These Smart Retail Shelves Tell Brands All About Who Is Looking At Their Products

January 17, 2017 Lauren Johnson, Adweek

Tech vendor Cloverleaf is launching artificial intelligence-powered digital signs that slide over retailers' shelves to give marketers insights about who is standing in front of their store displays. Procter & Gamble has tested the technology—dubbed shelfPoint—and Dell is currently using it in a Micro Center store in Houston, Texas.

Walmart Outlines 2017 Goals For American Job Growth And Community Investment

January 17, 2017 Walmart

Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer with nearly 1.5 million associates in the U.S., today will discuss company plans to create American jobs and invest in local communities across the country. The investments in the coming year will support an estimated 34,000 jobs through continued expansion and improvement in the company’s store network, as well as e-commerce services, while providing specialty training for more than 225,000 of the company’s frontline associates.

New Strawberry Variety Developed In Japan's Chiba Prefecture Makes Its Debut

"CHI-BA+BERRY", a new strawberry variety that the Agriculture and Forestry Research Center in Chiba Prefecture has developed, made its debut in January 2017.

New Apple Brand Pazazz Available Now In Toronto Stores

January 17, 2017 Cynthia David, Toronto Star

Nova Scotia grower Michael Van Meekeren, who travelled to Toronto for the recent launch of Pazazz in select Loblaws stores, says he knows how confusing the apple category has become, but he’s confident you’ll love this new variety, now in its third season of production.

Associated Wholesale Grocers Division Partners With Produce For Kids

January 17, 2017 Produce for Kids®

A year-long healthy eating-focused Produce for Kids® campaign with Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) Springfield Division launches Jan. 16 and will raise funds for Feeding America® programs that benefit families and children within the AWG Springfield footprint. The program offers shoppers healthy meal solutions, registered dietitian-approved recipes and tips.