Several leading global brand owners have taken the downturn as an opportunity to get closer to customers and better understand demand. Dell, LG Electronics, Sony Corporation, P&G and Levis are among global brands putting more focus on mining point-of-sale data for better demand planning in their supply chains in the wake of the recession.
Read more: Editor's Blogs - Recession boosts point-of-sale data analytics among major global brands




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Britain’s largest retailer, Tesco, plans to open 23 new hypermarkets in China in this fiscal year, nine of which will be in new ‘lifespace’ malls.