6. Stores are constantly researching more advanced ways to profile customer behavior.
Buying habits are analyzed. Loyalty cards, which help the store learn more about you, are increasingly being tied to databases and data mining.
A store might provide you with coupons to incentivize considering products you wouldn’t normally purchase. Some stores go as far as using heat maps to track which aisles are most and least traveled.
You are making me think about my grocery stores differently.
Very interesting article. Grocery stores will never be the same in my eyes.