How's it going Victoria? How's that Premier Andrew's going over there? Mate, yeah
you won't be coming to Adelaide in a
hurry will you! Sorry, got a bit carried away.
All right, here we are Retail Wrap #35. So in this Retail Wrap we're going to
do something a little bit different.
We've let Oli, our editor,
come up with any way that he wants to
put this. We've never used a green screen
before so he's got a bit, of um, let's say leeway
to come up with what he wants. So
just let us know if you like Oli's
style or if you want to go back to the
old style, or if you want to go to something
else just let us know in the comments down below.
So the in-store booking story we did in
Retail Wrap #34.
We talked about the Q-tracker system
that Woolies had installed in some of
their stores. It was great to see that our Woolies
friends had given us a bit of
constructive feedback.
And it wasn't a 15-minute time to do
your shopping,  you could spend as long as
you want. You just needed to get your
timing within a 15 minute
time frame. You just have to book it in
to try and limit the numbers in store at
any one particular time. Great initiative, I hope it works out for you.
Coles has just recently launched its new
digital first with shoppable catalogues. Launched as part of their digital portal
Coles & Co will offer daily deals,  shoppable specials,
and content such as recipes tips and
new products. Customers can sign up to be part of the Coles & Co community
and receive the latest news,  half price
specials and
weekly deals direct to their inbox.
Hard copy catalogues
will no longer be in the letterboxes, 
of Coles from September
the 9th. This is either a piece of
genius or a f**king disaster
we will soon find out. They're going to
continue to have plenty of catalogues in
store for the customers that still want
to come
and have a look at the catalogue. I do want
to ask you to leave in your comments
below, do you look at paper catalogues or do
you look at electronic catalogues?. I really need
to know this. This is a huge thing, we all talk about
it in supermarket world, who is actually reading the catalogue
anyway and I keep getting all these things
telling me how many people read catalogues, from the people selling catalogues.
I really am curious about how this will affect
the retail industry moving forward. It's
a great thing for the environment
and fingers crossed we can all
go this way. Naturally there's going to
be a big benefit to Coles monetary wise, 
great idea for helping the environment
but interestingly enough they would have
spent that sort of money on their
digital package anyway, so interesting to see
where it goes. I'm not sure if the baby boomers will be
happy with it,  but hey
you know what happened to the dinosaurs..
Technology has helped everyone in these
tough times stay in contact and who
would have thought the amount of Teams
or Google hangout meetings that were
using. Facetime has become a regular thing
and it's a great thing keeping everyone
in contact. But
what about a physical connection of just
giving a loved one a hug?
H&M Lab have just the solution - 
Wearable Love. They have created a denim
jacket that gives hugs. This is f**king
unbelievable! The denim jacket features
flexible sensors built into the shoulder
area which gives the wearer the feeling of
being hugged when activated.
The jackets have registration codes that
can be shared via an App. Those with the codes are able to
activate the sensors, to let
the jacket wearer know they are thinking
Well this makes my f**king sex robot
story looked
f**king perfectly fine.
Well,  well there you,  there you have it. Like you know
I don't know what sort of relationship
that's going to be, they're both lying
from the start but you know very into that jacket. I'm all
for this technology, don't get me wrong. I
think it's exciting.
I just think that's an interesting commercial to go with it.
Well another case of contaminated
imported foods
has been reported. With a sample of
frozen chicken wings
imported from Brazil testing positive to
COVID-19.
The virus was detected on a surface
sample taken in the Chinese city
of Shenzhen. Health authorities have
traced
and tested those that came in contact
with the product
and they have all tested negative. The
name
of the product has not been released. 
Now that in itself is f**ked up. It was
reported by Chinese officials that COVID-19 was
found on packaging from shrimps imported from Ecuador.
Seven cases of imported seafood products testing positive to COVID-19
have been reported across China. The WHO or the World Health Organisation and US
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention,  say the possibility of
catching the virus through food is low.  From what we know COVID-19
spreads mostly, person to person through respiratory
droplets. Like we said before if you keep
your hands
out of here,  here and here. Then you should be alright but just keep
remembering to maintain your social distance.
So there you have it,  some pretty
interesting articles in Retail Wrap #35.
Make sure you leave your comments below and feel free to share and like and go
on any sort of platform that you want
to continue to follow us. And once
again thanks for all your support.
