Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

California-based Vallarta Supermarkets is piloting autonomous robots in five locations in Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernadino counties to support employees by identifying in-store hazards. The retailer will test inventory management technology in a sixth store.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 7, 2024

Morrisons has acquired 38 stores and six fuel forecourts in the Channel Islands from long-term partner SandpiperCI. The supermarket chain said it currently supplies all the shops in some capacity, with 19 operating under its Daily fascia. in the last 12 months. Our convenience business is now well set and growing rapidly.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. It’s exciting to see a checkout-free capability live in one of our stores,” said Eric Traxler, VP of IT at Aldi in a statement. Amazon , one of the pioneers of cashierless solutions, has been moving away from deployments in supermarkets.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Amazon will close its two Amazon Style stores, located in Glendale, Calif. The stores had been open for less than two years: the Glendale location opened in May 2022 , although the concept had been reported on as early as January 2022. and Columbus, Ohio, by Nov. 9, 2023, according to CNBC and other media outlets.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Powered by Instacart , Aldi will offer nearly 2,000 of its most-shopped items for delivery in as fast as 30 minutes. The Aldi Express service is now available from more than 2,100 Aldi supermarket locations across the U.S. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., including 200 Whole Foods supermarkets, and have clocked more than 3 million uses to date.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2023

While most supermarkets prioritized developments that facilitated COVID-era shopping behaviors like grocery delivery, curbside pickup or self-checkout, grocery shoppers are now looking for improved in-store experiences. Grocers should also consider ways to show up outside the store and branch outside traditional ways of working.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

food retail industry comprises nearly 63,000 grocery stores and supermarkets, which amounted to $765.98 Retailers can bring loyalty programs to the next level by adding proximity marketing based on in-store location throughout the journey. Even with in-store promotions, timing is everything.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Good Food Holdings and Instacart will open the first Instacart Platform-powered Connected Store at a Bristol Farms location in Irvine, Calif. The supermarket will utilize the Connected Stores experience to help shoppers move seamlessly between the retailer’s app, website and in-store experience.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

He said an acceleration of Coles Local and Liquorland renewal will see “a new store program focused on high quality, locations, and winning formats”. We no longer, as a general rule, expect supermarkets to be physical-only entities. times more with Coles in total, than those that only shop in store”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Here are some examples covering the spectrum of diversification, from a continuist perspective to more disruptive cases: In July 2021, John Lewis revealed plans to become a private landlord by building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets across the UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

And stay tuned next week for a special bonus entry in the series — an on-the-ground take on the smart cart shopping experience. Most notable is Amazon’s recent pullback of its own tech, with the removal of JWO from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and its plans to focus on smart carts instead at new locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 12, 2020

Following a 16-store pilot of curbside pickup, Sam’s Club is rolling out the service to all of its 597 locations. After completing their online shopping list and selecting a pickup time, members arriving at the club use a designated pickup spot, where a Sam’s Club associate will load the items into their cars.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2022

Evaluate Your Retail Store’s Location. Every retail store has unique property characteristics that should be taken into consideration when deciding on physical security — one of which includes where your store is located.

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Mike Anthony

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Is this a fad, or a gimmick, or is this the future of supermarket shopping? I visited their newest Asda Refill Station near York to check out how things were looking, and to consider how this might impact shopping behavior. Are refill stations a brilliant niche or the beginning of a new way of shopping?

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 8, 2022

the family-owned company that operates the ShopRite of Parsippany and ShopRite of West Caldwell stores in New Jersey, has appointed Mike Jacob vice president of operations. We look forward to working with Mike to provide the best possible shopping experiences at our stores.” . — Sunrise ShopRite Inc.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2021

A toy shop that gave the world Barbie, Mr. Potato Head and other wonderful creations. The toy seller, which at its peak had more than 1,500 stores around the world, was part of the fabric of American childhood for more than half a century. Remember Toys ‘R’ Us? and abroad. In 2017, the U.S. business collapsed, saddled with debt.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

For years, this has led to convenience store operators buying stock at a Countdown or Pak’N Save store where common items can be bought in volume considerably cheaper than from wholesalers). Independent online grocery retail startup Supie was less than impressed by the report on the New Zealand grocery duopoly.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The Covid pandemic has changed the way consumers shop and interact with brands. Traditional in-store shelf execution strategies are even less dependable, if not obsolete. Traditional in-store shelf execution strategies are even less dependable, if not obsolete.

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Mass Relators

MAY 10, 2023

operations, which include the Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Hannaford Bros., in constant currency driven primarily by over 20% growth at Food Lion and The GIANT Company, which both opened four new click-and-collect locations during the quarter. ” Underlying operating margin in the U.S. businesses. the GIANT Co.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 26, 2022

NEW YORK – Regional supermarket operators Meijer and Bashas’ separately announced they are now accepting online payments by shoppers enrolled in SNAP, the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program. Bashas’ said it plans to introduce the capability to its Diné stores across Arizona and New Mexico.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 9, 2023

in constant currency, driven primarily by double-digit growth at Food Lion, which opened over 100 additional click-and-collect locations compared to the prior year. effective March 2024, utilizing our existing Stop & Shop store network and partners to service customers in this catchment area going forward.”

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Shopper Motion

MARCH 10, 2020

A trip to a retail store isn’t just only about the items the shopper brings to the checkout counter, there is also the vast amount of data that includes the shopping experience as a whole. Supermarkets tend to approximate this number with the number of tickets in the PoS as mostly everyone will buy. Pros of people counters.

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V Count

JULY 9, 2021

According to a report titled “ How Long Does It Take To Lose Your Customer,” the average Brit spends 1 year, 2 weeks, and a day of their lives stuck in shop queues. Slow-moving lines not only cause shopper frustration but may also affect brand loyalty: 74% of shoppers will go to a competitor’s store if they perceive a faster queue time.

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V Count

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In retail, for example, various technological solutions are implemented to ensure that stores’ operations run as smoothly and efficiently as possible. In order to do so, businesses need to gain insights into their visitor data to understand shopping behavior – this is where people counters, or people counting sensors, come into play.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 21, 2023

and Gordon Reid, President of Stop & Shop Liz Chace Marino Esther Peterson’s historic legacy of consumer advocacy and future-focused progress perfectly captures the professional ethos of Liz Chace-Marino, Manager of Government Affairs at Ahold Delhaize USA, and Gordon Reid, President of Stop & Shop. Albers, also known as “Mr.

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