Hacker News with Generative AI: Retail

The Secret World of Coupon Fraud: Exploiting Barcode Vulnerabilities (medium.com)
You’ve scanned barcodes countless times — UPC, EAN, and GS1 Databar — but have you ever wondered what they’re encoding? Until 2006, neither had I. That year, I started as a software engineer at Coupons.com, tasked with transitioning our coupons to the GS1 Databar system.

Security, Retail, Data Encoding, Fraud

10 points by brianhama 2 days ago | 0 comments

The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet (sebs.website)
Have you ever walked into a supermarket, pharmacy, or department store looking to buy a specific item, only to find the layout confusing? Perhaps you ended up aimlessly strolling around, purchasing other items? This is deliberate, and known as the Gruen Transfer.

Retail, Design, Psychology

346 points by Incerto 3 days ago | 250 comments

M&S (Marks and Spencer) Cyber Incident Update (londonstockexchange.com)

Cybersecurity, Retail, Business

5 points by gnabgib 3 days ago | 0 comments

The Rise and Fall of Toys 'R' Us (2018) (history.com)
The retailer turned everyone into a “Toys ‘R’ Us kid”… by driving its competition out of existence.

Retail, Business, History, Toys

77 points by indigodaddy 5 days ago | 112 comments

Trek tells retailers of immediate price increases (bicycleretailer.com)
MADISON, Wis. (BRAIN) — Trek and Electra retailers were informed Thursday by email that bike prices for most models will rise immediately because of the 10% tariff surcharge announced April 2, increasing costs "to a level that needs to be addressed."

Retail, Bikes, Tariffs, Pricing

18 points by mooreds 8 days ago | 13 comments

Attention K-Mart Shoppers (archive.org)

Retail, History, K-Mart

333 points by rpmisms 10 days ago | 112 comments

7-Eleven Begins Accepting Bank of Korea's Digital Currency in CBDC Trial (coindesk.com)
7-Eleven is testing South Korea’s central bank digital currency in a major trial.

Cryptocurrency, South Korea, Retail

8 points by PaulHoule 11 days ago | 0 comments

Target's foot traffic keeps falling amid boycotts and slashed DEI efforts (fortune.com)
For the seven days that began March 24, foot traffic at Target fell 3.8% YoY.

Retail, Business, Consumer Behavior

10 points by josefresco 12 days ago | 0 comments

Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic decline since caving on DEI (retailbrew.com)
As its stock dropped to a four-year low on April 4, Target also saw its foot traffic drop for the 10th consecutive week, a traffic slump that began the week after Target announced it was cancelling its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program in January.

Retail, Business, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI)

39 points by josefresco 12 days ago | 39 comments

Demolishing the Fry's Electronics in Burbank (latimes.com)
Wondering what happened to the Fry’s Electronics in Burbank? After seeing a post on @americanaatbrandmemes that it was being torn down, Rebecca Castillo stopped by the site in time to witness the demolition of the iconic spaceship.

Retail, Demolition, Burbank, California

139 points by walterbell 12 days ago | 113 comments

$3 Trader Joe's tote bags resell for more than $1,500 (qz.com)
Eggs aren’t the only things people will be hunting for at Trader Joe’s this Easter. Shoppers will also be flooding the aisles to track down the pastel-hued miniature tote bags the grocer released earlier this month.

Consumerism, Retail, Trader Joe's, Reselling, Easter

25 points by geox 12 days ago | 24 comments

Kmart Lied to Me, So I Hacked Their Lamp [video] (youtube.com)

Consumer Issues, Hacking, Video, Retail

5 points by LorenDB 12 days ago | 0 comments

Kmart lied to me, so I hacked their lamp [video] (youtube.com)

Kmart, Hacking, Retail, Video, Consumer Rights

92 points by jackedEngineer 13 days ago | 48 comments

Unusual Shop Tips [video] (youtube.com)

Retail, Video, Tips

25 points by djoldman 15 days ago | 5 comments

Data Reliability at Chick-Fil-A (medium.com)
Chick-fil-A has over 3,000 locations across the USA, Puerto Rico, and Canada, with over 8 million orders per day. The amount of data being tracked and processed, including Restaurant data points, customer orders, and other business operations information creates a data rich landscape, but also a multitude of challenges. Data Reliability Engineering (DRE) helps Chick-fil-A approach these challenges and utilize resources to create a reliable system that supports the business and customers on a daily basis.

Data Reliability, Business Operations, Data Management, Fast Food, Retail

6 points by sksxihve 15 days ago | 0 comments

Small Town America vs. Big Box Stores (strongtowns.org)
"That sense of identity and place that homegrown businesses create—that’s what we want to preserve here," Sean Donaghy told the local news back in February.

Small Towns, Local Businesses, Economic Development, Retail

58 points by spking 17 days ago | 73 comments

Joann Fabrics went from a cult-favorite retail darling to a bankrupt disaster (msn.com)
Last month, Joann Fabric and Crafts, a fixture of American shopping for generations, announced it would close all of its more than 800 stores in the U.S. and lay off 19,000 workers, including more than 15,000 part-time store associates. The company is in the midst of its second bankruptcy in less than a year.

Retail, Bankruptcy, Business, Economics

9 points by mooreds 27 days ago | 3 comments

Are Levi's from Amazon different from Levi's from Levi's? (nymag.com)

E-commerce, Fashion, Retail, Consumerism

162 points by randycupertino 29 days ago | 152 comments

Shopkeeper (robinsloan.com)

Retail, Web Design, Personal Projects

46 points by herbertl 41 days ago | 2 comments

Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead (bbc.co.uk)
Giant trolley scales are being trialled at a Tesco store in Gateshead sparking a mixed reaction from shoppers.

Retail, Technology, Consumerism, United Kingdom

19 points by asimpleusecase 49 days ago | 51 comments

Is REI turning into a corporate retailer? (seattletimes.com)
The union representing hundreds of REI workers has a simple ask for the Issaquah-based co-op’s members: Vote no on board candidates.

Retail, Unions, Companies, Consumerism

9 points by petethomas 49 days ago | 7 comments

Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10B (suntimes.com)
The Sun-Times is free but the journalism is not. Reader support powers the news. Here's how you can help.

Private Equity, Retail, Finance

7 points by healsdata 50 days ago | 0 comments

Walgreens Will Go Private in $10B Deal with Sycamore (bloomberg.com)
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to be purchased by Sycamore Partners for $10 billion, turning one of the oldest, most recognizable US drugstore chains into a private company.

Retail, Finance

7 points by LopRabbit 50 days ago | 2 comments

Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of tariffs (theverge.com)
Target and Best Buy say Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China could raise prices in their stores as soon as this week.

Retail, Economics, Tariffs, Trade

169 points by aaronbrethorst 52 days ago | 244 comments

Danish grocery chain to distinguish European from US goods (dw.com)
Saying it is promoting European products rather than boycotting US ones, a Danish supermarket chain has a special label for goods from Europe. The move comes as many seek to protest Trump's aim to control Greenland.

Europe, Retail, Trade, Denmark, Politics

30 points by croes 56 days ago | 6 comments

Fabric and craft retailer Joann to go out of business, close all of its stores (apnews.com)
Fabric and crafts retailer Joann Inc., which has been a destination for generations of quilters, knitters and lovers of crafts projects for more than 80 years, is going out of business and shuttering all its stores.

Retail, Business, Crafts, Textiles

36 points by mooreds 60 days ago | 105 comments

Food Costco insider explains why they stock expensive luxury items (sfgate.com)
In a new interview, a Costco insider has shed light on some of the warehouse brand’s most unusual items — and revealed if anyone is actually buying them.

Costco, Retail, Business, Consumer Goods

8 points by Stratoscope 61 days ago | 0 comments

How the Internet Made In-Store Shopping Miserable (wsj.com)
E-commerce didn’t kill bricks-and-mortar stores, but it made them worse. Much worse.

E-commerce, Retail, Consumer Behavior, Shopping, Online Shopping

8 points by bookofjoe 61 days ago | 2 comments

Amazon Surpasses Walmart in Revenue (cnbc.com)

Amazon, Walmart, Revenue, Retail, Business

12 points by mfiguiere 64 days ago | 1 comments

Japan Perfected 7-Eleven. Why can't the US get it right? (bloomberg.com)
Owner Seven & i has tried for years to upgrade the chain’s reputation in the US. Now, a rival Canadian retailer is betting $47 billion that it can do a better job.

Japan, Convenience Stores, Retail, Business, Acquisitions

12 points by nohuck13 67 days ago | 2 comments