Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Macy’s has been stepping up to the plate with a series of new moves, from the expansion of its smaller-footprint stores, to a new digital fashion platform targeting younger shoppers. But while these initiatives sound promising, the question remains: can the department store chain truly adapt to the needs of the modern-day consumer?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

has partnered with Instacart to launch Kroger Delivery Now, a virtual convenience store fulfilled by Kroger that delivers fresh groceries and household essentials in as little as 30 minutes. Today, Instacart delivers alcohol from nearly 1,500 Kroger stores across 15 states. Gopuff’s advantage may be on the data side.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Get ready, get excited, retailers and customers alike, the 2D barcode, a compact square label with splotches and spaces that encode up to 350X more data than a traditional UPC (4,000 characters) will have a significant impact on managing the business and delivering better customer experiences. stores is Puma. Who doesn’t want that?

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Mass Relators

APRIL 24, 2024

In advance of this week’s 2024 National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Annual Meeting, Acosta Group has shared the results of its recent proprietary Shopper Community study on Health and Beauty Care (HBC) and General Merchandise (GM) sales in grocery. Top shopper considerations for HBC and GM purchases are price and selection.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 31, 2023

grocery market released today by data science firm dunnhumby. “We believe this report can serve as a blueprint to help grocers improve their competitive positions, while providing key findings for marketing and consumer preferences,” said Matt O’Grady, president of the America’s at dunnhumby. Speed and convenience.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 14, 2021

Having recently completed successful campaigns with grocers like Stop & Shop and other major retailers, Catalina is now making Digital CircP available across its retailer ecosystem and beyond. On average, participating retailers have seen their return on ad spend (ROAS) surpass $25, while store sales jumped 1.6% PETERSBURG, Fla. –

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

SHELTON, CT – This year’s NGA Show will feature a new and extensive education program focused on the needs of independent grocers, the trade group said on Wednesday. Using Data and Analytics to Drive Consumer Intimacy. Revitalize Your Competitive Strategy with Marketplace Analysis. Optimizing Center Store Sales.

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A1 Retail

APRIL 29, 2021

The London based consultancy helps its customers make informed decisions about how to enhance their locations. They provide expertise in developing expansion plans, network optimisations and multi-channel strategies, underpinned by bespoke data, forecasting models and mapping tools.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 7, 2022

Tesco’s success is not by accident it has a carefully crafted strategy that is keeping its competition in the cut throat grocery sector at bay. That’s one of the reasons why discount grocers like Aldi and Lidl were able to gain share in the United Kingdom over a decade ago after the last recession. Value for money. Source: Bloomberg.

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Grocery e-commerce sales are still over 230% higher on average, according to eGrowcery data, than they were when the pandemic began, clearly indicating that shopper behavior has changed — permanently. Consumers, both online and in-store — for delivery and pickup — want to get through their shopping lists ASAP. billion online with U.S.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 18, 2023

Morrisons meanwhile brought back its More Card loyalty scheme weeks later, which also offered exclusive prices, while M&S trialled limited discounted prices for its members across 50 stores in South Wales, the West Midlands and North East, from 28 June to 11 July. M&S getting on board the member-only pricing bandwagon.

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Rangeme

MAY 19, 2022

To stay competitive, more retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers are taking specific actions to emulate Amazon’s signature inventiveness and customer obsession. The following tech trends are helping retailers accelerate the pace of their omnichannel service. Walmart to build local fulfillment centers at dozens of stores.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 27, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO — Instacart has introduced new digital marketing tools designed to help retailers create more affordable, personalized experiences for their customers and build brand loyalty, the company said on Monday.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 22, 2022

But as health restrictions enacted during the pandemic eased consumers started eating out and shopping in-stores again causing Instacart’s fire cracker growth in 2020 to look like a distant memory as Instacart’s sales growth slowed to 20% in 2021 to reach $1.8 This change in behaviour caused Instacart’s revenues to jump by 330% in 2020.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

Warning : Given the complexity and breadth of topics, this is a longer than usual episode with a runtime of 90 minutes (if we had more time, we’d produce a shorter podcast). On Friday, August 25th 2023 Instacart filled its S-1 IPO form with the SEC, in advance of its intention to make an initial public offering.

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Rangeme

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Retailers and brands also protect product availability by using real-time data to identify shifts in demand and supply chain operations. 11 IRI Releases New Grocery Trends Data Ahead of Thanksgiving Holiday. 11 IRI Releases New Grocery Trends Data Ahead of Thanksgiving Holiday. Source: SEI. Shipping delays. 2 Unglesbee, Ben.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2021

Even more impressively, online and non-store sales were up 23.9%, to $209 billion. Typically we could count on this data to guide us as we plan for the next holiday season. Tracking location data along with customer data can help stores better prepare for 2021. Re-evaluating Supplier Data.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Online grocery’s previously lethargic rate of adoption meant that grocers lagged other retail sectors in multichannel merchandising systems, customer data management and fulfillment technology. In many cases, even the product images and descriptions online today are simply borrowed from neighborhood circulars and in-store collateral.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

Check out our other stories, on consumer attitudes toward AI , store design applications and customer-facing applications. Generative AI-powered solutions’ ability to ingest non-linear, non-numerical types of data, including images, audio and video, is a strong fit for the multi-touch-point nature of commerce today.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2021

This is especially true when a retailer or brand’s loyalty program — a proven tactic for driving retention and competitive differentiation — isn’t accessible in the pickup or delivery process. Moments should be designed to collect and activate zero-party data to drive personalization. They must be relevant. They must be ownable.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2021

Rather than years or months, grocers had just weeks (if not days) to adapt to the new competitive pressures of the ecommerce space. In-store pickup, curbside pickup and delivery certainly helped supermarkets offer an e-grocery option, but convenience alone isn’t a long-term strategy. reached $7.2

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Winners, defined as retailers with same-store/channel growth above the industry average of 4.5% , interacted more with Amazon on average compared to underperformers. However, there is still work to do, as 56% say their competition is doing a better job acting on customers’ expectations. It’s the easiest thing to do.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

Jason: [4:20] Yeah no I think your speculation is probably spot-on you know groceries a tough business to make money like in way instacart isn’t really a grocer that are. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. In episode 269 is a recap of Amazon and Instacart news as well as other industry news.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 4, 2023

Jason: [4:00] Yeah so we have data from the US Department of Commerce through June and it is a really complicated story so that the top line is a little bit of a worrisome sign so year-to-date January through June of this year retail sales are 1.9 In this episode we break down the 1p and 3p retail performance, AWS, and the Ads.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Bolstered by digitised loyalty schemes, most major supermarkets are unveiling retail media platforms, while ecommerce retailers capitalise on activating their rich stores of first-party shopper data. Now, similar efforts are emerging amongst retailers, as seen with the Independent Grocers Alliance in the US.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 16, 2021

Topics Covered: Changes in competition between grocery, QSR, and fast casual. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. In episode 267 we deep dive into the rapidly changing digital grocery and digital resturant industries with Matt Newberg founder of HNGRY. Matt Newberg ( @thenewb ) is the founder of HNGRY ( hngry.tv ).

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

To help ease the burden of tenants who were severely impacted, we offered rental rebates. The retail industry in Malaysia has struggled during Covid, but shopping centre Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur has continued to find a way to reach consumers. Inside Retail: Malaysian retail has been reported to be at an all-time low.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 21, 2021

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. In episode 261 is an interview with Benedict Evans, a well-known VC with deep familiarity with the commerce industry. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Podcast RSS SoundCloud TuneIn iHeartRadio Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts Facebook. ? ? ? ? ? Transcript.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 1, 2022

Jason: [0:59] I am thrilled to be chatting with you on a rare Sunday night this is unusual for us. Jason: [0:59] I am thrilled to be chatting with you on a rare Sunday night this is unusual for us. Jason: [1:11] We I feel like we need to get ahead a little bit because you know there’s a new Game of Thrones series coming soon.

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Cisco Retail

APRIL 9, 2021

Competition in the retail food space became even fiercer when Amazon bought Whole Foods, catapulting the digital giant into 450 physical locations across the United States. This move put all grocery store chains on notice: Digitally transform or perish. To meet its strategic objectives, the grocer turned to Cisco for help.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

DFI Retail Group is a multi-category retail group spanning supermarkets, convenience stores, health and beauty chains, Ikea franchises, and a stake in Starbucks Coffee chains in multiple Asian markets. If I’m just sat in an ivory tower, telling people to do that, it lacks authenticity.”

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Retail Geek

JULY 7, 2022

Scot: [1:02] Oh I’ve seen you in that department of Commerce data comes out so. Jason: [1:13] I don’t know maybe I feel like we should move it to like python or are something more more hip for the geeky kids. Scot: [1:56] No you’re gonna have to use the app like the rest of us mere citizens.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

Subscribe : Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Podcast RSS SoundCloud TuneIn iHeartRadio Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts Facebook ? ? ? ? ? ShopTalk 2023 took place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas March 26 – March 29th, and seems fully back to pre-pandemic levels.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 13, 2022

Impact of App Tracking Transparency (ATT) on advertising platforms Shopify vs. Facebook Retail Media Networks Q1 2022 US Department of commerce data and trends Audience questions (including buy now pay later). A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. Sorry for the delay since our last show. Jason: [2:13] Bend Oregon.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Brian Beitler is the Founder and General Manager of Live Shop Ventures, a video commerce initiative within the Qurate Retail Group , which is the parent company of HSN and QVC. Brian has also served as the CMO of Qurate Retail Group, in addition to many other interesting marketing roles in the retail world. My entire career when I left Mattel.

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