Remove tag manufacturing
article thumbnail

“We need to move faster”: Mulberry CEO on traceability and transparency

Inside Retail

A highlight of the initiative was the launch of digital IDs in 2021, which are attached to each product and embed details about the products’ manufacturing and sustainability credentials. Customers are able to view this information by tapping onto the NFC-enabled tags using their smartphones. Power to the people.

article thumbnail

The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

A shock to the system of western merchants and consumers who had largely operated with an assumption of unconstrained access to whatever they’ve wanted, whenever they’ve wanted it. But in the process also opened global consumer markets to risks that would make the cotton collapse of 1861 look like a picnic. Just as the U.S.