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New Cannabis Dispensary Modeled on Customer-Friendly Supermarkets

Retail TouchPoints

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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Update: Alibaba’s Freshippo Plans to Open Additional Stores as it Preps for IPO

Retail TouchPoints

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. These stores offer products and services at attractive prices to reach a broader group of consumers.

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Top 50 Global Retailers: Walmart and Amazon Still Lead, Alibaba Drops Out of Top 10

Retail TouchPoints

Discount and value retailers Schwarz Group (with its Lidl and Kaufland banners), Aldi and Costco also remained in the Top 10 this year, as did international supermarket operators Carrefour and Ahold Delhaize and furniture giant IKEA. 5 spot in 2021 to 13 th this year.

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GIANT debuts two Philadelphia supermarkets

Mass Relators

The first store opened at Columbus Boulevard and the second in Doylestown, Pa. At the opening of the 46,000-square-foot Columbus Boulevard store on December 6, GIANT, part of Ahold Delhaize USA, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The store operates from 6 a.m. The store also offers GIANT Direct.

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“Tipping point”: Why Coles is pumping millions into tech

Inside Retail

Globally, we are undergoing great consumer transformation. We no longer, as a general rule, expect supermarkets to be physical-only entities. Hassing said the retailer is on track with the development of its customer fulfilment centres (CFCs) in Melbourne and Sydney.

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Customers are Tired of Empty Shelves, and it’s Time for a Fix

Retail TouchPoints

grocery shoppers, 78% of consumers have experienced out-of-stock products in-store over the last 12 months, and 68% have experienced the same issue online. consumers would question their loyalty to a supermarket if out-of-stocks became a regular occurrence, the Retail Insight survey suggests. Three in 10 U.S.

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Kroger Looks to Build on 2020 Growth by Accelerating Digital, ‘Leading with Fresh’

Retail TouchPoints

Leadership pointed to two core areas for driving that growth: the fresh food segment and digital, which was described as “a growth engine” for the supermarket retailer, one of the nation’s biggest. . Kroger outlined plans to deliver total shareholder returns of 8% to 10% in 2021 at its virtual Investor Day, held March 31, 2021. on March 22.