There has been visible development with regards to sustainable trends across the CPG retail industry. While individuals are becoming mindful of their lifestyles and their environmental footprints, brands are starting to take end-to-end accountability of their production habits. The concept of zero-waste circular economy is also gaining momentum, where the focus is on refining the […]
We’ve compiled a list some of the most prominent companies providing IoT solutions to consumer retailer brands. Let’s take a look: 1. Qliktag Qliktag IoT Connected Smart Products Platform allows brands and manufactures to assign a QLIKTAG or internet identifier to everyday consumer products and allows them to participate in the Internet of Things. Enabling […]
Buying behavior is changing. Consumers are far more conscious of what they buy, what they eat, what they put on their bodies and how their purchases impact the environment and others. Today’s consumers are increasingly becoming cautious with their shopping decisions, wanting to know more and more about the products they consume. They are actively […]
Brick and mortar retail is not dead nor dying. There are some things we love about brick and mortar retail outlets which online retail cannot compensate for. Using our senses to make decisions and being able to touch, smell, see and experience products cannot be replicated online. However, the brick and mortar retail experience could […]
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Think back to the last product you consumed! Maybe it was a pack of orange juice or a loaf of bread. What did you do when it reached its shelf life? You probably read some of the information it was able to hold and then tossed it into the bin. Traditional packaging for products have […]
Traditional warranty management techniques are progressively moving over the internet. With smart products emerging in all industry sectors, digital product warranty activation is the way to move forward for brands. By allowing end customers to digitally activate their product warranty through web or mobile based applications, brands can enable other product-related business opportunities like ownership […]
Automation, smarter systems, and processes are emerging in almost all aspects of CPG retail. With consumer retail technology undergoing dynamic shifts to the digital, everyday objects are turning into smart objects. A Smart Product is a product that maintains information about itself and the context to enable new digital processes and capabilities. Everyday products can […]
The entire global supply chain is evolving rapidly with regards to technology. Gartner forecasts that over 20.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide by 2020. Moreover, Gartner further predicts that more than half of major new business processes will incorporate some element of IoT. Supply chain ecosystems are one of the biggest beneficiaries […]
Contemporary fashion is undergoing a transformation. We are increasingly witnessing all industry sectors shift towards the digital. And fashion is no stranger to technology. Counterfeiting has become a global menace. We have already discussed how IoT is helping companies like HP fight counterfeiting. But the fashion industry is trickier. Counterfeiting and fake products manufacturing are […]
User instructions & product documents are an essential component of many categories of consumer products. You bring home a new product, maybe a TV, Printer, a bed or even a frozen food product. Think of the amount of content that accompanies these products including the in-box documents. Bundles of paper and tiny typeface instructions accompanying […]
According to the statistics by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1/3rd of the total food produced for human consumption goes to waste. This accounts for more than 1.5 billion tonnes of food going to waste in the world today which is a staggering number! As per the Economic Research Survey (ERS), United States Department […]