Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2022

In 2019, online grocery accounted for 6.3% Alongside the infrastructure dilemma, when speaking to grocers about their online operation, it becomes clear just how challenging optimizing and unlocking value during the ecommerce end-to-end process can be. of total US grocery sales. Then in 2021, grocery ecommerce sales reached 9.5%

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2024

Last week, Amazon -owned grocery chain Whole Foods announced the launch of a new format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, to make grocery shopping more convenient for urban consumers. Whole Foods Market Daily Shop is not the grocery retailer’s first foray into smaller storefronts.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

Independent Queensland grocer Skippys Fresh Frootz has garnered attention on social media for its videos highlighting its low prices at a time when Australia’s major supermarkets are facing scrutiny for their lack of transparency in their price-setting practices. Private-label brand sales account for 18.1

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 5, 2024

The move follows evidence given by both GMB Union and the grocer’s bosses at a committee session before Christmas, which Asda co-owner TDR Capital did not attend. GMB national officer Nadine Houghton said: “It’s right that MPs will finally get the chance to hold TDR Capital to account on their co-ownership of Asda.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2022

As the end of the year approaches, retailers and shopping centres in Malaysia are seeing increased foot traffic and sales volumes, as shoppers come back with a vengeance to purchase gifts and other items for Christmas and New Year festivities. A great example of this is Grab’s acquisition of Jaya Grocer back in January of this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2020

For example, discount grocers have remained strong for the past decade — even with their old-fashioned approaches to brick-and-mortar. The retailer has harnessed personalization and other, less customer-facing technologies to improve the shopping experience — and these investments are paying off.

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Retail Focus

JULY 28, 2021

The potential for real-time accounting and replenishment systems is unreal — not to mention the supply chain savings that live information from Just Walk Out will yield. Developers and shopping centers can completely rethink their footprints, optimizing cost and potential worth, too. Maybe try this? ”. We’ll deliver.” .

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Mass Relators

MARCH 25, 2024

As part of this expansion effort, ALDI announced that it has completed its acquisition of Southeastern Grocers. ALDI said that its low-price strategy will be particularly appealing to new consumers right now, when inflation has made budget-conscious shopping a priority for many consumers. “Our

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

trillion dollars and account for 59% of all global ecommerce by 2027. “It’s Ecommerce juggernaut Rue Gilt Groupe (RGG) , also has its sights set on shaking things up in the online world of off-price through its new joint venture with mall operator Simon — a marketplace called Shop Premium Outlets (SPO).

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Retail Gazette

JULY 25, 2023

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Meanwhile, discounts and promotions now account for 22.5% of grocer sales, up from 20% in the same period last year, as more shops lower prices to help customers manage rising costs.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

in the 12 weeks to 21 January, accounting for 15.7% The supermarket’s CEO Simon Roberts said: “More customers are choosing to shop at Sainsbury’s, recognising our determined focus on value, product innovation and service.” . The supermarket’s revenues surged 8.1% of the total market, up 0.3% on last year.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The positioning of product listings is just one way brands are working with retailers to advertise to the huge audience that many shopping websites attract. The rise of retail media Retail media essentially allows brands to advertise to customers while they shop, either online or in-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

When we have partnerships with these merchants they’re trusted brands, so consumers can feel good about shopping with those brands.”. What are the implications of not offering alternative payment methods, not just for grocers but for retailers in general? Source: CivicScience. Those businesses will win over time.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

But as we head into a new, elongated holiday shopping season, brands need to perfectly balance satisfying customer needs and maintaining margins. As a result, grocers have to consider the impact of pricing consistency and competitors on loyalty when shifting prices.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 23, 2024

He comments: “It’s hard to pick apart the numbers, but a reasonable conclusion would be that the full-range grocers have become more adept at retaining shoppers than they were in 2008-09 and that the discounters have been seeing more muted like-for-like growth as a consequence.”

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Maddie Smith, managing director, The Body Shop UK and Ireland Last January, The Body Shop hired Estée Lauder’s US retail boss Maddie Smith to lead its UK operation. She is currently helping to give The Body Shop a makeover, which involves upgrading and improving its product range and a introducing swathe of new store formats.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 20, 2024

” However, the ASA claimed the advert would cause consumers to believe the total cost of purchasing ingredients at Aldi for a typical festive dinner would be less than any other British grocer – rather than the 7 that Aldi had compared itself to. It added that the Which? ” Which? A spokesman for the Which?

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Soaring food prices put the grocers under the spotlight and, despite the wafer-thin margins they operate on, execs from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons were hauled in front of MPs to investigate whether the sector was profiteering from the cost-of-living crisis. Food and drink inflation rose to 19.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2021

In the wake of COVID-19, low-contact shopping behaviors such as ecommerce and delivery were accelerated and widely adopted, as goods bought online in 2020 globally grew by 24%.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The move comes as the grocer published its accounts for the year to end of February at Companies House, showing how it benefitted during the pandemic from is position as an “essential” retailer. million loss a year earlier, according to the accounts. Sales jumped 12% to £7.7 billion and pre-tax profits hit £9.8

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The shop near Sainsbury’s headquarters had previously been open to staff in a trial (Sainsbury’s/PA). However, the supermarket group ended the trial months later after complaints from shoppers who found the shopping experience difficult. The new store will be on the site of Sainsbury’s first till-free store, which it opened in 2019.

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Mass Relators

JULY 25, 2022

on Monday announced the deployment of an online service for Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) recipients shopping at its Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, Vons, and Pavilions banners. EBT SNAP customers can also now access their online accounts to view and track their balance, the company said. “At BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Online shopping has accelerated this year because of COVID-19-triggered lockdowns, and this sudden growth may become permanent. More than six out of 10 shopping journeys start online, according to Google Analytics. A 2016 survey found that nearly 80% of impulse buys happen in-store. Retailers also have shuttered thousands of stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

The solution provider noted that grocers using its solution typically see a 3% sales increase, significant improvement in inventory turns and up to 25% less food waste — a result that would support the supermarket retailer’s sustainability goals. But any new (or newly enhanced) technology also carries risks.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2021

This will allow him to effectively set his own course without taking into account the wishes of other shareholders. Many grocers have launched online delivery services, but these mainly cater to the pre-planned weekly shopping mission. Despite only owning 6.3 per cent of the company post-listing, Shu hold 57.5

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Potts, who stepped away from the grocer last month after nine years, brings a wealth of retail and grocery experience – something that’s desperately needed on the Partnership’s current board and which White has been criticised as lacking. His deep grocery experience could be vital in getting Waitrose back on form.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 27, 2023

It includes three tiers of service based on each retailer’s unique needs: Self-Serve: Designed for speed, Self-Serve allows retailers of all sizes and budgets, including local and independent grocers, to create and deploy their own marketing campaigns for launch on the Instacart App or their Instacart Platform-powered website.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2024

Within retail, grocery and liquor majors have the highest commercial potential at $94 million per business, while shopping centres, convenience networks and retail aggregator sectors each deliver an average of $30 million to $43 million per business, per year. Amazon and Chemist Warehouse are also standout success stories.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Founded by a grocer, Mable is committed to helping the small business community thrive with their easy-to-use wholesale platform. . With over 1,500 brands to shop from, low order minimums, and direct shipping, Mable is the perfect wholesale partner for sourcing specialty food and beverages from local, emerging companies.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

How do you account for not just the proliferation of marketplaces, but executives’ increased willingness to talk about them? There are a lot of things feeding this idea that you can own almost every part of a customer’s life: their entertainment, their cloud, their shipping, their shopping. The beauty industry also.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2022

And as the e-commerce market in Southeast Asia has grown, so have demands from consumers for a highly personalised, integrated, one-stop-shop experience delivered seamlessly through multiple retail channels. Impressive milestones regional e-commerce platforms have hit during shopping festivals in Southeast Asia illustrate the phenomenon.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 19, 2022

As sustainability continues to grow in popularity, the new buzz around the block is that ‘buying local’ and ‘shopping small’ is better for the planet — but is this really true? In 2019, the shipping industry accounted for about three percent of global carbon emissions, and that number is expected to rise to 17 percent by 2050.

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A1 Retail

AUGUST 24, 2022

According to the latest analysis by the Gift Card and Voucher Association (GCVA) and KPMG UK , consumer gift card sales have increased across all channels, with in-store sales accounting for 54.7% When broken down into sectors, fashion retailers and grocers experienced the highest levels of growth at 63.8% respectively.

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Retail Minded

MARCH 14, 2022

Encourage reusable shopping bags and containers. One small step in the right direction is to encourage your customers to bring their own shopping bags in to the store. You may even want to sweeten the deal by allotting customers discounts for bringing their own reusable shopping bags and containers in to your store. .

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Rangeme

JULY 12, 2022

export market, accounting for 17.9% ($310 billion U.S.) million people of color, accounting for 22% of the total population. Canadians Returning to Shopping Centres and Brick-and-Mortar Retail in a Big Way: JLL Study. In another lasting pandemic habit, half of Canadian consumers still make less frequent but bigger basket shops.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The shop near Sainsbury’s headquarters had previously been open to staff in a trial (Sainsbury’s/PA). However, the supermarket group ended the trial months later after complaints from shoppers who found the shopping experience difficult. The new store will be on the site of Sainsbury’s first till-free store, which it opened in 2019.

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 11, 2022

Most grocers charge their suppliers fees for putting an item on the shelf. A small detail like this can make a customer laugh creating a positive experience enticing them to spend more and return again next time in search of a shopping experience that simply feels better than others. This results in higher prices. so we don’t do it.

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