This is a peculiar affair of a flawed government-led venture to reduce the cost of living on consumer goods. It is about food and grocery products, retailing and brands. The affair entails an initiative to lower the prices of a ‘basket’ of food & grocery products through government-sponsored discounts. It even has an aspect of… Read More
Amazon Favours the Physical Stores of Whole Foods Market Over the Chains of Go and Fresh
The predominantly online retailer Amazon.com announced in a news release at the start of this year (January 2026) that it is changing course in its engagement in brick-and-mortar retailing. Its plan, already in motion, is to concentrate on the physical chain stores of Whole Foods Market (acquired in 2017), while closing the unmanned store chain… Read More
Digital Price Display: Opportunity & Risk
The landscape in food stores is gradually changing with a transition of retailers from printed price labels to digital price tags, formally known as electronic shelf labels (ESLs). When looking from some distance, shoppers may not notice the difference in appearance of the label, but the digital price display can have implications that shoppers may… Read More
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