Business Oct 1, 2019
Japan firms fight the frugal retail psyche with AI-driven pricing and other tricks
by Kaori Kaneko
After years of soggy inflation and a long reign by Japan's tightfisted shoppers, businesses are adopting new methods to lift prices, from artificial intelligence to simple packaging tweaks. Despite many rounds of stimulus, policymakers have failed to jolt households out of the deflationary mindset that ...
