Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Value supermarket retailer Grocery Outlet will acquire United Grocery Outlet , a 40 -store chain with a similar business model, to gain a presence in the Southeast. operates more than 460 stores in nine Western and Mid-Atlantic states. Grocery Outlet, based in Emeryville, Calif.,

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In another first, customers access the checkout solution via the Sainsbury SmartShop app rather than the Amazon app, meaning they can use an interface they already are familiar with. Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

BJ’s Wholesale Club has entered a partnership with Simbe to roll out the solution provider’s automated business intelligence robot, Tally, to all 237 stores. The retailer plans to utilize the AI-powered solution to provide greater visibility into club conditions and drive deeper business insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Kroger will boost the number of local products on its shelves by 10% following the supermarket giant’s planned merger with Albertsons , which is expected to close in early 2024. The increase will add at least 30 new local products in each store. in a statement.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

We no longer, as a general rule, expect supermarkets to be physical-only entities. Coles will upgrade this offer by adding capacity and converting stores to drive-through wherever possible. And in the final phase, Coles plans to differentiate the offer “through tech enablement and end-to-end customer experience”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

The supermarket retailer will roll out the smart carts at select St. Louis Schnucks stores this fall, with a broader rollout planned for later this year. Select Caper Carts will include a bottom rack for heavy and bulky items.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2020

Now, retailers are urgently focused on making their shopping experience digital, contactless and pandemic-proof. An often-repeated statement is “all of our digital plans for the next five years will be executed in the next 12 months.” The T11 Supermarket in Beijing added staff for delivery and kept the shelves fully stocked.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2020

COVID massively accelerated this trend: our research showed that 56% of consumers said the pandemic has caused them to shop in closer neighborhood stores, and 79% of those respondents said they plan to continue to do so in the long term. Wright: Grocery retailers will need to think about the range of assortment they offer in a store.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2020

everyone saw its immediate impact on supermarket supply chains: shelves emptied by consumers frantically stockpiling toilet paper, cleaning products and shelf-stable staples like rice and canned beans. Overall we’re looking to make changes to our buying processes and get focused on operating in much quicker time frames.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 21, 2023

As senior vice president and chief financial officer, he oversaw the development of the 2020 and Beyond Plan , which analyzed every facet of business at Associated Food Stores to identify opportunities for improvement. Supermarket,” was an avid industry collaborator. Albers, also known as “Mr.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

The short answer is no, although the experiment is still very much in progress — and there have been some big failures. Most notable is Amazon’s recent pullback of its own tech, with the removal of JWO from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and its plans to focus on smart carts instead at new locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

Retail is already seeing successful use cases: Albertsons recently rolled out a predictive ordering platform from Afresh Technologies designed for the rapidly changing nature of fresh products to more than 2,000 of its supermarkets, providing department managers with easy-to-use ordering tools leveraging real-time insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Giant Eagle will upgrade its category management capabilities across its 216 supermarkets and 274 GetGo convenience stores, allowing the retailer to make more informed decisions about which products are placed where within its stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2022

And as we near the half-mark of 2022, that trend is only continuing as evidenced by recent events such as the Buffalo supermarket shooting. Stores certainly can’t predict violence, but they can minimize the impact through technology and planning. Are You Prepared?

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