Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

What are the implications of not offering alternative payment methods, not just for grocers but for retailers in general? For example, what you generally find in most checkouts [in a sector like grocery] are your standard Visa and Mastercard. Consumers are now more digital, and they’ve gotten into these habits.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Starting in the late 1980s with the introduction of self-checkout kiosks and progressing to today’s smart RFID tags and even fully automated storefronts, retail leaders have slowly but surely embraced digital in-store enhancements. Retailers across segments have been expanding their smart store ambitions for decades.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 9, 2025

Sainsburys has launched a trial allowing customers to pay directly on its handheld SmartShop devices, removing the need to visit a traditional checkout as part of wider efforts to streamline the shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

Though many can’t afford to develop a completely autonomous shopping experience, cashless checkouts have made it easier and more convenient for those one-item shoppers to run in and out. Grocers that convince customers to become loyalty card holders, for example, will achieve levels of customer retention that restaurants don’t often see.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Case in point: Return rates for online purchases are 15% to 40%, compared with 5% to 10% for in-store purchases. Grocers and big box retailers are under more pressure to spur online impulse buying because foot traffic has slowed down during the pandemic. However, rational choices are not always made.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Retail Gazette examines how likely this is to happen by comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the rival grocers. Its results are a stark contrast to Asda, which reported a return to profit earlier this year of £180m in the year to end of December 2023, up from a £432m loss in 2022. Which grocer offers better value?

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Despite this, recent Kantar data shows the grocer’s market share slipped to 8.6% Speaking to The Grocer, a Morrisons spokesperson said it had carried out a thorough review of its bakery arm during the past few months, but that the division “has been lossmaking for a number of years despite investment.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 10, 2024

Shoppers buy more food As the rate of inflation continues to fall, experts predict that food retailers will see sales volumes return to growth after two years of subdued figures. This will likely see more value messaging put forward by the big grocers in a bid to win over customers. to 1% for the year.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 22, 2024

Some avid shoppers even started queueing as early as 3:15am on Wednesday morning to catch a first glimpse of the upmarket grocer’s new look John Barnes store on Finchley Road. The grocer returned to market share growth for the first time in two years last month, according to the latest Kantar figures, and wants to build on this.

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I Vend

AUGUST 10, 2021

According to industry experts The Grocer magazine, UK supermarkets continue to see high levels of growth. It’s essential that online shopping is user-friendly, with a frictionless checkout process that avoids abandoned carts and lost opportunity. They quote research from NielsenIQ , that shows that sales for February 2021 grew by 10.6%

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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 Gazette

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Retail Gazette examines how likely this is to happen by comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the rival grocers. Its results are a stark contrast to Asda, which reported a return to profit earlier this year of 180m in the year to end of December 2023, up from a 432m loss in 2022. Which grocer offers better value?

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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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Rangeme

AUGUST 3, 2021

O]nline grocery shows no sign of slowing down, even as consumers return to physical stores …” 3 Petrak, Lynn. Progressive Grocer. Progressive Grocer. Instacart launches 30-minute delivery service for grocers. Hands-free checkout. Amazon will open the doors to a grab-and-go, checkout-less grocery store on Thursday.

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365 Retail

MAY 24, 2023

But it was decades in the making, born by the grocery sector’s need to bust long checkout queues. And to think, it all started with a simple barcode in a grocery checkout. If configured for machine vision, these scanners could be used to identify items that aren’t acceptable for return per quality standards defined in the system.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 27, 2023

With the launch of Instacart Marketing Solutions and our expanded loyalty programs, we’re developing new technology tools that empower retailers of all sizes to create strategic digital campaigns and unique loyalty programs that engage their customers, grow their business and, ultimately, help customers find more savings at checkout.”

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

You like on average went up 20% thanks to covid but what I think is happening here is for any other grocer. Their sales went way up but it disproportionately skewed to e-commerce and Amazon when you order something online and it’s delivered from a whole food sale it. [15:12] The leader and poised to continue to be so.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

Scot: [1:05:04] To be sets the stage for a bob Iger like return of pesos at some point maybe he’ll. Scot: [24:00] And then what is if a brand wants to be on like 10 of the 40 of these how do they do that it’s just they just hire an agency to manage it all are there some tools developed coming along they’ll do.

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Rangeme

JULY 12, 2022

Canadians Returning to Shopping Centres and Brick-and-Mortar Retail in a Big Way: JLL Study. The top five grocers in Canada in 2020 in descending order of market share were: Loblaws /Shoppers Drug Mart (27%), Sobeys/Safeway (22%), Metro /Jean Coutu (11%), Costco (9%), and Walmart (8%). Canadian Grocer. Canadian Grocer.

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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] Scot: [9:59] Yeah the have is there a list of people that have done J W wasn’t one of the convenience store it’s kind of like 7-Eleven is that right.

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Retail Geek

JULY 30, 2021

In-store pickup was was much more prominent with like a dedicated area for for Bo p**s pickups in the front of the store you could do self checkout with scan and go using the mobile app and there was a lot of. Sort of a product specific landing page on in their mobile app.

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Retail Adventures

JUNE 25, 2024

From traditional checkout counters to elaborate designs, to smart carts that automatically ring up whatever you place in the cart, to reading your palm for payment, our choice of options at the cash wrap is limitless. We took one look at the checkout lines at the World of Disney® store at Walt Disney World and said “We’re outta here.”

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