Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Based on customer insights and market trends, Swisslog, as an industry leader with successful micro fulfilment centres (MFCs) and e-grocery fulfilment centres (EFCs) operating across the globe, has identified five trends that will shape e-grocery fulfilment this year. per cent over the five years from 2020-21, to $7.1

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Manhattan’s Fairway Market grocery chain has partnered with Instacart to develop a new convenience-focused service called Fairway Now that will offer delivery of last-minute grocery items and household essentials in as fast as 30 minutes. Fairway Market is a trademark of the retailer-owned supermarket cooperative Wakefern Food Corp.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It’s kind of elongated and stretched out,” noted Adam Ioakim, managing director, APAC at Emarsys. They’re building new distribution warehouses, they’re bringing on more staff to fulfil online orders. They’re looking at a more omnichannel approach. It’s not what it once was.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

Kroger outlined plans to deliver total shareholder returns of 8% to 10% in 2021 at its virtual Investor Day, held March 31, 2021. Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen started the meeting by acknowledging two tragic events that had shaken the company in recent weeks — a shooting at a Roundy’s distribution center in Oconomowoc, Wis.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

They also provide an answer to some of the challenges created by the pandemic, as executives from Woodman’s Markets and Badger Technologies discussed during a session titled The Rise Of Robotics In Retail at the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference. The robots also can improve merchandising.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Some of the key takeaways from the Q3 results include: Big box retailers such as Walmart and Target continued showcasing their omnichannel dominance with strong results, proving that their years of investment in leading-edge fulfillment strategies have paid off; Other retailers with strong omnichannel offerings in attractive categories, like Lowe’s.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

While this figure is down $50 from 2019, given 2020’s overall uncertainty, such a slight decline would represent a significant victory. The pandemic’s impact on shopping habits isn’t abating: 66% of respondents will prefer home delivery over other fulfillment methods, according to a survey by Oracle.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 14, 2021

CINCINNATI – Kroger announced that the first of 20 customer fulfillment centers (CFC) it is developing in partnership with British online grocer Ocado Group PLC is ready to fulfill orders from online shoppers. The breadth of this fulfillment ecosystem will be crucial in helping Kroger to continue to win in e-commerce across the U.S.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Prime Day 2020 will likely prove to be a success, according to Rachel Dalton, Director of Ecommerce and Omnichannel Insights at Kantar. However, the preliminary third-party seller numbers could point to a bit of a “miss,” according to Hilding Anderson, Senior Director of Strategy & Consulting at Publicis Sapient.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2021

Digital convenience store Gopuff has raised $1 billion in new funding at a $15 billion valuation as the retailer sets the pace for the c-store last mile. However, the company isn’t focused solely on the convenience market, and its massive fundraising rounds are helping it break into new verticals. The funding will build upon the $1.15

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

The e-commerce industry is growing at a rapid rate, and it’s impacting brands and retailers in numerous ways. At the same time, it can be incredibly challenging to keep up with trends that change almost daily. Fulfilment of the future. These and other trends are pushing many retailers to innovate on the fulfilment front.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2020

“The retailers that are in trouble now were in some level of trouble ahead of this: either bad balance sheets, bad business models or both ,” said Charlie O’Shea, Senior Retail Analyst at Moody’s in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The bad business model generally results in a bad balance sheet.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Shoppers in select markets will be able to schedule same-day and next-day delivery for supplies that can easily fit in a car, including tools, fasteners and paint, with coverage expanding to multiple markets nationwide by the end of 2021.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

Interstore | Schweitzer has created and implemented the new 2000 m² BRIDGE market Flexstore concept in Zurich for the largest Swiss retail company, Migros. BRIDGE market has been conceived as the connector between a diverse fresh food market, creative catering with products from local partners and a wide range of events.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2021

Target’s Store-Based Fulfillment Model Drives Convenience. in Q2 2021 while its digital comparable sales grew 10% , building on the 195% growth achieved in 2020. More than 95% of Target’s Q2 sales were fulfilled from stores, the result of years of developing and perfecting the fulfillment process.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

However, AT&T. AT&T already had figured out optimal ways to keep a sufficient number of its stores open without endangering customers through unsafe practices or cutting off shoppers who needed access to their phones. At the beginning we really focused on asking, ‘How many stores do we need to keep open to serve our customers?’”

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Cisco Retail

JANUARY 20, 2022

We have created a new blog series that will focus on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. Passionate best describes how employee volunteers at San Francisco-based AppDynamics feel about the work they do to support non-profit organizations addressing serious social issues to make the biggest impact globally.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

We’ve done our Future Consumer Index seven times during COVID-19 and at this point, 19% say they have no fear at all [about COVID-19] and 33% say they’ll feel more comfortable in the next six months,” Orschell said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. However, availability of products continues to be a challenge for many retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2021

Shapaker shared recommendations for what retailers and sellers need to do in order to consolidate the gains made last year, and how the industry (mostly) dodged the “shipageddon” bullet that had been predicted for holiday 2020. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): We’ve seen tremendous overall ecommerce growth in 2020. If you look at U.S.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

According to a recent Euromonitor report, while consumer food-service value nears pre-pandemic levels in 2024, dining-in at restaurants will not return to pre-pandemic level until 2028 in Asia Pacific. The rapid growth of third-party delivery apps is also encouraging more consumers to have food delivered to enjoy a meal at home.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2021

Both Uber and Uber Eats are making deliveries in markets including San Francisco, New York City and Washington D.C., in July 2020, and has steadily expanded the offering since. This past year has been one of incredible growth for grocery delivery,” said Raj Beri, Global Head of Grocery and New Verticals at Uber in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In the midst of a tight retail labor market , Walmart is increasing its minimum wage $1 to $12 an hour , and will give raises to more than 565,000 of its 1.6 Walmart first began testing a $12 minimum wage in 500 stores in early 2020. In 2020, Walmart edged out Amazon as the leading grocery ecommerce retailer in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

The biggest standout was Target’s same-day digital services, which grew nearly 55% in 2021 on top of the 270% growth posted in 2020. compared to 2020. growth experienced in Q2 2020. Digital comparable sales grew 10% , following 195% growth in 2020. Walmart Posts Solid Ecommerce Growth. compared to Q. on top of 10.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2024

(Image courtesy REI) This Earth Month, outdoor retailer REI Co-op is showcasing its ongoing recycling partnership with decking manufacturer Trex , at its Signature Camp near Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2021

These latest acquisitions follow Zip’s purchase of Quadpay in September 2020. trillion ecommerce market, the world’s second-largest. We are very much looking forward to adding this strategic geography to our growing footprint and fulfilling global merchant demand,” said Larry Diamond, Co-founder and CEO of Zip in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 29, 2022

BJ’s Wholesale Club is testing out a smaller store format called BJ’s market. BJ’s market will offer the same product sizes and pricing as BJ’s club stores, as well as the same omnichannel services such as curbside pickup and same-day delivery. The first 43,000 -square-foot concept store opened in Warwick, R.I.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 30, 2024

In 2020, Tattarang, a prominent Australian investment group, acquired RM Williams with a vision to propel the brand into the digital age while preserving its heritage. When we set about this project, it was to look at the way we connect with our customers. Before NewStore, we had many disparate systems across the organisation.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

In addition to BJ’s now being available on DoorDash’s grocery marketplace, the wholesale retailer also will be able to power same-day delivery from its ecommerce site via DoorDash Drive, DoorDash’s white-label fulfillment platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2020

1, 2020, rising from $18.2 However, Target’s brick-and-mortar stores proved to be essential elements in the retailer’s overall growth, fulfilling more than 90%. Additionally, the retailer saw strong market share gains across all five of its core merchandise categories. Target achieved a record-setting 24.3% billion this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

21 hearing date by six to seven months , which Tiffany claims is an “attempt to run out the clock to avoid fulfilling its obligations under the merger agreement.”. 24, 2020 deadline. Global sales at the luxury retailer fell 29% in Q2 2020, an improvement over Q1’s 45% drop, and the company returned to profitability.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2022

Mc Feeney joined Kohl’s in January 2020 and served most recently as the company’s EVP of Technology. Prior to working with Kohl’s, Mc Feeney fulfilled a number of leadership positions with AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah, including CIO and Interim CEO. net sales drop and total revenue falling 4.4%.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The holiday season has always been prime time for retailers to roll out new marketing campaigns, events and experiences that draw people to their stores — and keep them there. Despite these reservations, 47% of consumers plan to shop in-store this holiday season, an 8% increase from 2020.

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Mass Relators

MAY 24, 2021

last month announced that the first of 20 customer fulfillment centers (CFCs) it is developing in partnership with British online grocer Ocado Group PLC was ready to fulfill orders from online shoppers. The post First of Kroger’s CFCs ready to fulfill orders appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

Woolworths has announced its intention to build a 22,000sqm online fulfilment centre located in Auburn, Sydney, which will facilitate up to 50,000 online orders per week. Auburn and our other fulfilment centres play important roles complementing the work of our store teams.

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Small Biz Trends

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A niche market can be defined as a subgroup of a larger market that has its own unique identity, needs, and, preferences making it stand out from the overall market. Niche marketing entails channeling marketing efforts towards first identifying a particular type of clientele and their particular needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2021

Delivery volumes and expectations for rapid delivery have consistently grown for years, but 2020’s drastic increase in ecommerce demand could not have been predicted. In 2020, online spending represented 21.3% In 2020, online spending represented 21.3% In fact, in Q3 of 2020 alone, almost $1 in $5 spent was online.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

As part of its new branding JCPenney has enlisted comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Melissa Villaseñor to fulfill the role of character Penny James, a shopping and JCPenney enthusiast who is the star of the campaign. JCPenney also is launching a cross-country “Shopping is Back!” The tour will end Aug. 13 in Garden City, N.Y.

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