2012 – the year of mobile convergence for retailers?
Probably one of the most insightful posts on mobile and retailing was recently published on Forbes.com by John Caron of Modiv Media – one of the most holistic mobile solution providers out there for retailers.
“For Mobile Commerce: the Year of Convergence and Context” explores the mobile related trends that will influence retailing over 2012. Read more
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Changing face of Retail – a threat to grocers?
It’s an amazing period that we’re in right now, that we can witness the considerable changes that are affecting massive industries in real time right in front of our eyes. See: search engines for the publishing industry; iTunes, Pandora, and YouTube for the music industry; Amazon for the retail industry. The pace at which these changes are taking place is impressive and can sometimes leave us confused as to which trends are lasting and which are not.
Three recent developments in the retail industry, we believe, are indications of what’s to come and will form the basis of considerable future change. Read more
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FoodEssentials Data Overview
We’ve had a fair few questions about our data scans so I thought i’d address it in a quick post. The questions and comments generally fall in to 3 categories. The scope of the data, the accuracy of the data, and the geographic limitations of the data.
Data Scope:
We presently have a base database of 160k commercially available products and are continually working to increase the size and relevance of this database. At present, it is largely products available in general supermarkets and therefore will rarely, if ever, return results for products in specialty stores such as WholeFoods or Trader Joe’s. However, we hope to address this by capturing more data. Read more
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Data Credibility
The FoodEssentials Database is the most comprehensive ingredient, allergen and additive database in existence. Over the last 5 years the FoodEssentials team have worked tirelessly with consumer advocacy groups and health professionals in both Australia and USA.
The original concept and research was born in Brisbane, Australia in 2003. The open culture of Australia providing proximity and access to both health professionals, consumer advocacy groups, and government organisations. All of which contributed to the foundation of a sustainable and comprehensive data model – in short, this early communication helped us to better understand the scope of the issues with Product Information so as to create a data model that encompassed a comprehensive solution for all issues. Read more
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