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The Look On This Little Girl’s Face Explains Exactly Why This Sexist Sign Was Pulled

A viral tweet about an ad for a Marvel alarm clock targeted exclusively at boys led to the company pulling the ad. Sometimes, the system works.

You Should Probably Call Home After Watching This Tesco Xmas Ad

U.K. grocer follows a family through six decades of holiday home movies.

British Supermarket Chain To Use Face-Scanning Technology On Customers For Ad Targeting

The system is similar to how advertising works on your social media account, but instead of a profile, it uses a camera.

This Is How To Do Corporate Tweets Customers Actually Love

Tesco Mobile’s sassy responses to less-than-flattering tweets from customers get an A+ from the Twitterverse.

Filling In Vacant Urban Lots With Augmented Reality Supermarkets

Those people wandering through the abandoned places in China aren’t crazy, they’re shopping on their phones.

Meet The Food Detectives

A small corps of culinary detectives discovered that sushi restaurants regularly sell fish that makes customers ill, and that Irish supermarkets sell “ground beef” mixed with horsemeat; this is their story.

Better, Simpler, Cheaper: The Formula That Makes Tesco Great

Sir Terry Leahy was knighted for his agile leadership as CEO of British supermarket giant Tesco. Here are the simple, effective guiding principles he used to propel the company to greatness.

Retail’s Future: Facebook Loyalty Cards And Touch Screen Showrooms

Supermarkets using customers’ Facebook accounts as simultaneous discount/surveillance platforms? Vending machines where you can pay by iPhone? Ordering luxury cars and private jets via iPad-like interfaces and sidestepping the salesman? They’re all here.

A Hormone-Sucking Strip That Will Keep Your Vegetables Fresh

There is a chemical inside most fruits and vegetables that causes them to start to rot. But a new little adhesive strip sucks it out. That’s not just a boon for supermarkets–it’s going to save a lot of wasted food.

The Next Global Economy Asks Companies To Create More Than Just Profit

In a third excerpt from his new book “Betterness: Economics for Humans,” Umair Haque discusses what companies have to do to survive in a future economy: create value, not just monetary wealth.

Dan and Chip Heath Say Nix Ambiguity and Focus for Lasting Change

To succeed on the path to change, say Dan Heath and Chip Heath, you have to eliminate ambiguity.

How Tesco Tweaked Its Fresh & Easy Concept

Simon Uwins has helped Tesco, the $87 billion British grocer, enter the U.S. market with a new brand: Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market. Although the company stumbled out of the gate, missing analysts’ sales expectations and its own expansion goals, after some tweaking, Fresh & Easy’s same-store sales are up 30% this year.

Does Carbon Labeling Overwhelm Grocery Shoppers? Tesco Says No

Tesco Uses Meat Power to Divert Waste From Landfills

Tesco Lets Shoppers Ditch Excess Product Packaging at Grocery Stores

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