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Study eyes grocers’ long-term future

Mass Relators

Grocers will rise or fall based on their ability to align themselves to the dominant demographic, cultural, economic and technological trends that will slowly reshape the market context over decades to come. Only when income exceeds $150,000 per year do finances even out with health and the environment as sources of stress for consumers. •

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Amazon, Walmart among grocers best-positioned for 2053

Mass Relators

Grocers will rise or fall based on their ability to align themselves to the dominant demographic, cultural, economic, and technological trends that will slowly reshape the market context over decades to come. Only when income exceeds $150,000 per year do finances even out with health and the environment as sources of stress for consumers.

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Showfields and the bankruptcy of the ‘most interesting store in the world’

Inside Retail

US-based retailer Showfields, the self-described “most interesting store in the world”, filed for bankruptcy this month and will be restructuring through a form of Chapter 11 bankruptcy created during Covid to help small businesses continue operations, reorganise, and maintain control of finances without creditors taking over.

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AWS Q&A: How Retailers can Prepare Ecommerce Operations for COVID-Driven Uncertainty

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers fear for their health and they fear for their finances, especially today with what is around 20 million. The challenge that puts on retailers is, ‘ How do I convince this finicky consumer that it’s safe to do business with me? ’. It’s no longer ‘I always go to the same grocer every week.’

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Best of 2023: Is private equity ownership slowly killing retail?

Retail Gazette

GMB national officer Nadine Houghton argues the grocer is being used by its owners as a “cash cow” and warns that rising interest rates will leave the retailer’s debt level “unsustainable”. The private equity-owned grocer is not alone in its quest to manage debt. But why is private equity so controversial?

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Pricing Amid Inflation: McKinsey Partner Offers Data-Led Best Practices

Retail TouchPoints

Retail brands and consumers alike are feeling the pressure of inflation. In the first part of an exclusive four-part series developed in partnership with McKinsey , The Future of Retail Growth , we dig into the pressures impacting consumer behaviors and spending patterns. We recently published two reports that dig into this topic.

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Sainsbury’s growth spurt continues as grocery inflation falls at slower rate

Retail Gazette

Kantar head of retail and consumer insight Fraser McKevitt said “all eyes are back on inflation” after the Consumer Prices Index’s (CPI) unexpected rise earlier this month. ” Additionally, Kantar found 86m more lunchboxes were taken to work last year, as workers kept an eye on their finances. in November.