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Alliance Retail Group Launches Retail Media Network to Help Independent Grocers Compete

Retail TouchPoints

Alliance Retail Group (ARG) — a nonprofit self-negotiating ad group that helps independent grocers band together to remain competitive — has launched a retail media network (RMN) that will be powered by Swiftly.

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Associated Wholesale Grocers Streamlines Member Access to Instacart Delivery and Smart Carts

Retail TouchPoints

Cooperative food wholesaler Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) , which serves independently owned supermarkets, has expanded its partnership with Instacart to offer ecommerce and same-day delivery solutions as well as smart cart technology to its member retailers. An Instacart shopper will then pick and deliver the order.

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Integrate Pricing, Promotions and Markdowns to Drive Profitability

Retail TouchPoints

But at the same time merchants’ margins are being squeezed, making intelligent pricing and promotions strategies even more critical for success. Now, it’s all about how you reach consumers through tailored promotions.”

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Instacart Acquires Ecommerce Platform to Empower Local and Independent Grocers

Retail TouchPoints

Instacart has acquired Rosie , an ecommerce platform serving local and independent grocers, wholesalers and retailers, as Instacart seeks to build on its commitment to smaller businesses in addition to expanding its digital offerings. . Rosie’s tools help grocers develop a strong online presence and guide consumers to local stores.

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Three ways online grocers can win, and retain, customers post-pandemic

Inside Retail

During the Covid-19 pandemic, grocers managed an unprecedented level of online orders for fulfilment via delivery and click-and-collect. The challenges during this time were related mostly to a lack of delivery slots and product and labour shortages, which impacted the ability to fulfil orders in a timely manner (or at all). .

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If Perception is Reality, Grocers Need to Better Connect Base Price and Promotions

RIS News

You can say the same about grocery promotions. Although base price is 2X more important to shoppers than promotions when it comes to price perception, promotions can make the winning difference at a time when shoppers believe prices are higher than they are, and when they believe that grocers are earning higher profit margins.

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Inside Aldi’s new Sydney Corner Store urban grocer concept

Inside Retail

Along with extended trading hours it features a coffee kiosk operated by Sonoma, with locally roasted, barista-made coffee, along with an artisan bakery section and a collection of Aldi’s promotional Special Buys. A Sonoma barista at work in the new Aldi Corner Store. Aldi’s Special Buys are centre stage.

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