Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

per cent drop in comparable supermarket sales at Coles is a clear sign of normalising consumer behaviour in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns. A strong Easter period drove sales across confectionery and entertainment products, and, with fewer, shorter lockdowns, consumers are once again comfortable shopping in larger and busier areas.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2023

A decade ago, husband and wife Jeremy and Bettina Kirk launched the first Scoop Whole Foods supermarket in Mosman, Sydney. The Scoop model is deceptively simple: the business skips distributors and sources products straight from growers and producers, offering customers a food shopping experience that is free of plastic packaging.

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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., The pickup-only store does not allow in-store shopping; instead, the store serves as an onsite warehouse designed solely for stocking, storing and bagging groceries. fueled by $10.1 of all U.S.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Lidl has become the first supermarket chain to initiate a bottle return scheme trial, debuting in Glasgow. Customers participating in the scheme are rewarded with 5p for every eligible container returned. The Lidl Return Scheme trial will run from 8th February 2024 to 11th August 2024 at participating Glasgow stores.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2021

Supermarket giant Coles has expanded its Coles Local store concept into Queensland with the reopening of its Ascot supermarket in Brisbane on Wednesday morning. At the company’s Q3 results in April, Coles chief executive Steven Cain said that there are strong indicators that the trend towards local shopping is beginning to unwind. .

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

As consumers look to save money on takeaways and eating out, grocery retailers can be the quiet winners during an economic downturn. The pandemic trend of following food influencers on Instagram and TikTok and re-creating their recipes hasn’t waned and continues to drive consumer grocery purchasing habits.

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I Vend

AUGUST 10, 2021

The COVID surge for supermarkets The pandemic hit many retailers hard, with stores shut and high streets deserted. According to industry experts The Grocer magazine, UK supermarkets continue to see high levels of growth. iVend Supermarket iVend helps supermarkets offer uninterrupted service to their customers.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 9, 2024

In December 2023, the UK witnessed a modest rise in consumer card spending, increasing by 2.3% However, the entertainment and travel sectors saw a surge as consumers eagerly booked experiences and getaways for 2024. year-on-year, which fell short of the CPIH inflation rate of 4.2% and was lower than November’s growth of 2.9%.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2023

billion on a normalised basis while supermarket sales rose 2.1 billion driven by strong demand “buoyed” by improved competitiveness, a preference for local shopping and at-home consumption trends. per cent, however, ongoing interest rate hikes have impacted consumer confidence across its retail networks.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Such a time of upheaval has led to a permanent, irreversible change in consumer behavior as shoppers embrace the convenience and security of ecommerce more readily. Consumer Behavior has Changed for Good. 2020 has been an exceptional year for the retail sector, with all businesses having to rapidly adapt in some way or another.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

They love their money, they love their engagement with their brand, they love them returning to their store. At the risk of using yet one more trendy phrase, consumers also want “shoppertainment”. You must make shopping with you memorable and fun. The Reject Shop announces a 45-minute delivery option.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

Discount supermarket Aldi is making a push into convenience with the opening this week of a Corner Store concept in North Sydney. The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Victorians can now return their used Tetra Pak beverage cartons for recycling and receive a 10c refund following the launch of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS). ” Supporting the initiative, supermarket chain Coles has introduced 47 Reverse Vending Machines in its Victorian stores to coincide with the CDS launch.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 18, 2023

If you shop in a mainstream supermarket, chances are you’ll be familiar with member prices. Retail Gazette looks at why so many supermarkets have adopted this approach, whether it’s proving successful, and how loyalty programmes can stand out when so many retailers are offering member prices.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Brands that successfully surfed 2020’s first wave of Covid-impacted consumer behaviour changes have now learned that was the best and longest ride. There are always winners and losers with large-scale shifts in consumer behaviour, and this time is no different. State of play. per cent growth in FY20.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

However, pointing to improving optimism, consumers’ confidence in both their household finances and ability to spend within their means reached its highest point in over two years. Growth in supermarket spending increased to 5.2 percent), as UK consumers returned to their regular routines after the Christmas break.

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365 Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

The news comes as Tesco revealed sales managed to stay in positive territory in the 13 weeks to May 29 compared with a year ago, despite the same period in 2020 being during the height of the first lockdown when supermarket shelves were stripped bare. We’re seeing higher frequency shopping and we’re seeing smaller basket sizes.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2023

Rather, it is in constant flux, with innovations shifting the way that industry players operate, and changing the way that consumers and traders interact with one-another. A key one, he said, is personalisation, as the demand for a tailored and customised shopping experience becomes higher over time.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2024

With advances in AI poised to power the next generation of customer experience, retailers would be wise to increase their focus on personalisation and optimisation to meet consumer expectations. The nation’s consumers reported the highest level of satisfaction with digital commerce in healthcare at 43 per cent, above the global average of 33.4

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In-store visits to UK supermarkets up 6.5% compared with last year, equal to 28m more visits as shoppers embrace omnichannel shopping behaviours. NielsenIQ expects shoppers to spend a total of £33bn across the major supermarkets in Q4. In-store visits at UK supermarkets have grown 6.5% Total Till grocery sales fall to -2.0%

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

“The early success of our MFuture initiatives laid the foundations for a very successful year for Metcash and our independent retailers, with their improved competitiveness being a key factor in the retention of new and returning customers gained through Covid. billion due to growth it DIY and a return to growth in Trade sales.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Self check-out solutions have increasingly become a critical aspect of the supermarket shopping experience for consumers, with an estimated two-thirds of shoppers reporting a preference for automated technologies over interacting with a human check-out operator. The technology itself, however, isn’t without its drawbacks.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Reporting first-quarter results this week, Woolworths Supermarkets announced in-store sales of $10.6 per cent on the prior corresponding quarter, while Coles reported supermarket sales growth of 1.8 Looking beyond supermarkets, both retail groups were challenged in other areas of their businesses during the first quarter.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Back in 2020, Amazon opened its first Amazon Go store in Seattle, introducing consumers to the concept of full-size, cashierless grocery stores. Images of shoppers are processed in a data saving manner and only used to enable cashless shopping. The main advantage for the supermarkets is on the cost side, as it saves on manpower costs.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2024

Last week, Amazon -owned grocery chain Whole Foods announced the launch of a new format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, to make grocery shopping more convenient for urban consumers. Whole Foods Market Daily Shop is not the grocery retailer’s first foray into smaller storefronts. Amazon’s US$13.7

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A1 Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

Brits cut back on the weekly grocery shop amid increasing inflation, with supermarket shopping seeing its lowest uplift since February 2020 . The travel sector, while still in decline, had its best month since before the pandemic, as a third of consumers report making holiday plans a priority. percent) and December (-7.1

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Prices continue to rise while retailers bear the brunt of consumer ire; however, some retailers, such as Aldi, are seeing the upside as consumers seek value. The term has entered the public lexicon and led to a backlash from consumers and, most strikingly, from retailers. Is High Street shopping really in decline?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2021

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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Retail Gazette

APRIL 17, 2024

The supermarket chain revealed last week that Clubcard sales penetration now stands at 82% and its members have grown 6.2% year on year to over 22m consumers. The supermarket chain first introduced the new pricing scheme across more than 20 stores in the north east of England before rolling it out nationwide last summer.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The shop layout has changed, with the introduction of new chillers and food placed front and centre. “Science has said the best way to do that is by consuming 30 different plants each week, so that’s why we’ve devised Plant Points scheme on pack.”

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 10, 2024

Shoppers buy more food As the rate of inflation continues to fall, experts predict that food retailers will see sales volumes return to growth after two years of subdued figures. over the golden period, which the retailer attributed the ongoing challenges to discretionary consumer spending for its subdued trading. to 1% for the year.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Tesco is extending its zero-waste shopping service from online to stores to allow people to buy products from laundry detergent to ketchup in refillable packaging. Customers in 10 Tesco stores in the east of England can now buy products in reusable packaging that can be returned when finished so it can be cleaned, refilled and used again.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 17, 2021

UK grocery sales have tumbled by 4% over the past three months as shoppers continue to steadily return to pre-pandemic habits, according to new figures. Morrisons saw the largest decline of the big four supermarket giants (Jon Super/PA). The latest industry figures also revealed that shop prices increased by 0.4%

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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

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

JUNE 6, 2022

Here are some examples covering the spectrum of diversification, from a continuist perspective to more disruptive cases: In July 2021, John Lewis revealed plans to become a private landlord by building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets across the UK.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 3, 2023

While face-to-face shopping returned to growth, the retail sector struggled due to a fall in household spending and a reduction in average transaction values . The Barclaycard report combines hundreds of millions of customer transactions with consumer research to provide an in-depth view of UK spending across 2022 .

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