Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

Uber is expanding Uber Eats’ services with new features such as the ability to place orders when grocery stores aren’t open for later delivery, live tracking of orders from store to door and easier product replacements. grocers to offer same-day delivery, including Walgreens , Albertsons Cos. and Costco. billion in February 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Despite a positive job market and a stabilized economic environment, most consumers ( 96% ) are looking to save money in the short term, according to a recent study from PwC. But at the same time merchants’ margins are being squeezed, making intelligent pricing and promotions strategies even more critical for success.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

. “By offering customer-favorite sushi options and premium floral bouquets through third-party marketplaces, we are continuing to evolve and meet customers where and how they are shopping,” said Stuart Aitken, SVP and Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer at Kroger Co. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Who doesn’t want that? alongside a large QR code.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

Then, once basic digital offerings were in place, merchants began to consider how to make these ecommerce advancements permanent in preparation for the “New Normal.”. At the height of the pandemic, standing up services like curbside pickup, BOPIS and a frictionless digital experience quickly was all that mattered.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 13, 2024

WASHINGTON – The Merchants Payment Coalition has urged Congress to pass the Credit Card Completion Act after strong opposition from merchants voiced at a hearing today on a proposed class action settlement over Visa and Mastercard credit card “swipe” fees. “As Instead, the settlement locks in cartel pricing.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 26, 2024

WASHINGTON – A proposed agreement that would reduce “swipe” fees that retailers pay each time a shopper pays with a Visa or Mastercard is “a bad deal for merchants,” according to the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), a lobbying group advocating for a more competitive and transparent card system. merchants and Visa Inc.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2025

Bhavani Shankar Mishra has stepped into a new role as managing director of Foodpanda Singapore with a clear mission: to deepen customer trust, strengthen merchant and rider partnerships and push the boundaries of quick-commerce innovation. It needed the right combination of product, process and talent to scale effectively.

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Consumers flocked online for essential purchases, adding $102.08 Overall in 2021, consumers spent $870.78 merchants, up 14.2% To help answer that question and keep up with this growth between now and then, grocers need to upgrade their e-commerce platforms — and functionality — with scalable and integrated solutions.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In a partnership with Virmall, a local firm that helps to curate and bring in products from merchants on Taobao, the two companies opened a 6,000 sq ft store, offering over 300 products, ranging from furniture to kitchen appliances and clothes. Beyond just functional purposes, another trend pushing consumers to redecorate is the rise of Zoom.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 19, 2024

The changes come as the company’s global head of grocery and retail Susan Anderson insists grocery shopping trends have “fundamentally changed,” with consumers carrying out fewer big shops at the supermarket and leaning more on the convenience of apps. But it is not the only grocer eyeing growth in this space.

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Mass Relators

JULY 18, 2022

Market Performance Group (MPG), a leading, end-to-end CPG strategy and services company, today announced the appointment of former Wakefern Food Corp. Said Skyers, “I am excited by the opportunity to join a company of the caliber of MPG and elevate the voice of the consumer to strengthen our business partners.”.

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Rangeme

JANUARY 4, 2023

and gives thousands of American suppliers the opportunity to submit their products directly to their team of merchants. For the fourth year in a row, RangeMe and ECRM have streamlined Walmart’s Open Call submission process, making product discovery easier for Walmart’s team and the participating brands.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 21, 2023

The seven executives — Rick Brindle, Elizabeth Chace-Marino, Ron Edenfield, Bob Obray, Art Potash, Gordon Reid, and Joe Sheridan — have exemplified food industry excellence through first-rate company leadership, community impact and customer service, according to FMI.

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Retail Geek

JULY 7, 2022

Scot: [2:15] Yeah they’re not a lot of good ones whatever you do don’t sign up for that paid service because it just makes your tweets take 10 times longer to go out it’s like the opposite of a feature. Jason: [2:25] Yeah doesn’t sound that appealing.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 4, 2023

It’s not looking super up to Mystic for, for retail so I was super curious to hear not only how Amazon did but what they’re what guidance they gave for Q3 and what they were seeing in terms of consumer spending because we do have this weird paradox. Scot: [17:52] Delivery service professionals yeah so that was interesting.

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Retail Geek

MAY 6, 2024

Scot also outlines Amazon’s Q2 guidance and the potential impacts of consumer spending patterns on the retail sector, including concerns about changing consumer behaviors and economic pressures shaping market dynamics. Insights from Andy Jassy shed light on Amazon’s logistics business approach. So it was fun.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

So that was interesting and then the to me the most geeky coolest thing of all although controversial is during the pandemic, the Brazilian government launched a government-sponsored instant payment system so I got. The thing that has grown a ton is you know shoptalk offers this Meetup service.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 1, 2022

But you know inflation is kind of I feel like is misunderstood and people talk about about it being one number consumers spend a bunch of money on a big basket of goods and the amount of inflation on each item in that basket of goods. Varies wildly right so the amount of inflation we’re seeing in gasoline.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 13, 2022

5:15] Another hobby of I guess it was a shared one is we like to coin phrases, one of the ones that I coined was Zero friction addiction so when consumers have these low-friction experiences not only are they great.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

Jason: [8:04] No I was just I was just thinking that they I assume they left it blank because the underwriters were out of practice. There’s also the others you can think of Jason there’s this one.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

The retail industry in Malaysia has struggled during Covid, but shopping centre Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur has continued to find a way to reach consumers. JY: Consumers and their needs have rapidly evolved in the past year. It is clear that consumers don’t limit themselves to a single channel, and therefore neither should we.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

Jason: [4:20] Yeah no I think your speculation is probably spot-on you know groceries a tough business to make money like in way instacart isn’t really a grocer that are. Multi-sided market place and so it’s a little easier to make money but still the best way to make money is with that ad Network and.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Podcast RSS SoundCloud TuneIn iHeartRadio Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts Facebook. ? ? ? ? ?

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Retail Geek

JULY 30, 2021

Jason: [17:24] Yeah the in so I literally like looked at and then I might can I pay with Apple pay and then he like looked at me and said you mean NFC payment sure. [17:39] Scot: [17:18] Did you try to pay with Apple pay. Scot: [17:23] Whoa really.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Brian: [2:15] Happy to do so so I’ll back up a decade or two but I started well where I consider I started my career was at Mattel that huge toy conglomerate in fact they’re very popular right now coming off of a I think a major hit movie.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 27, 2025

No financial evidence that consumers care about green or purpose driven brand with their wallets. Retail Media Networks undergo consolidation in 2025 as smaller retailers realize they can’t go it alone. Live-streaming/VR/Voice Commerce are all materially insignificant in 2025.

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