Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Deploying the equipment on an average of four checkouts and the back office of each store represents a significant capital commitment, however, Jin has calculated he has achieved a return on investment of around two years per installation – on equipment with a planned five-year lifespan.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The return of its former bosscomes at a crucial time for Poundland after it reported its fourth consecutive quarter of declining sales, which fell 7.3% Williams’ return certainly signals something major is afoot, with early reports suggesting the group is considering a mass restructuring of the entire business or even a possible sale.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2025

For De Zoysa, a return to spices was elemental in a world reeling from uncertainty. This is a brand more at home in fine food grocers and boutiques than on the shelf of a supermarket. I felt like I needed to go back to basics. She went back to what she describes as the original preservative.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 4, 2025

Kantar reported that the market share for the UK’s third largest grocer now sits at 12.6%, down 1.1% Aldi – the UK’s fourth largest grocer – saw its sales rise 4.9% The supermarket giant marked another month as the UK’s leading grocer, with market share up 0.6% from the 13.7% it held last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The supply chain crisis means an out-of-stock crisis for grocers, and empty shelves means unhappy and disloyal customers. To operate profitably and satisfy customers, grocers will optimize their assortments with far fewer, but more reliable and affordable products. . In 2022, grocers will need to become digital-first.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The machine is supported by Asda’s retail media LS Eleven Media Services, which helps brands engage customers with dynamic content and product trials, The Grocer reported. Related Story Data: Asdas flagging fortunes carry into new year 04/02/2025 x 9:23 AM The move comes as the grocer looks to revive its poor sales slump.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The grocer, whose debt sits around £6bn, refinanced £3.2bn of its borrowings in May that helped delay its repayments until the next decade. Fitch said Asda may need to refinance in order to repay the debt, which consists of £500m for Walmart’s remaining stake and £400m in interest.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

He served as chair since 2021, and took day-to-day responsibility for leading the grocer alongside Rob Hattrell, an executive at TDR, the private equity firm that owns a majority stake in the supermarket chain, after co-owner Mohsin Issa stepped down. Leighton, was Asda CEO from 1996 to 2001 and chaired the Co-op for almost a decade.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Reviving Asda’s fortunes could take three to five years, according to Allan Leighton, the supermarket’s former CEO who has returned to drive its turnaround efforts. Related Story Can Asda veteran Allan Leighton return the supermarket to its former glory?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2024

However, this void also presents a significant opportunity for grocers. With customers increasingly returning to in-store shopping, grocery stores are now in a prime position to reclaim and expand their share of the alcohol market. They also collect first-party data from each interaction, which is incredibly valuable for grocers.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Sainsbury’s has become the first UK grocer to extend Aldi Price Match into convenience stores, in a bid to offer its shoppers value and competitive pricing in time for the key Christmas period. The offer is now available for all of the grocery giant’s customers whether shopping online or in one of over 1,400 stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

Smart cart technology has been gaining momentum in the grocery space as consumers began returning to stores last year, following the COVID-19 boom of supermarket delivery services. Grocers such as Kroger adopted Caper AI technology in January 2021 for the launch of its KroGO-branded smart carts. “Working with Albertsons Cos.,

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Inside Retail

JUNE 4, 2024

Of course, Erewhon is not targeting consumers trying to reduce their weekly bills by shopping at value grocers. Why Erewhon is leading the luxury grocery store charge When it comes to providing a high-end grocery shopping experience to tap into these markets, few grocers do it quite like Erewhon. percent from 2023-2030, to reach $361.2

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The US giant is understood to have given the British grocer an extension on its race to complete a 800m computer systems upgrade, The Telegraph reported. Related Story Back to the future: Will the return of Rollback and Asda alumni revive its fortunes?

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2025

The return of its former boss comes at a crucial time for Poundland as Pepco revealed on Thursday (6 March) that it was “actively evaluating” all strategic options to separate the discount business from the group, including a potential sale. over the golden quarter.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 15, 2025

Goodman has also worked in Shanghai as sourcing director for the UK’s largest grocers home and clothing division and spent 6 years at Gap. Goodman said: Im thrilled to be joining Asda and most of all being able to introduce myself to the wonderful colleagues that power Asda day in and day out.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 28, 2025

The pre-authorisation payment is taken from the customers card before they can pass through a barrier to enter, The Grocer reported. However, customers may be left waiting several days for the 10 to return to their account if they walk out empty handed. The deposit is then deducted from the cost of the shop on exit.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 22, 2021

NEW YORK – Since assuming control of a wobbly Southeastern Grocers, in 2017, Anthony Hucker says he’s “put people first” in every aspect of the retailer’s turnaround — essentially placing a bet that by trusting and empowering employees, the workers would save the company. Anthony Hucker. Jacksonville, Fla.-based

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 14, 2025

Asda chair Allan Leighton has laid down his game plan for turning around the UK’s third biggest grocer and “ regaining customers trust” The supermarket chain saw its like-for-like sales slide 3.4% It was also the only grocer to see its sales fall over the crucial Christmas trading period, according to Kantar. .

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 14, 2025

He spent the last eight years at the UKs third biggest grocer, responsible for its retail and online shopping channels. Meanwhile,Ade McKeon will re-join Asda as vice president and Gemma Lightbody has returned to the supermarket from M&S as business unit director for impulse grocery.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 19, 2025

Speaking at the time, an Asda spokesperson said the grocers updated approach brings it in line with our competitors and the wider market. At the ONS, some employees have threatened to strike over return-to-office requirements, citing benefits such as better work-life balance and reduced commuting time.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2023

The Sprouts website and app are also powered by Instacart Platform , which is Instacart’s technology suite for grocers. Brand partners will also have access to metrics, such as attributed sales and return on ad spend (ROAS) from their Sprouts campaigns.

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2023

Coles has officially entered Malaysia, where it is poised to offer more than 200 products through an exclusive collaboration with Malaysian supermarket chain Jaya Grocer. The deal will allow Jaya Grocer to offer over 1000 products from Australian brands through its 43 stores and via GrabMart delivery nationwide.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2024

Murphy insisted that it was doing what it could to support customers amid the had “never been more competitive on price” “We’re consistently the cheapest full-line grocer and have been for 16 consecutive months now,” he added.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

To achieve the greatest return from an investment in an MFC, grocers, and retailers should look at synergising their online sales and physical storefront. Grocers that can remove the cost of new land from the equation have an easier path to ROI, especially at the early stages of an MFC automation rollout. “The

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2022

Gap has launched a fulfillment service for retailers called GPS Platform Service , offering omnichannel fulfillment using Gap’s nationwide distribution network and handling tasks including delivery to customers or stores, returns initiation and processing at its fulfillment centers. For the first time, we are making Gap Inc.’s

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Here are five key trends for retailers to pay attention to as they strategize for the months and years ahead: Retail Media Networks (RMNs): One of the most important topics of the past 18 months, RMNs offer the opportunity for many grocers to expand their revenue by monetizing their data and scaling their on-site and off-site audience activation.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2025

Asda’s chief customer officer David Hills is stepping down from the grocer, after joining the business in September 2023. ” The news comes as the supermarket pushes forward with its turnaround programme, with former CEO Allan Leighton having returned as executive chairman to lead its recovery efforts in November.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 16, 2024

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Sainsbury’s chief retail and technology officer Clodagh Moriarty said: “Our collaboration with Microsoft will accelerate our ambition to become the UK’s leading AI-enabled grocer.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Many industry experts commented on the speed with which retailers — even those that had been slow to embrace online sales, such as grocers — pivoted their operations in the suddenly ecommerce-heavy environment of 2020. That omnichannel view of understanding is terribly important.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

What are the implications of not offering alternative payment methods, not just for grocers but for retailers in general? Happy Returns is a great example of an add-on component that we paid money for and that our merchants can now offer as a service. What does that do for them?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

Grocers that convince customers to become loyalty card holders, for example, will achieve levels of customer retention that restaurants don’t often see. Innovating the in-store experience can give stores a great return on investment. Hyper-personalization is also on the rise.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Now this shopper has either moved online or wants some reassurance that returning to the store is safe. Grocers, like Morrisons in the UK, used Amazon Connect to immediately respond to the challenges of the pandemic. As their customers evolve, it is imperative that retailers keep pace.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 9, 2025

Including the additional items, Asda is still the third largest grocer in the UK behind Tesco and Sainsburys. Related Story Asda chair Allan Leightons four point game plan 14/03/2025 x 3:44 PM The new report comes as returning Asda veteran Allan Leighton is spearheading a turnaround of the supermarket.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

But now, even as consumers return to stores, they have come to expect those omnichannel conveniences, meaning retail executives must find a way to make them financially viable. The ordering in grocery is the secret sauce of leading digital grocers. They are also very focused on making sure that substitutes are good.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Kantar reported the grocer’s market share now sits at 12.6%, down 1% from the 13.6% Asda is hoping the return of its Rollback campaign will help drive sales over the coming months as chair Allan Leighton spearheads a turnaround. in the 12 weeks to 26 January. it held last year. and market share up to 10.2%. of the market.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2022

[For example], people don’t want to invite you over for chicken, rice and salad anymore, they want to say ‘I made you a Lebanese chicken,’ but that requires a very specific sauce most grocers don’t carry.”. Validate [it with] your own data — what percentage of your searches are for this type of product and are returning no result?

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