Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. Walmart mandated that its suppliers put it on products by 2022, which has made a big impact on RFID adoption.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 7, 2022

That’s one of the reasons why discount grocers like Aldi and Lidl were able to gain share in the United Kingdom over a decade ago after the last recession. It has attacked the threat from discount grocers head on by offering everyday low prices on a selection of items and it’s paying off. Value for money. Source: Bloomberg.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

Jason: [37:26] No exact yeah I mean I think the Grocer’s talk and I hesitate to bring this up because I don’t think I remember I’ll for off the top my head but there’s like four typical types of shopping missions right so there is that like Pantry stocking shop there’s like a weekly shop there’s a.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 13, 2022

This month you’ve seen all these news articles about Amazon actually having too much warehouse space too much what they call fulfillment center space and how they’re literally trying to sublease space to other people that they may have over-invested, as e-commerce starts to slow down and if you cook to the this next slide. [8:15]

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02] So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02]

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

48:14] You know Amazon talked about how they’re seeing that they now have 600,000 skews that they ship in 90 markets same day. [48:24] 48:24] And so the big question is what’s the right 600,000 excuse to ship and and which ones in which markets.

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Rangeme

DECEMBER 7, 2021

To boost in-store convenience, Amazon started adding Just Walk Out contactless checkouts to Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh stores, as well as Sainsbury’s stores in the U.K. A Large-Scale Disruption in Container Shipping is Expected to Wreak Havoc on Retail This Christmas. Source: The Grocer. Ulster Grocer. Supermarket News.

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