Retail and Services News
March 27, 2025
Top Headlines
Mar. 25, 2025 — Fossil-fuel plants are increasingly being forced to stop and start production in response to changes in output from renewables. In a new study, researchers developed a dynamic competitive benchmark ...
Jan. 3, 2025 — Farmers are receiving less of what consumers spend on food, as modern food systems increasingly direct costs toward value-added components like processing, transport, and marketing. A study shows ...
Nov. 6, 2023 — New calculations show that the European countries have great potential for reducing the demand for global food resources and the associated GHG footprint. Researchers have estimated the climate footprint savings that may be obtained from reducing ...
Mar. 30, 2022 — High fixed costs for retailing fresh fruit and vegetables means that they cost 40% more than would be efficient, unlike unhealthy alternatives, which trade close to marginal cost, a new study ...
Latest Headlines
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Carbon Emissions and Grocery Shopping: EVs and Home Delivery Better, 'Trip Chaining' and Robots Best
Aug. 8, 2022 — Researchers modeled emissions for a single 36-item grocery basket transported to the customer via dozens of traditional and e-commerce pathways. Of ...
Earlier Headlines
Aug. 9, 2023 — New research recommends disclosing a 'true normal price' to protect consumers from deceptive ...
Dec. 13, 2022 — Initial data from a clinical research study aimed at increasing diet quality and decreasing cardiovascular risk shows positive results. The study, called Supermarket and Web-Based Intervention ...
June 29, 2022 — Companies selling ethical and sustainable products should use up-tempo major mode music in their marketing to help well-meaning consumers convert their good intentions into actual purchases, new ...
June 16, 2022 — The study found that shoppers who drank a cup of complimentary caffeinated coffee prior to roaming the stores spent about 50 percent more money and bought nearly 30 percent more items than shoppers ...