Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

It also can enhance marketing by correlating visual trends in product images with purchasing behavior. Companies that prioritize data integration and accessibility will be better positioned to move quickly, innovate and respond to market demands.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2025

The suit also accused the retailer of engaging in a secret and misguided campaign, together with C&S Wholesale Grocers , the divestiture buyer, to purse its own regulatory strategy, which ultimately undermined Krogers efforts, according to a Kroger company statement. The merger had originally been announced in October 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner. Robots can detect misplaced products used to cover shelving holes, speed up online orders and make restocking easier, by constantly mapping a store and sharing this data with key players.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2025

Were creating an even more attractive offering for advertisers to easily stay connected with customers wherever they choose to shop among Instacarts growing network of retail sites powered by Carrot Ads, which will now include one of the Midwests largest grocers. In July 2024 Hy-Vee implemented digital shelf tags powered by VusionGroup.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

store total to more than 2,400 by the end of 2023 and will span the entire continental U.S., The store growth builds on the 139 locations opened or remodeled in 2022 , which Aldi credited as contributing to the 9.4 million new customers the grocer attracted that year. both new markets for the grocer.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2024

Gopuff has partnered with Misfits Market , an online grocer dedicated to reducing food waste that delivers to Gopuff’s microfulfillment centers nearly every day, while Grubhub will work with Mercato , an online marketplace for independent grocery stores with more than 950 retailers across the country.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2024

So what benefits does AI offer to grocers? How AI is Reshaping Product Discovery in Commerce With many assuming that AI’s role in commerce will only grow in significance and positive impact, grocers are in a strong position to benefit from AI investments and partnerships. The latest AI models have grown more sophisticated.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

Grocery store operators are asking brands to justify higher prices before accepting them. “We We want a justification for it, and what we then do is validate,” said Stuart Aitken, chief merchant and marketing officer at Kroger.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Grocers, like Morrisons in the UK, used Amazon Connect to immediately respond to the challenges of the pandemic. For example, AWS works with Parkland , a leading fuel and convenience store operator that completes over one million transactions every day. As their customers evolve, it is imperative that retailers keep pace.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 16, 2024

The tie-up aims to improve store operations, drive greater efficiency for staff and provide shoppers with more efficient and effective service. It said this would be delivered through Microsoft Azure as part of Sainsbury’s cloud ecosystem, which will reduce time to market for new services and innovations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2024

The Save Mart Companies is building on its partnership with Instacart by implementing several in-store solutions in nearly all 200 Save Mart, FoodMaxx and Lucky locations. The solution will be rolled out in all Save Mart and Lucky stores, allowing customers to order items via Caper Carts and receive notifications when their orders are ready.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Dufry will develop an 18,200-square-foot duty-free shop, divided into four distinct areas, which will draw its inspiration from NYC’s Union Square: The Liquor Libraries , inspired by the city’s renowned libraries, will carry brands like Glenfiddich and Manhattan’s own Great Jones Distilling Co.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2024

billion merger, Kroger and Albertsons have increased the number of supermarkets they plan to divest by 166 , for a total of 579 stores. The retailers also have increased the corporate and office infrastructure they would sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers , as well as additional private label product lines, for a total of approximately $2.9

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2024

Brian Brinkmann is the Chief Product & Marketing Officer at Agilence , a leading loss prevention and operational analytics provider for retailers, grocers and restaurants.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

Since its inception, Save A Lot has filled an important need as a discount, high-quality hometown grocer in each community it serves. The time was right for us to step fully into our role as a licensed wholesaler and put all operations in the hands of our dedicated retailers.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2023

Sustainability has evolved from a buzzword and marketing term to a core element of any successful retailer, and any company that doesn’t take the “S” in its ESG efforts seriously is putting itself at serious risk of falling behind. One big area is that companies are thinking about market segments differently.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

Discount grocer Aldi will invest more than $9 billion over the next five years on its national expansion plan, which includes adding 800 stores to its U.S. Aldi’s growth plans include beefing up its presence in the Northeast and Midwest, with plans to add nearly 330 stores across both regions by 2028. fleet by the end of 2028.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

By 2030, the smart retail market will be worth $91.36 However, that’s not to say that the current state of smart stores is ideal. One retailer has recently come under scrutiny for its automated payment technologies across storefronts, leading experts and consumers to question just how intelligent their smart stores are.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2024

M&S has named Morrisons retail operations boss Jayne Wall as its new director of central store operations. Wall, who said last month she would be leaving the supermarket after over a decade, will take up her new role at the high-street giant in August.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Thirteen years after Woolworths introduced self-service checkouts to Australian supermarket shoppers, discount grocer Aldi has bowed to the demand for quick and convenient self-serve transactions at its stores. They clearly recognise a need to give consumers choices.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 1, 2024

NationsBenefits, the market leader for supplemental benefits and health care fintech solutions serving the health care managed care market, announced that Southeastern Grocers (SEG), parent company and home of Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, has joined NationsBenefits’ network of grocery and over-the-counter (O-T-C) retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Self-checkouts have been prevalent in retail stores across America since the early 2000s. By 2024, the market is expected to hit $4billion , with 468,000 units installed globally. The growth of self-checkout technology is nothing new, but the rate of implementation is gaining a lot of attention — especially among grocers. .

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Similarly, when designing a private line of sauces, marinades, dressings and vinaigrettes for chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s groundbreaking waterfront market called Tin Building , we leveraged packaging as a branding tool, applying uncommon materials and finishes and demonstrating the power of a unified visual presence on the shelf.

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365 Retail

JULY 24, 2023

Now processing over 10% of the global grocery sales data, Retail Insight , the leading provider of in-store operations execution software, is targeting its next growth phase, consolidating its position as a global technology leader, while expanding into new territories, supported by a series of senior hires.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The venture, called Transcend Retail Solutions, is led by the supermarket giant’s strategy director Oliver Vogt and offers both software and hardware to enable global grocers to fulfil online orders directly from their stores, The Sunday Times reports. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“Along with other retail trends, e-commerce has changed the amount of inventory retailers are keeping on store shelves, and the frequency with which those shelves are restocked,” says Steve Dimitrovski, senior sales consultant, retail and e-commerce, for Swisslog Australia and New Zealand.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The digitization of brick-and-mortar stores is nothing new, but up until recently it has primarily been focused on surfaces in the store that are already digital: point-of-sale systems or back-of-house tasks like inventory management. If the NRF show is any indicator, then that is exactly things are headed in the coming years.

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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. Amazon’s success in delivering exactly what the customer wants when they want it has raised the substitution accuracy bar for grocers.

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VMS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Systems to erase checkout lines are on the grow, as exemplified by these three new installations: • A Pick & Go store in Munich is Germany’s first fully autonomous, cashier-less supermarket. is now home to the 816 Market, which utilizes Amazon’s Just Walk Out shopping experience. Convenience store operator MAPCO (Franklin, Tenn.)

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2023

The solution provider noted that grocers using its solution typically see a 3% sales increase, significant improvement in inventory turns and up to 25% less food waste — a result that would support the supermarket retailer’s sustainability goals. “AI

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Cisco Retail

APRIL 9, 2021

This move put all grocery store chains on notice: Digitally transform or perish. But traditional brick-and-mortar grocers are unlikely to have all the expertise in house to go it alone. To better serve its customers and complete more strongly, this grocer decided to simplify its operations by adopting a cloud-first strategy.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 16, 2024

She has also been involved in driving Ikea’s expansion to new markets and leading its retail transformation agendas. M&S operations director Sacha Berendji told Retail Week : “I’m delighted Marsha will be joining M&S.

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Independent Retailer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

If you are running a grocery, convenience store , liquor shop, or something similar, you should think twice about waiting until tomorrow to reorder your best selling products. Thankfully, there are tools available for a store operator to attack this problem at its root. What is a Stockout?

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365 Retail

MAY 17, 2024

This collaboration aims to enhance store operations, boost efficiency for employees, and provide superior service to customers, ultimately delivering stronger returns for shareholders under Sainsbury’s Save and invest to win programme. J Sainsbury plc and Microsoft Corp.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Seventy-five years later, we are still made up of family-owned businesses with deep roots in the communities where our stores operate,” said Colalillo, who also leads his own family business, ShopRite of Hunterdon County, which was founded by his father in 1954 and today includes five ShopRite stores.

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365 Retail

MAY 4, 2022

Two fifths have even switched supermarkets in an attempt to battle rising food prices, with Kantar’s latest figures showing that the Discounters were taking market share away from the Big Four; its latest data in March showed 1.3million more customers had switch to Aldi and an extra 1million to Lidl compared with the same period in 2021.

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