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Alliance Retail Group Launches Retail Media Network to Help Independent Grocers Compete

Retail TouchPoints

Alliance Retail Group (ARG) — a nonprofit self-negotiating ad group that helps independent grocers band together to remain competitive — has launched a retail media network (RMN) that will be powered by Swiftly. We are leveraging our consumers and our collective $16.5 billion in retail sales.

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Shekel Introduces Contactless Checkout Solution For Grocers

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Fast Track aims to eliminate the need for consumers to enter product codes via touchscreens by automatically recognizing produce, bakery and specialty items. Shekel , an AI-powered advanced weighing solution provider, has introduced Fast Track, a touchless machine learning-based cloudless self-checkout solution for supermarkets.

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5 Trends from NRF 2023 That Retailers Can’t Ignore

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Here are five key trends for retailers to pay attention to as they strategize for the months and years ahead: Retail Media Networks (RMNs): One of the most important topics of the past 18 months, RMNs offer the opportunity for many grocers to expand their revenue by monetizing their data and scaling their on-site and off-site audience activation.

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Grocers need a long-term, scalable e-commerce platform

Mass Relators

Consumers flocked online for essential purchases, adding $102.08 Overall in 2021, consumers spent $870.78 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. billion online with U.S.

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Winning the last mile in the supply chain race

Inside Retail

Ongoing shifts in the retail landscape, driven by e-commerce, along with changing consumer demands and expectations, are creating an increased need for fast, efficient local fulfilment. MFCs can support consumer curb-side pick-up, too, or a hybrid of pick-up and delivery.

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How the Store of the Future will Track Shopper Behavior Ecommerce-Style

Retail TouchPoints

The digitization of brick-and-mortar stores is nothing new, but up until recently it has primarily been focused on surfaces in the store that are already digital: point-of-sale systems or back-of-house tasks like inventory management. If the NRF show is any indicator, then that is exactly things are headed in the coming years.

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Independent Retailers Had Strong December

VMS

Sales for independent, mainly urban retailers grew 9.8 percent over the same period a year ago, reports NRSInsights in a summary of sales data and analytics drawn from retail transactions processed through its National Retail Solutions point-of-sale platform. billion in sales through roughly 953 million transactions.

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