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From your favorite streamer to restaurants, artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has become an indispensable part of any business’s operations. Grocery stores haven’t been spared in this revolution, and countless advancements help companies better manage their stores to bring more value into customers’ lives, ultimately translating into revenue. How …

At the peak of the summer tourism season, the Jasper townsite is empty. A dangerously fast-moving wildfire forced 25,000 residents, visitors and seasonal workers to flee the community inside one of Canada’s best-known national parks last week, leaving local businesses in the tourist town facing an uncertain road to recovery. …

By Eric Linxwiler, Senior Vice President, TradeBeyond  Across the globe, a transformative wave is reshaping the landscape of international commerce. Nations and economic blocs worldwide are instituting a broad array of supply chain due diligence laws aimed at eradicating forced labor and safeguarding human rights. These regulations mark the most concerted …

Self-Check has been in the news lately as reports of theft and customer dissatisfaction are leading some grocers to abandon them altogether. According to a survey last year of 1,000 shoppers, 67% said they’d experienced a failure at the self-checkout lane. For stores, the machines are expensive to install, often …

Loblaw faces consumer backlash amid financial success By Sylvain Charlebois It’s fair to say that Loblaw is facing some of the most intense criticism of any grocer in the country, if not North America. Reporters from around the globe are now turning to Canadian experts to better understand what has …

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Jason Beales By Jason Beales, Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer, AIR MILES Reward Program, for Western Grocer As inflation continues to take a bite out of household budgets, Canadians are changing how frequently they shop, where they shop, and what they choose to buy; culminating in greater interest in seeking …

Millennials’ values and preferences are driving changes in the food industry and shaping the future of food consumption By Sylvain Charlebois Millennials now outnumber Boomers in our country, according to Statistics Canada. As of July 1, 2023, the millennial generation (born between 1981 and 1996) has surpassed the baby boomer …

Latest posts from on 01/24/2024 Excerpts: Short-term droughts pose greater threat to grasslands than expected Climate change-driven droughts could devastate grasslands The post Short-term droughts pose greater threat to grasslands than expected first appeared on TM Marketplace. Read on » Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia as top oil supplier to China Cheap and discounted …

We need to pause carbon taxes affecting our food supply chain until we get a clearer picture of their impact on food prices By Sylvain Charlebois Political desperation can be a powerful thing, as we witnessed last week in Ottawa. The Trudeau government not only put a hold on the …