Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

An “overwhelming majority” of workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold a union election. The union statement added that working at a Whole Foods is physically demanding, and that “the speed with which we are pushed to work increases every day.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

19, 2025 for the chance to win $300,000 in cash and industry services, as well as the opportunity to be merchandised in Albertsons banner supermarkets. WunderEggs, a plant-based egg alternative, is now being sold at 1,600 Albertsons stores including Safeway, Acme, Albertsons, Shaws and Vons.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2025

Regional grocery chain Wegmans has partnered with Uber Eats to offer on-demand delivery from stores in Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Wegmans already works with DoorDash and recently expanded that partnership to additional supermarkets in the chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Coles Group , which operates a chain of more than 800 supermarkets across Australia, will deploy the Bringg delivery management platform in a bid to make its home delivery operations more efficient. The solution will make it easier for Coles to allocate deliveries to its network of carriers and track deliveries in real time. “We

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Jeanette Fenske, director of stores at Woolworths Supermarket, was this year’s distinguished recipient of the Women Leaders in Retail scholarship, supported by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and Chief Executive Women. But our store managers lead larger teams than most people.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Save A Lot has partnered with Leevers Supermarkets to launch Ahorra Mucho , a new discount grocery store and innovation center in Aurora, Colo. that will feature unique Hispanic product assortments — part of the store’s mission of testing how new products and shoppers could strengthen shopper loyalty among this consumer set.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Stop & Shop will deploy Savings Station kiosks in half its stores this month and complete a chainwide rollout to all 350+ supermarkets by the end of January 2025. Savings are automatically applied at checkout when shoppers scan their loyalty card or enter their phone number.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

While 7-Eleven is at the forefront of inventive uses for vision AI in the convenience retail market, we are also observing interest and adoption of vision AI for supermarket retailers for resource reallocation, to mirror each store’s unique ebb and flow of operations and foot traffic throughout the day.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Supermarket retailer Giant Eagle will leverage the end-to-end platform from Grocery TV to scale up its Leap retail media network (RMN), activating rich, relevant content on in-store TVs at nearly 200 stores across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In July 2024 , supermarket retailer Hy-Vee partnered with VusionGroup to install ESLs in more than 230 stores, following close on the heels of Walmart s June 2024 decision to roll out the solution providers digital shelf labels chainwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

very intentionally draws its design and merchandising inspiration from supermarkets rather than pharmacies. Joyleaf, which opened in late 2023, is organized and merchandised by type of product rather than by brand: all the edibles, for example, are grouped together as a category, as they would be in a supermarket.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

DoorDash , best known for restaurant deliveries, is expanding further into the supermarket vertical through partnerships with Meijer , Fresh Thyme and Smart & Final , with plans to add Hy-Vee and Gristedes / D’Agostino “in the coming weeks,” wrote Mike Goldblatt, Head of Grocery and Convenience Partnerships at DoorDash in a blog post.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

“DoorDash has been a great partner for our Meals 2GO program, and expanding our offering to include grocery delivery allows us to meet our customers where they are,” said Erica Tickle, VP of Marketing and Digital Growth at Wegmans in a statement. Expanding our delivery network is just one way we’re able to continue delivering on that mission.”

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2025

In-store operations were also affected, with disruptions to contactless payments and shortages of staple items in some locations, resulting in customer dissatisfaction. The post Cybercrime in retail: Trust is now at risk but that creates an opportunity appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

By October 2, DSW shops will open at six Hy-Vee locations in Minneapolis, with additional DSW shop-in-shops slated to open in 2021. Last year, the supermarket chain launched Joe Fresh at H y -Vee shops in select locations, as well as online, to offer branded apparel and accessories for women, men, children and babies.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Giant Eagle will upgrade its category management capabilities across its 216 supermarkets and 274 GetGo convenience stores, allowing the retailer to make more informed decisions about which products are placed where within its stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Albertsons has completed its rollout of an inventory management platform specifically designed for the rapidly changing nature of fresh products, deploying the solution across its more than 2,000 supermarkets in just seven months’ time. Driving sustainability practices across Albertsons Cos.

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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 TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2021

“We are excited to have a storytelling platform in the pet category that communicates Purina’s expertise and commitment to providing the leading products that keep pets safe, happy and healthy,” said Kenneth Endermuhle, Manager of Category Experience Design at Purina in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2025

This summer, Albertsons Media Collective will deploy in-store digital display networks in stores located in two regions that are key for the supermarket giant. We’re especially excited to enhance our measurement offerings as the fleet of digital screens is rolled out.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

billion (Canadian) this year, the supermarket retailer will open 80 new stores under a variety of banners, with approximately 50 of these stores being hard discount locations. The retailer had opened three no name stores in Ontario in 2024 , promising consumers steep discounts. As part of Loblaws plans to invest $2.2

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 14, 2025

Additionally, the group , which recently witnessed its worst Christmas since 2015, has created the new position of chief supply chain officer on its executive team, to oversee all of its food and general merchandise operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

The ultimate goal is to free up associates’ time to put more of their effort toward customer service while enabling optimal store conditions and accurate merchandising execution. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S.,

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Retail Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

At 182,000 square-feet, the new H-E-B Plus is the largest store operated by the chain. supermarket is located at: 9238 N.LOOP 1604 WEST SAN ANTONIO, TX 78249-2577 Corporate #623 This is a largely positive development… Continue reading →

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2024

“The number one driver of job satisfaction is an associate’s manager, and we believe that you — our front-line leaders — are the best in retail,” wrote Cedric Clark, EVP, Store Operations, Walmart U.S. A strong labor market has many retailers raising wages and improving benefits for workers at multiple levels. in a blog post.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 14, 2025

Gregg joins the business on Monday (20 January) from his current position as chief ecommerce and retail officer at Asda, Retail Week reported. He spent the last eight years at the UKs third biggest grocer, responsible for its retail and online shopping channels. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazettes free daily email newsletter

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2024

In fact, these 20 executives are showcasing how they’re driving their organizations — and the industry at large — forward, creating new standards for retail excellence in the process. This year’s Retail Innovator Award winners represent all of this — and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2025

retail workers are more likely to experience mental health symptoms and for longer durations; almost seven in ten (69%) reported at least one symptom. For example, peak periods may see customers form long lines at in-store pickup stations. Walmart, the worlds largest retailer and operator of over 5,000 stores in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

For food that cannot be marked down in stores or donated, the Divert recycling program also includes anaerobic digestion for processing these materials into carbon-negative renewable energy and nutrient-rich soil amendment, recouping the value of the food and advancing circularity. area, in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Zhang, who had been named CEO in May 2015 , recently narrowed his responsibilities to focus on leading the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, which Alibaba plans to spin off under a separate management team to be appointed at a later date.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2023

parent company of the Loblaws supermarket chain, will invest $2 billion Canadian (approximately $1.49 billion ) to improve its network of 2,500 stores in 2023. These capital investments will include 38 new and/or relocated stores and conversions or renovations to nearly 600 more. Loblaw Companies Ltd.,

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 13, 2025

The IPO could value the firm at around $13bn (10.7bn), equating to around 13 times its underlying earnings of $1.1bn last year and according to the Financial Times , would allow the brothers private equity partner TDR Capital to reduce its stake in the business over a decade after initially investing. Zuber Issa sold his 22.5%

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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

MARCH 25, 2025

The 570 -store Midwestern supermarket retailer Hy-Vee will expand its partnership with Instacart by adopting the platforms Carrot Ads solution. The ads will be inventory- and aisle-aware, meaning they will only be displayed on the carts screens when shoppers are in relevant store aisles and the items are in stock.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2025

GoodRx has streamlined the online prescription purchase process, launching the experience with employee-owned Midwestern supermarket retailer Hy-Vee. Hy-Vee has been undergoing both a digital and physical transformation of its operations in recent months.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Alibaba has opened 12 new Freshippo supermarkets in eight Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Freshippo combines physical and digital commerce in its 300+ stores throughout the country. Customers can order online and get their groceries delivered or visit brick-and-mortar stores known for their fresh produce.

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