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First off, we owe a debt of gratitude to the grocers, their manufacturers and the armies of men and women who work in the stores, in the warehouses and along the entire supply chain. We’ve had a front row seat at watching how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted the availability of products at retail. PensaRead more

Since launching Pensa Systems out of stealth at NRF2019 one year ago, we’ve conducted multiple live deployments of our system, working with major retailers and CPG brands. We’ve piloted in multiple countries on multiple product categories and SKU formats in a variety of shelf conditions – including dry shelf, open and closed-air coolers – andRead more

The world’s largest retail conference, in New York City on January 12-14. Retailers lose an estimated $1 trillion in revenue each year when customers can’t find what they are looking for on store shelves. Industry estimates say products are out of stock around 8 percent of the time. In fact, our findings show real-world inventoryRead more

Today’s retail executives face many of the same age-old challenges their predecessors confronted – e.g. how to grow sales, provide exceptional customer service, improve on-shelf-availability, enhance labor scheduling, and the like. (Not to mention, “how to make a buck along the way”!) What’s different nowadays is that traditional brick and mortar retail is under incredibleRead more

This guest editorial from David Ritter originally appeared on his LinkedIn page. Until recently, David was Partner and Leader of Retail-Store Operations Practice at McKinsey and Company.   “They don’t have it again!” – a very common phase uttered by frustrated shoppers looking for their favorite items at brick and mortar retailers world-wide Over theRead more

We know in-store inventory visibility is crucial for brand manufacturers and the retail industry – after all, stockouts cost them an estimated $1T annually. So recent news of billion dollar “unicorn” valuations for companies with technology aimed at attempting to solve this problem is a big deal and the latest indication that the market isRead more

Every day, countless “David versus Goliath” battles are being waged between consumer packaged goods brands for the finite amount of space available on retail store shelves around the world. The big players – the Goliaths of the industry – are able to leverage their market leadership to command a lot of retail shelf space forRead more

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Pensa’s in-store drone acted as a powerful magnet that drew in thousands of visitors to our first-ever public demonstrations in Intel’s booth at NRF2019. Funny thing is, when the drone is in an actual retail environment, flitting around stores to capture real-time data on shelf conditions forRead more

While the dust of a thousand booth teardowns may have long-since settled at the Javits Center and NRF2019 has dwindled in the rearview mirror for many, I’m finding Retail’s Biggest Show is still fresh on the minds of a lot of people. I continue to get several emails and inquiries every day about Pensa’s launchRead more

The retail shelf is ‘ground zero’ for retailers and brand manufacturers, the last point in the retail supply chain. And, if product isn’t on the shelf, well, it can’t be sold. Stockouts are estimated to cost brands and retailers upwards of $1T per year. The root cause? Lack of visibility into the actual condition ofRead more