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5 Strategies to Optimize the Online Integration of Your Grocery Store

Retail TouchPoints

The demand for grocery omnichannel ecommerce has been fueled by the pandemic, specifically consumers’ desire for convenience. To keep up with this demand and consumer expectations, grocers will have to invest in the right forward-looking technology to evolve omnichannel offerings to meet customer needs.

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Inside Walmart’s Expanding Last Mile Strategy: Employee Empowerment, Automation and Sustainability

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. comparable sales growth and growing market share in grocery during Q4 2021, and much of this success can be attributed to its robust last mile and fulfillment strategy.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy. Additionally, as consumers demand more transparency from the brands they purchase from, retailers can use these codes as an opportunity to share information on a product’s origin. Who doesn’t want that?

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Shopping Center Outlook: Why Open Air, Mixed Use and Tech-First Locations Are Hot

Retail TouchPoints

The rise of buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and the lingering demand for more open spaces have made centers offering plenty of fresh air, easy access between parking facilities, and stores and amenities that go beyond just retail, all very attractive to consumers. Open Air Shopping Centers Enable Easy Omnichannel Services.

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CI&T Study: To Create Lean and Mean Demand Forecasts, Move to Real-Time Data Sharing

Retail TouchPoints

The extreme, rapid shifts in consumer behavior during the pandemic reaffirmed several underlying issues with retailer and CPG brand collaboration. But now, as many retailers and brands strive to understand and respond to ever-changing consumer needs, there is a prime opportunity to make improvements. Cleaning products.

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How the Supply Chain Disruption Is Sparking Holiday Risk & Resilience

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While retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers have had to grapple with COVID-19 and digital transformation, now they must also manage reduced capacity along the global supply chain, hampering holiday sales success. Shipping delays. Today’s top supply chain risks. Source: SEI. 2 Unglesbee, Ben. 2 Unglesbee, Ben.

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Navigating Delivery Disruption: 3 Questions Retailers Need to Answer

Retail TouchPoints

With each tightening of the delivery window, consumer expectations rose accordingly — not just for Prime members but for a wide swath of ecommerce shoppers. If the mom-and-pop restaurants can figure out how to manage multiple delivery providers, shouldn’t our larger grocers and retailers?”