: Dr. Elizabeth Segran Six predictions for how we’ll shop in 2019, from embracing IRL stores to ditching Amazon. Everybody, I’d like to announce that the retail apocalypse has been officially cancelled.…

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The end of check-out lines? Retailers explore grab-and-go shopping

February 25, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by: Michael Lietdtke Get ready to say good riddance to the checkout line. A year after Amazon opened its first cashier-less store, startups and retailers are racing to get similar technology in…

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Why Some Stores Have Pulled Their Self-Checkout Machines

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by: Sophia Harris When Jacqueline Burnett discovered that her local Canadian Tire in Toronto recently removed its self-checkout machines, she was ecstatic. "I can't say enough with how impressed I was," said…

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Barneys To Open Luxury Cannabis Shop-In-Shop

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by: Nicola Fumo The dispensaries of Los Angeles are about to get some serious competition. Barneys New York, the nearly century-old luxury department store, is opening its very own legal cannabis shop-in-shop…

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Kim Wiseman Launches Upscale Spice Brand with 1st Standalone Retail Unit

February 8, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by: Megan Harman A new company specializing in gourmet spice blends, called Kanel Spices, has opened its first retail location in Montreal as well as an online store, and has big plans…

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Brothers behind Montreal retailer Hatley thrived by taking on adversity head first

February 5, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by: Chris Atchison Never ship snow globes across the Pacific Ocean in the dead of winter – they tend to freeze and explode. That’s just one piece of sage (if ironic) advice…

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Toronto-area retailer to test Loop reusable packaging system later this year

February 4, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by: Ross Marowits TORONTO — Canadian efforts to reduce single-use plastic will get a boost this year when a major retailer is slated to launch a test of reusable packaging in the…

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Friday Humour

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Took my son shopping and since being 3 is so stressful, retail therapy anyone?!?

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What Tractor Supply Co. can teach other retailers

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 by DNS Industries

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Article by: Nathaniel Meyersohn Truck driver Joey Dyer raises livestock on his six-acre Kansas City, Missouri, farm. But don't call him a farmer."It's more of a hobby farm than anything else right now,"…

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