Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Discount supermarket chain Aldi is continuing its aggressive expansion across the U.S., with plans to add approximately 150 new stores to a fleet that already includes 2,100 locations in 37 states. Aldi also plans to increase its number of locations offering curbside pickup from 1,200 to 1,500 by the end of 2022. by store count.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2022

Instacart has moved closer to a planned IPO after confidentially submitting a draft registration statement with the SEC on May 11, 2022, although specific details were not revealed. Instacart, in a statement to CNN Business , said that the reduction was due to new market conditions. “[We

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has done little to slow Aldi ’s growth: the low-price supermarket chain has opened its 2,000 U.S. store, and it plans to open 70 more brick-and-mortar locations in 2020. Four of those new stores will be in the greater Phoenix area, representing a new market for Aldi , as well as its first locations in Arizona.

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Mass Relators

JULY 10, 2023

SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B recently opened a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Plano, Texas, a project that expands the retailer’s commitment to integrate innovative technologies that drive omnichannel growth and provide a better shopping experience for Texans. H-E-B says its fulfillment centers support rising demand of online shopping.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2022

Like many tech start-ups, Send had a sizeable cash burn that was being deployed to grow its market share,” said Kucianski. At the time, founder Rob Adams told SmartCompany the startup planned to open up to 30 grocery fulfillment centres by the end of the year.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2022

Last year, supermarket giant Woolworths launched its Everyday Market, an online marketplace hosted within its broader website that allows customers access a variety of products in categories not traditionally held in its supermarkets, such as homewares and clothing, and includes products from Big W, PetCulture, Healthylife, Designer Bums and Joonya.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

With spur-of-the-moment “I’ll just run in to grab something” shopping trips becoming less frequent and online ordering on the rise, shoppers are making plans and orienting their schedules based on order delivery timelines to a degree that seemed unthinkable a year ago. Adjust to Return Reluctance. Offer More Order Pickup Flexibility.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2024

The head office restructuring follows not just the store closure plans but the sale of The Body Shop’s loss-making businesses in much of mainland Europe and parts of Asia back in January. Sainsbury’s Last month Sainsbury’s revealed plans to cut 1,500 roles as it looks to save £1bn over the next three years.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 8, 2024

They seemingly gave little thought to the gaping holes in their business plans and the demand such rapid expansion would have on employees and local communities. Dark stores are fulfilment centres only. It also announced that it was planning to leave Spain following a mass redundancy process.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

Kroger outlined plans to deliver total shareholder returns of 8% to 10% in 2021 at its virtual Investor Day, held March 31, 2021. Leadership pointed to two core areas for driving that growth: the fresh food segment and digital, which was described as “a growth engine” for the supermarket retailer, one of the nation’s biggest. .

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Most of them, of course, achieved their initial success through the use of creative advertising and storytelling, often in mass-market print and television. The story can be unique to your brand and can guide shoppers in an arc from indecision or curiosity through an emotionally fulfilling experience. Dragorad Knezi is CEO of eyezon.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

The market is demanding it, competitors are one step ahead, and they have to catch up,” Walker told Inside Retail. We no longer, as a general rule, expect supermarkets to be physical-only entities. And in the final phase, Coles plans to differentiate the offer “through tech enablement and end-to-end customer experience”.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 24, 2021

According to Ibisworld, Australia’s online grocery market is expected to increase 46.2 And as Australia’s supermarket giants struggle to keep up with demand for online orders during lockdowns, innovative new players are swooping in to get their piece of this $7.1 billion market. Market innovation. per cent this year.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 16, 2024

Muji told TheBusinessDesk.com : “This is part of a planned strategic restructuring of the business and Muji’s management expect to conclude a deal shortly. For Muji’s colleagues and customers in Europe it is business as usual – all stores and ecommerce will continue to operate as before, and all new and outstanding orders will be fulfilled.”

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

During the Covid-19 pandemic, grocers managed an unprecedented level of online orders for fulfilment via delivery and click-and-collect. The challenges during this time were related mostly to a lack of delivery slots and product and labour shortages, which impacted the ability to fulfil orders in a timely manner (or at all). .

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

First choice for food Roberts explains that having previously fixed the basics of price in its ‘Food First’ strategy, which he calls “the biggest barrier to shopping at Sainsbury’s” it was now focussed on how it could bring more customers to do more of their shopping at the supermarket.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Speedy delivery is the name of the game for supermarket retailers all over the world right now, as major chains invest in micro fulfilment centres and explore dark stores in an effort to keep up with customers’ rising expectations during the pandemic. In June, the brand went public on the NASDAQ. Missfresh generated RMB 6.1

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2021

But it turned out that the emporium of toys, games and fun could not in the end withstand the relentless competition and margin hits from the internet and supermarket retailers. The toy market certainly had a very good pandemic, with families at home and keen to keep themselves and their children busy. and abroad. In 2017, the U.S.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Gimme aims to offer the best of both worlds: the ease of online shopping and near-instant fulfilment of buying something in-store. . Orders are currently limited to four items, but there are plans to expand this in future. The alternative is for you to go in-store, but that takes time and effort.”.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2023

The grocery and supermarket sector has truly led the pack in seamless retail, as the first to normalise self-serve checkouts, and it continues to act as pioneers in the frictionless experience space, with innovations such as Amazon Go’s smart store – no lines, no check out, just grab and go. million square kilometres of ocean by 2030.

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Retail Focus

MAY 24, 2021

The events of the past year have sparked a permanent redrawing of the retail landscape, with online grocery sales soaring 91% year-on-year in a four-week period alone in 2020 and over 17 million Brits planning to stick to online shopping even as lockdown eases. In some cases, this will involve fast-tracking existing digital plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2022

For example, JD Super , JD.com’s online supermarket business, will launch new dairy and beverage products during the event. Livestreaming, also a festival staple, will be a big component as well, with more than 10,000 stores planning to run livestreamed sales events on JDDJ.

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365 Retail

JULY 5, 2022

He previously spent three years as president and CEO of Walmart in Japan, where he led a 35,000-strong team at Seiyu, the Japanese supermarket business with a significant food and non-food presence. While in the US, he also led finance and business planning for six retail brands including Food Lion, Hannaford and Bottom Dollar Food.

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Mike Anthony

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Every market I visit is changing in many ways, and while each country is different, there are a number of unifying trends that are hitting almost everywhere. As I was considering exactly which trends to include here, I came across an excellent article about the UK market. Retail is arguably changing faster than ever before.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

We believe brands, retailers and shoppers need a better way to navigate the new retail reality, one that promises a more fulfilling and engaging shopper experience,” explains Nikhil Krishna, VP Sales – APAC at Trax Retail. Supply chains cannot be changed instantaneously, it needs pre-planning.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 19, 2023

However, leaning into its ‘swift’ name, Argos built an industry-leading fast fulfilment infrastructure, which is so speedy that it beats even Amazon on the convenience stakes. That fulfilment proposition, with 90% of the UK having access to same-day home delivery – no other retailer offers that. It’s quite powerful,” says Leeser.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2020

An often-repeated statement is “all of our digital plans for the next five years will be executed in the next 12 months.” Following are summaries of the response in key markets around the world. The T11 Supermarket in Beijing added staff for delivery and kept the shelves fully stocked. China: Hit First And Hit Hard.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2022

After its first day of trading on 11 March last year, shares in Coupang closed at US$69, giving it a market capitalisation of more than US$100 billion. Coupang has been able to accomplish its position as market leader in the speed-of-delivery department with a huge investment in distribution facilities, logistics technology, and drivers.

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Rangeme

MAY 19, 2022

AI powers many retail processes, including Amazon’s personalized recommendations, assortment planning, and Just Walk Out technology for cashierless in-store service. Walmart added AI to its fulfillment processes to fill online orders faster. Walmart to build local fulfillment centers at dozens of stores. Supermarket News.

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Mass Relators

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The nation’s largest supermarket operator has joined a growing number of mass market retailers in adopting the model pioneered by Amazon with its Amazon Prime premium loyalty program. Plans call for it to be rolled out to additional regions next year. Publix Super Markets Inc., CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. the GIANT Co.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Senate subcommittee, whose members raised concerns over whether a combination of the nation’s two largest supermarket chains would harm consumers and workers. We will continue to work cooperatively with the Federal Trade Commission as it conducts its review of the merger, including developing a thoughtful divestiture plan.”.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 11, 2021

NEW YORK — Supermarket operators Kroger Co. independently unveiled plans last month to offer new delivery services in partnership with online grocery platform Instacart. The post Kroger, GIANT introduce half-hour delivery appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers. and the GIANT Co.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 31, 2022

in 2014 Brian Cornell’s game plan has involved listening to customers, then making sure the company has the flexibility to deliver on what’s most important to them. We’re going to use our stores as fulfillment hubs and activate 1,900 fulfillment centers across the country.’. NEW YORK — Since taking the reins at Target Corp.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 19, 2021

NEW YORK — The battle for the future of the grocery business is under way as supermarket retailers invest in their digital capabilities and Amazon continues to roll out its brick-and-mortar food stores. Amazon recently confirmed plans to open four grocery stores on the East Coast. We will continue to build on this momentum. pharmacies.

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Rangeme

MARCH 16, 2022

It’s a vicious circle: retailers in every market are raising their prices, prompting consumers to look to their employers for pay increases, forcing companies in every industry to raise prices once again. The major supermarkets all report shortages of products including fruit, vegetables, and meat. These are genuinely global issues.

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Pair Eyewear fulfills the orders and ships them directly to the customer. Hy-Vee is continuing to develop formats that complement its supermarkets, unveiling plans for Wall to Wall Wine and Spirits. The post COVID hasn’t stopped innovation at Hy-Vee appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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365 Retail

APRIL 16, 2021

Ocado announced in a stock market statement that it will look at the use of Oxbotica’s autonomous vehicle software for operations at its warehouse as well as “last-mile deliveries and kerb-to-kitchen robots”. The move towards greater automation will not affect its current workforce or hiring plans, the company added.

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