By Emily Parker
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Major discount store Home Bargains has revealed that it has rolled-out a major new change across 600 stores in a bid to “improve efficiency” and “enhance colleague and customer experience”. Home Bargains has announced it has moved on to an automated solution to price labels as part of a move to modernise its markdown processes. The store is now working with Retail Insight towards a “data-driven markdown solution that automates pricing decisions, streamlines store processes, and ensures consistency across departments”, The Grocer reports . It comes after Home Bargains began a 20-store pilot of the change in February. Before this, Home Bargains was utilising a manual markdown process with staff handwriting price labels. Never miss a story with the MEN’s daily Catch Up newsletter – get it in your inbox by signing up here The change means the discount retailer will move away from manual pricing markdowns and towards automated ones. On the changes, Retail Insight CEO Paul Boyle said: “Home Bargains has been bold in its approach to tackling markdowns by moving from handwritten stickers to a fully data-driven, insight-led process. “The results already show the value of this transformation, and we’re excited to continue supporting the team as we refine outputs further and look at the entire waste journey to deliver even more value.” Home Bargains revealed that the new approach was viewed as a “key opportunity to improve efficiency, reduce waste and enhance colleague and customer experience.” Home Bargains retail and technology director Paul Rowland said: “Partnering with Retail Insight has helped us transform a very manual, outdated process into one that’s simple for colleagues, smart for the business and better for customers.” He added: “We’re selling more, wasting less and delivering real results across the chain.” Join the Manchester Evening News WhatsApp group HERE
