Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The pandemic has been a challenging time for shopping centers, and even as vaccination rates climb and shoppers return to old habits, retailers are finding that many of their shopping preferences have permanently shifted. believe open air shopping centers with the right mix of retailers are more important than ever before.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) In 2022, grocers will need to become digital-first. Here’s my take: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2023

As the retail media landscape continues to grow , Uber is expanding the types of ads available to CPG brands on the Uber Eats platform, and Sprouts Famers Market is leveraging Instacart ’s Carrot Ads platform to launch its own retail media network. The new Uber Eats advertising offerings are being powered by Criteo ’s Commerce Media Platform.

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Mass Relators

JULY 10, 2023

Grocers will rise or fall based on their ability to align themselves to the dominant demographic, cultural, economic and technological trends that will slowly reshape the market context over decades to come. While 80% of consumers aspire to choose healthier foods when shopping, price is a barrier for 60% of them.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2021

For example, establishing social distancing measures and offering contactless experiences for in-store shoppers, or expanding digital and mobile shopping options to include in-store or curbside pickup for online shoppers. Before the pandemic, this shopper preferred to shop in-store because it was a familiar and trusted experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Instacart has made a number of updates to its tools for grocers, further expanding its reach beyond its own app. “We know that omnichannel customers in particular are more valuable to retailers, which is why Instacart is developing more solutions that help retailers serve their customers no matter how they shop. .

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Mass Relators

JUNE 21, 2023

Grocers will rise or fall based on their ability to align themselves to the dominant demographic, cultural, economic, and technological trends that will slowly reshape the market context over decades to come. While 80% of consumers aspire to choose healthier foods when shopping, price is a barrier for 60% of them.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

Food retailers must also have the right financial planning in place to withstand the economic turbulence in the long run and make sure they remain agile regardless of wider market trends. Transform shopping in-store. With that loyalty card, customers can find personalized offers in-store that ease and enhance the shopping experience.

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

To help answer that question and keep up with this growth between now and then, grocers need to upgrade their e-commerce platforms — and functionality — with scalable and integrated solutions. Consumers, both online and in-store — for delivery and pickup — want to get through their shopping lists ASAP. These questions are critical.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2022

PowerReviews is providing the technology and services to support the reviews, including the ability for the brands to syndicate their user-generated content to related product pages on Albertsons’ sites to help ensure a consistent shopping experience. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

Oh great, another screen I need to market on, said no brand manager ever. And yet 2023 may be remembered by C-suite marketing teams everywhere as the year when the not-very-exciting category of digital signage became supercharged thanks to two key elements: retail media networks and first-person data.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2023

Disney Advertising and Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM), the retail media business of Kroger, have partnered to bring streaming to retail and CPG marketers. A select group of CPG brands will participate in the initial beta program, with the solution slated to launch to the general market in the second half of 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Online grocery shopping sales grew 54% for the year and are predicted to top $100 billion in 2021. Online grocery’s previously lethargic rate of adoption meant that grocers lagged other retail sectors in multichannel merchandising systems, customer data management and fulfillment technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

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.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

As grocers around the world work furiously to meet consumers’ demand for delivery without breaking the bank, Chinese online grocer Missfresh looks to have a winning model. In China small local shops, known as “neighborhood retail,” are big business, generating 1.3 A Missfresh mini-warehouse, which operates as a dark store.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 19, 2021

has partnered with Google with the aim of offering an enhanced shopping experience for its customers. In bringing together Google’s technology expertise with our commitment to customer-centric innovation, we’re providing our customers with a superior shopping experience no matter how they choose to shop with us.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As a report from consulting firm Catalina showed, 90 of the top 100 consumer packaged goods companies lost market share to smaller brands in recent years. But newer methods can paint a more complete picture and help retailers market more effectively. The caliber of our insights can drastically affect market share. Not anymore.

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A1 Retail

MAY 13, 2022

Retail Technology Show, the new flagship show for retail that brings together future-forward innovators and Europe’s most forward-thinking retailers, saw over 6,850 retail professionals attend the two day event, held on 26 & 27 April at London’s Olympia.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The screens are now present in 420 Tesco shops, making it the largest network in the UK grocery market, according to the grocer. The technology behind both Tesco’s in-house and front-of-store screens uses customer insight provided by Dunnhumby and Clubcard data.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2023

Already, the app has partnered with Spano’s IGA and Country Grocers across Victoria and Queensland, and will soon expand into more states. All supermarkets are becoming more data driven, and it’s a fact that they’re using all sorts of technology to try to better understand how their customers are shopping,” Brown said.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 27, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO — Instacart has introduced new digital marketing tools designed to help retailers create more affordable, personalized experiences for their customers and build brand loyalty, the company said on Monday.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

Personalization has become a commonly used strategy for connecting with shoppers, no matter what channel they’re using to shop. Hint: It starts with email marketing and ends with continuous testing. Similarly, omnishoppers visiting “Savvy Shop” spent 130% more than online-only and in-store-only shoppers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In October, the department store retailer announced plans to open 30 more “mini stores” in strip centers across the US over the next two years, as it veers outside of the shopping mall. Mastronardi noted, “The high level of convenience in places that have a lot of traffic — that’s been the secret sauce.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2021

But while blending of in-store and online provides consumers with significantly more flexible shopping, it also creates operational challenges. Consumers’ new shopping habits picked up during the pandemic show no sign of waning. Providing Various Payments Technologies. billion in 2020, up 32.4% billion in the prior year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

“It’s probably twofold why [marketplaces are] starting to explode,” said Richard Hankin, a former eBay executive who is now SVP of Go-to-Market, North America at marketplace SaaS solution Marketplacer. Secondly, the technology exists to do it , whereas five years ago it really didn’t. Absolutely.

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365 Retail

MAY 17, 2024

Through the integration of Microsoft’s products and expert engineering skills, Sainsbury’s intends to empower its store colleagues with AI tools, making shopping more engaging and convenient for millions of customers across the UK, both online and in physical stores.

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Retail Focus

JULY 28, 2021

Their latest example is “Just Walk Out,” a suite of technologies that enable shoppers to simply enter a store, gather their items, and simply leave. The genius is the technology helps rather than deflects. Walmart hasn’t been concentrating their technology this way by mistake. The idea eliminates checkout lines.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Retail technology is continually evolving in order to boost efficiency and save money for merchants. By 2024, the market is expected to hit $4billion , with 468,000 units installed globally. With so much focus on digital sales and online shopping, most people think that the days of brick-and-mortar stores are over.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

After gaining valuable insights last year, 2022 will mark the year when virtually every major grocer finalises their e-grocery strategy. As consumers become more comfortable with online grocery shopping and the convenience it provides, they start placing smaller, more frequent e-grocery orders.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There is no better audience on which to test an in-store shopping experience than the varied individuals that make up the melting pot of this city. “In With so many people in New York, it makes for a very dense shopping environment.” Speaking of food, the next stop on the retail tour was at Genesis House.

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VMS

MAY 17, 2021

That was the main change in shopping behavior grocers experienced during the coronavirus pandemic. For many grocers, that translated into higher sales. VMSD checked in with several grocers and design firms specializing in the grocery sector for some likely answers. FULLER BASKETS/FEWER TRIPS. Advertisement. Advertisement.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 10, 2024

This will likely see more value messaging put forward by the big grocers in a bid to win over customers. Big ticket challenges Home and DIY retailers are set to face another challenging year as the market grapples with the aftermath of the pandemic home improvement boom, experts predict.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. comparable sales growth and growing market share in grocery during Q4 2021, and much of this success can be attributed to its robust last mile and fulfillment strategy.

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Mass Relators

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The pandemic accelerated this gradual change: Online retailers captured market share from established brick-and-mortar players who had to quickly adapt to new in-store consumer purchase behavior and patterns. Online grocery shopping increased exponentially during the pandemic.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 7, 2022

That’s one of the reasons why discount grocers like Aldi and Lidl were able to gain share in the United Kingdom over a decade ago after the last recession. Consumers at that time were reeling from the recession and Aldi and Lidl entered the grocery market in the United Kingdom with low prices and were able to steal share.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 19, 2023

GMB national officer Nadine Houghton argues the grocer is being used by its owners as a “cash cow” and warns that rising interest rates will leave the retailer’s debt level “unsustainable”. The private equity-owned grocer is not alone in its quest to manage debt.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In his prepared testimony , Sumit Sharma, Senior Researcher of Technology Competition at Consumer Reports , pointed to the growing proliferation of “food deserts” in rural and marginalized urban areas, a problem he claimed has been “aggravated by over-concentration in grocery retail.”

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