Amazon’s Prime Day has become the summer sale event that attracts millions of consumers, and in recent years, has also led competitor retailers to develop overlapping promotional events. While the promotions in the near term help boost sales, do Prime Day and other summer sale events also offer indicators into how retailers and consumers will behave as attention turns to the all-important fourth quarter? Catherine Frame, retail industry director at UiPath, discusses how retailers can use technology such as AI to identify trends and use that knowledge to make adjustments heading into Q4.

Sales of private label products continue to grow across a variety of categories at retail, driven by a confluence of consumers seeking better value for their dollar and continued new product development.

As retailers look to keep sales of own brand products growing, the question now being asked by some is what steps retailers need to take to further raise the profile of their own brand assortments. And the answer to that question may be right in front of them. Jessica Wagner, managing partner of Digital Product at Fueled, a web and app development agency, shares her thoughts on how retailers should be using their apps and websites to market private label products more effectively to consumers.

As she has noted, private label is often associated with value, but the digital experience can help retailers tell a more complete story around quality, relevance, convenience, discovery, and repeat purchase.

As more Americans turn to GLP-1s to address various health issues, the drug’s high cost is reducing consumers’ disposable income levels and impacting what they buy at the grocery store. But this fiscal challenge is also an opportunity for grocers to offer shoppers money-saving options across the store, which could include expansion of private label assortments. Beth Johnson, a grocery expert with RRD, a global company that provides marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions discusses the impact the high cost of GLP-1s is having in the grocery store. She will also share thoughts on how retailers can help offset the drug’s high cost, what products are in demand, and the opportunities for retailers to raise the profile of their private label products.