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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

While 2020 saw brick-and-mortar retail businesses buckle under the strain of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, the number of purchases being made online skyrocketed. A study by Inside Retail found that the ANZ e-commerce market experienced five years worth of growth in just six months from March 2020.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2021

They’re building new distribution warehouses, they’re bringing on more staff to fulfil online orders. To find out how you can market to your customers this festive season, visit: [link]. The post 2019 vs 2020 vs 2021: How has Covid impacted Christmas? They’re looking at a more omnichannel approach.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Taking advantage of the surge in online grocery generated by COVID-19, Farmstead plans to bring its dark store fulfillment model to a third market: Raleigh-Durham, N.C. was its first new market in this region, and Farmstead plans to launch in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. The expansion will be fueled by a $7.9 Charlotte, N.C.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

In 2020 alone, driven largely by COVID-19, digital sales doubled , as did the number of households using Kroger’s network of digital offerings. The company reported on the success of its “Restock Kroger” transformation strategy over the last three years and outlined a new strategy called “Leading with Fresh and Accelerating with Digital.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

store, and it plans to open 70 more brick-and-mortar locations in 2020. Four of those new stores will be in the greater Phoenix area, representing a new market for Aldi , as well as its first locations in Arizona. In May 2020, Aldi announced its plans to expand curbside pickup to 600 stores in 35 states by the end of July. “As

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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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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

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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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. One of the most unique aspects of Prime Day 2020 is how it became the gateway to the holiday season. Small Businesses Were Big Beneficiaries of Prime Day 2020. planned to spend less.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2021

The company operates more than 250 micro-fulfillment centers across the country, fulfilling orders for common items including cleaning and home products, over-the-counter medications, baby and pet products, food and drinks and alcohol. The funding will build upon the $1.15 delivery charge. The company acquired BevMo!

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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 TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2020

Retailers lucky enough to benefit from these lower-margin consumable sales should be taking advantage of the situation, even if they’re not going to be able to match Walmart’s logistics and fulfillment capabilities. The short-term impact on margins can be more than offset by the long-term opportunities in customer acquisition and retention.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

From the increased market share of digitally native brands to decisions from companies like GlobeWest and Homebodii to dial up D2C strategies, shoppers are becoming increasingly accustomed to purchasing products directly from brands. Fulfilment of the future. Direct-to-consumer selling. Australians spent an unprecedented $50.46

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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. year-over-year and 5.8%

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2021

The items on Amazon Warehouse will be checked over and fulfilled by Amazon staff, can be eligible for free delivery for Prime members, and will be discounted. According a 2020 resale report from ThredUp, the online second-hand market is expected to grow from $7 billion in 2019 to $35 billion in 2024.

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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

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

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

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

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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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. In Q2 2020, boom, the U.S.

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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. The deal built on Uber’s acquisition of Postmates in June 2020. more than doubling the availability of the offering.

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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. Kohl’s did not provide a reason for Gaffney’s departure from the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2024

REI and Trex have worked together since 2020 to divert plastic film waste from the retailer’s stores and fulfillment centers, using it to make Trex’s eco-friendly composite decking.

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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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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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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

In transaction volumes, the market experienced 10 per cent growth in 2023, outpacing the rate of new outlets opening, which remained at 3 per cent growth. Fazira also expects a more seamless user experience merging consumer digital tools with enhanced back-end systems for quicker fulfilment and lifestyle integration. trillion in 2023.

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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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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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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

OCTOBER 13, 2020

With a focus on emerging technologies and innovative startups, the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference is featuring three Startup Innovation Lab sessions that will introduce attendees to a total of 20 tech innovators. Cook and Proctor will then announce the four cohort brands being honored by Cultivate in 2020.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 26, 2022

And social media marketing has become an indispensable tool for leveraging products and services. With the advent of influencer marketing driven by the advent of social media personalities, brands and businesses are more than ever looking for influencers to help them connect with customers. What are Influencer Marketing Agencies?

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