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DoorDash Debuts DashMart Digital DCs In 8 U.S. Markets

Retail TouchPoints

DoorDash is taking dark store fulfillment in a new direction with an online delivery service that sells products from its owned and operated local distribution centers. The company says “many more cities” will launch the service in the coming months, including San Diego, Baltimore, Denver, Sacramento and Concord, Calif.

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How to Win Consumer Choice in 2022: Focus on These 3 Trends

Retail TouchPoints

Virtually every aspect of the enterprise, from product development and analytics to operations and marketing, will need to evolve in parallel with the modern market; retailers need to rethink their cross-functional operations to thrive as they progress into the future. Embracing sustainable products and practices.

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

Mass Relators

merchants, up 14.2% Over the past two years, retailers have been introduced to a vast array of tools and services to help support this volume — ranging from marketplaces to quick-add software packages, to new but often disparate systems — the options can seem overwhelming. Consumers flocked online for essential purchases, adding $102.08

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Kroger Taps DoorDash to Add Flowers and Sushi to its Delivery Mix

Retail TouchPoints

. “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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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

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. Brands can include a number of features in a 2D barcode that can help improve and ease access to customer service. alongside a large QR code.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 309 Instacart IPO Filing

Retail Geek

So it’s been a very dry IPO market for startups and thus of interior backed investors. And you know a lot of people have been rooming that instacart would be out there there’s a couple other companies in this kind of unicorn Stratosphere stripe is another one that we cover a lot on the show from the payments world.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 308 Amazon Q2 2023 earnings recap

Retail Geek

Um there’s some controversy over who’s actually bigger but we’ll leave that for another show if the bottom line is if the two biggest retailers in the market are both outperforming the industry average. That’s a bad sign for the rest of the retailers. Scot: [6:54] Someone’s losing share.