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Money & pain: the new sales tax Supreme Court decision

On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court declared that states have the right to tax online sellers that do not have physical stores...

In a blink, the first half of 2018 passed. Those six months flew by, but not without plenty of excitement in the retail...

by Mykaela Hopps, Observa Ah, summer. The “k-tchhh” sound of a can being cracked open at a backyard barbecue or around a...

by Erik Chelstad, Observa CTO Remember the classic and corny line that launched a thousand high-school graduation...

by Erik Chelstad, CTO of Observa The goal of this blog post is to introduce some of the concepts around artificial...

Everyone has experienced that infuriating moment when you realize one store charges $3.00 less for a box of granola bars than...

by Emma Rhoads, Observa After months of scavenging through endless brand success stories, we have officially discovered all...

Data collection and analysis are both new and tried-and-true ways for companies to discover ways to stand out from competitors...

More than one in five of the products purchased in retail stores are from private labels. The improved quality of these...

Retailers and manufacturers constantly battle over the placement, promotion, and pricing of products. However, the current...

In the wise words of management guru W. Edwards Deming, “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion”—and that is...

A recent rise in private-label product success is forcing national brands to compete for their share of the retail market....