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Superette cannabis dispensary in Toronto resembles a retro grocery store

Dezeen

The company now operates six brick-and-mortar shops in Canada and plans to open locations in the United States next year. The shop is located within a complex made from shipping containers. The retailer's latest shop is located at Stackt Market, a shopping complex made of shipping containers in downtown Toronto.

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Amazon to test department stores in offline expansion

Inside Retail

Kohl’s may suffer, if only because Amazon is likely to favour locations similar to its own. Amazon has already established a growing footprint of physical stores, acquiring the up-scale Whole Foods supermarket chain four years ago, along with opening physical bookstores and shops selling electronic goods.

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New ‘tech-recirculation’ service Springs into supermarkets

A1 Retail

Spring launches trials in Co-op convenience stores today (11 October), helping customers recirculate their old electronic devices to be used again, making it simpler for increasingly environmentally conscious consumers to avoid e-waste. Customers can sell old tech at Spring’s kiosk-style ‘pods’ to help tackle the UK’s 1.6

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Beauty at the bus stop: Mecca uses vending machines to drive gift sales

Inside Retail

The retailer’s ‘gifting’ panels, located at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Federation Square in Melbourne and in Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall are positioned to serve consumers with a speedy and convenient shopping experience while they are out and about in the lead up to Christmas.

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Aldi vs Lidl: Who will win the battle of the discounters?

Retail Gazette

With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of shoppers’ minds, it’s no surprise so shoppers have jumped ship from the traditional big four supermarkets to discounters. It ultimately chose not to pass on these cost increases to consumers, but invested instead in keeping prices low” Indeed, Lidl added more than 1.4

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Technology, trends and key takeaways from NRF’s Big Show

Inside Retail

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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Cars, Wine, Trees — COVID-19 Proved Once and For All that You Can Sell Just About Anything Online

Retail TouchPoints

Propelled by new technologies and heightened consumer demand, some segments that had been slower to gain traction online finally moved into the digital fast lane — cars , adult beverages and even trees , to name just a few. And yet, the consumer demand is there, and it’s becoming hard for retailers to ignore, no matter their category.

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