Retail TouchPoints
APRIL 12, 2022
AI and robotics will be widespread: By 2032, you should expect pickup only grocers to be open throughout the U.S., In addition, grocers will use robotic MFCs (microfulfillment centers) to pick and pack their goods from the store locations.
Retail TouchPoints
MARCH 30, 2022
Some of the retailer’s plans include redesigning back rooms to accommodate pickup, delivery and ship- from-store orders; adjusting staging operations for orders to drop in three-hour increments to maximize space; and sending overflow delivery orders to the crowdsourced Spark Driver network.
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Retail TouchPoints
JULY 13, 2021
While many customers will have purchases shipped directly to their homes this year, brick-and-mortar stores have rolled out their own solutions that may impact the way we approach the 2021 holidays. Location, Location, Location. But more durable goods are also likely to see an abrupt change in sales. Take luggage for example.
Retail TouchPoints
APRIL 26, 2022
The boom has led to the launch of multiple competing services, from major grocers like Kroger to established delivery companies like DoorDash to online pure plays like Gopuff. In particular, how does dropping the delivery window from hours to minutes help meet the modern customer’s needs?
Mass Relators
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
When asked for top reasons to shop online, 64% of consumers cited comfort of shopping from home, and 60% noted free shipping or delivery options. To compete with the growth of internet retailers, brick-and-mortar grocers should embrace omnichannel retailing.
Retail Gazette
OCTOBER 5, 2023
With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of shoppers’ minds, it’s no surprise so shoppers have jumped ship from the traditional big four supermarkets to discounters. Store expansion may have slowed for Aldi last year and it seems to have quietly dropped its long-term goal of having 1,200 stores by 2025.
Indigo 9 Digital
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Marks & Spencer has said it started out with third party brands flowing through its distribution network but it is planning to give sellers the flexibility to use a drop ship model where the brand holds onto its inventory and fulfills the order itself. “M&S’s This is especially the case with Jaeger,” said an industry veteran.
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