Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2022

Also in March, Instacart marked its 10 th year in business with the launch of the Instacart Platform , a suite of enterprise-grade technologies designed to help retailers find new ways to improve consumer experiences. Among the offerings is its upgraded fulfillment solution, Carrot Warehouses.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2022

Australia has experienced plenty of supermarket shortages since the COVID pandemic began. In 2020 and 2021, empty shelves were due to spikes in demand, as shoppers responded to lockdowns by buying more toilet paper, pasta and other consumables. A self-fulfilling crisis. Fear of shortages become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2021

On Monday, the platform announced a partnership with supermarket giant Woolworths , which will see over 1200 products from its Metro stores in Sydney and Melbourne available to order on the Uber Eats app from next week. Through Covid lockdowns, we saw a tripling in consumer searches for grocery,” Groeneveld told Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2021

Uber has found partners in regional supermarkets like Southeastern Grocers and recently started a relationship with Albertsons Companies that will offer delivery from 1,200 stores under more than half a dozen banners. Today nearly 3 million consumers order groceries and other essentials each month through Uber, and we’re just getting started.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns and changes to consumer sentiment have had an obvious impact on all retail sectors. This was followed by almost equally large declines as many consumers had over-stocked their pantries. Even before Covid hit, the nature of ‘grocery stores’ or ‘supermarkets’ was evolving.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new supermarket concept Addie’s , a self-described “drive-up grocer,” has opened its first store in Norwood, Mass., Consumers purchase groceries through the Addie’s app or website and then choose a pickup window. fueled by $10.1 million in seed funding it recently received from Rose Park Advisors. of all U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Alibaba has opened 12 new Freshippo supermarkets in eight Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. These stores offer products and services at attractive prices to reach a broader group of consumers. Freshippo combines physical and digital commerce in its 300+ stores throughout the country.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2021

Coles’ Smarter Selling strategy is paying off for the Australian supermarket giant, with approximately $300 million in extra savings in the bank at the end of FY21. Coles’ supermarkets, liquor and express business units reported strong sales, which were up 3.1 I would expect supermarkets to remain subdued moving into FY22.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

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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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Designed to serve customers when and how they want to shop, GIANT Direct gives consumers the opportunity to order groceries online for pickup or delivery at giantdirect.com. The post GIANT debuts two Philadelphia supermarkets appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers. The store also offers GIANT Direct.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

These experiences could go further through partnerships with supermarkets, where a QR code enables the consumer to fill their shopping basket with all the ingredients for a week’s worth of recipes and buy them with one tap on their mobile device. Lucy Cunningham is Enterprise Sales Director at InfoSum.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

With the pub industry battling against numerous factors, from changing consumer preferences to economic pressures, the future of these social hubs is at stake. Shifting Consumer Preferences Over the past decade, consumer preferences have shifted dramatically, impacting the pub industry.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2023

The rapid home delivery model may have consumer appeal on convenience, but making the business model profitable is a major hurdle. All three supermarket chains have their own IT, fulfilment, marketing and customer management systems, so it would seem there would be limited intellectual property value from Milkrun’s operation.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

Despite consumers’ changing spending habits, Coles delivered a positive result on Tuesday, with sales at the Australia supermarket chain slightly up year on year. The Victorian warehouse isn’t likely to be ready until mid-FY25, and, at this point, Coles doesn’t expect to see the full benefit of these fulfilment centres until FY26.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

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.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2023

Earlier this year, rapid delivery grocery start-up Milkrun went from competing with Australia’s grocery chains to being absorbed by Australia’s biggest supermarket giant. Meanwhile, Woolworths’ strong cash flow, and robust back-end systems and processes – including its IT, fulfillment, and customer management – are complementary.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The pair said they want to disrupt the nation’s $122 billion a year grocery industry by delivering grocery orders within 15 minutes and doing away with the need for consumers to carry out a weekly shop. Voly is the supermarket of the future that is built around our customers, not the other way around.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Uber has introduced a package return service that provides consumers with live tracking within the Uber app. Uber has been expanding its offerings via retailer partnerships, most recently adding supermarket retailer Hy-Vee in August 2023 and Staples in September.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

These markets offer a level playing field where digital commerce is everything, most major players are relative unknowns and companies will need to develop new strategies to succeed, according to The Next Billion Consumers: A Fast Growing Opportunity for Digital Commerce report from Accenture.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Sunway Malls’ turnover has now exceeded pre-Covid 19 levels, and Chan expects the overall increase in consumer traffic to be about 15 per cent above pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022. Changing consumer behaviour. Jaya Grocer is a leading mass-premium supermarket chain in Malaysia. Early signs of polarisation.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 24, 2021

And as Australia’s supermarket giants struggle to keep up with demand for online orders during lockdowns, innovative new players are swooping in to get their piece of this $7.1 This month alone, four new online supermarkets launched in Australia. It showed how exposed the big supermarkets were to an underdeveloped e-commerce platform.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2023

They covered how brands can provide elevated and curated customer experiences and how clear differentiation, and even re-invention, can be critical to meeting consumer demand and providing a sustainable future for retailers. What mattered was, were we serving the consumer in the way the consumer preferred?”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

Midwestern supermarket retailer Hy-Vee has partnered with Uber to add delivery services from 260 of its grocery and liquor storefronts. Consumers ordering from Hy-Vee locations will receive 50% off their first order of $50 or more (up to $40 ) and the chance to enter the sweepstakes.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Click and collect was a well-established channel prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and proved popular with a subset of regular consumers. Curbside collection gives consumers choice and control. Products can be picked up later in the day or, if stock is unavailable, delivered to the home with advanced last-mile fulfilment.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

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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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2024

Meanwhile, despite sales of its nutrition arm slipping, THG said there is “a significant opportunity” to grow its licenced product base and scale its brand sales through partnerships with supermarket chains and food and drink brands moving forward. ” Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Deliveries from more than 2,000 Rite Aid stores in 16 states will be powered by the Grubhub Marketplace , making thousands of the retailer’s OTC, wellness products and snacks more accessible to consumers. Rite Aid items are now available on the Grubhub+ membership program, which offers no-fee deliveries on orders of $12 or more.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Left with little choice, consumers have largely resigned themselves to waiting additional days or even weeks for their orders, but what they’ve become less willing to tolerate is a lack of information about order status. Some retailers are proactively cancelling backorders due to the uncertainty of fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. However, that’s not the aspect of their brands that consumers are craving today. The problem is that retailers are not taxis, and what works for the goose doesn’t always work for the gander.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The figures are cycling periods of massive growth for the supermarket sector, landed well within analysts’ predictions, and showed that Coles is holding on well through the pandemic, despite supply-chain issues. Ocado will facilitate only automated fulfilment through the business’ stores and fulfilment centres, plus last-mile delivery.

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Retail Times

MAY 27, 2021

Naveo Commerce, a unique end-to-end eCommerce, OMS and fulfilment technology provider, has today announced its partnership with Salling Group, Denmark’s largest grocery retailer. The service is currently available to consumers in the entire Copenhagen Metropolitan region.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

“This model is in response to a sustained increase in online shopping that is seen within the existing supermarket network, while also providing a reduced Covid-19 risk for customers,” a Woolworths spokesperson said. Good on Woolies for finding a site to trial this. I reckon it will be a roaring success.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2021

But it turned out that the emporium of toys, games and fun could not in the end withstand the relentless competition and margin hits from the internet and supermarket retailers. We are thrilled to be taking the reins of the world’s leading toy brand at a time when the category is up 16% and consumer demand for toys is at an all-time high.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 12, 2022

ShopRite Supermarkets Inc. the nation’s largest supermarket cooperative. the nation’s largest supermarket cooperative. The intuitive interface and consumer-focused designs facilitate contactless, fast and easy experiences, according to ShopRite, which is promoting the QuickCollect GO ! KEASBEY, N.J.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2021

billion ) buoyed by the consolidation of the Sun Art supermarket business, in which Alibaba took a controlling stake in October 2020. Overall, online physical goods GMV grew 21% YoY in fiscal year 2021, driven primarily by the FMCG [ fast moving consumer goods ] and home furnishings categories. billion yuan ( $109.5 billion ). .

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The multifaceted picture that emerged was intended to serve as a starting point for ongoing dialogue about the evolution of the supermarket channel, and highlight opportunities to forge dynamic new partnerships. Sarasin noted that supermarket operators and CPG suppliers are already at work leveraging the power of technology.

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