Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

Additionally, rising shipping costs , talent shortages and the ease with which consumers can compare offers online make ecommerce profitability a particularly tough challenge. 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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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

French retailer Carrefour had ambitions to grow its e-commerce sales amid digital-native grocers but was struggling with digital assets that were managed separately, which impeded making changes at scale. But the two channels had separate inventory tracking systems, leading to lost sales when stores couldn’t check what stock was where.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2021

Grocers could include links to a set of curated recipes tailored to products purchased, or retailers could invite customers to play a fun trivia game, specific to their purchase, to drive education and anticipation.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

The challenge with ordering too much food is that shipping is expensive and often unreliable with supply chain troubles, and warehouse space is a very limited resource. Grocers that convince customers to become loyalty card holders, for example, will achieve levels of customer retention that restaurants don’t often see.

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Retail Wire

MAY 17, 2023

Associated Wholesale Grocers notified the Food and Drug Administration that it had received the recalled product. Recalled Gerber Good Start SoothePro powdered infant formula was sent to stores after a recall had been issued on the product over concerns of possible Cronobacter sakazakii contamination.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Woodman’s Markets operates 230,000-square-foot stores with approximately 100,000 SKUs each, and like most grocers its inventory was hit hard by shoppers stocking up early in the pandemic. This data will be uploaded to its mobile shopping app, where it will guide pickers to each item to improve delivery times.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Some of the retailer’s plans include redesigning back rooms to accommodate pickup, delivery and ship- from-store orders; adjusting staging operations for orders to drop in three-hour increments to maximize space; and sending overflow delivery orders to the crowdsourced Spark Driver network.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2023

Customers who start a paid Walmart Business+ membership this month will receive a $50 Walmart Business e-gift card alongside the program’s other money-saving features, which include free shipping, no order minimums, 2% rewards on orders of $250 or more and savings of 5% on eligible items set to subscription.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

When scanned, the QR code provides the shopper with detailed information such as care instructions, or connects them with a customer service agent who can arrange to have the correct size shipped directly to the shopper. For example, Australian grocery giant Woolworths is using 2D barcodes to enhance food safety and cut down on food waste.

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Mass Relators

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — Natural Grocers is teaming with RangeMe to streamline the search for innovative products that meet their high-quality standards for customers. Our new partnership with RangeMe will help immensely in streamlining Natural Grocers’ vendor submission program,” explained Laura Perkins, Natural Grocers vice president of Purchasing.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2022

The boom has led to the launch of multiple competing services, from major grocers like Kroger to established delivery companies like DoorDash to online pure plays like Gopuff. Foxtrot is taking its own approach to the rapid delivery market by embracing a fully omnichannel operation.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2023

Greener stores and fulfillment centers are universal for the industry, but different retailers can have vastly different supply chains — the efforts a grocer makes to reduce the carbon footprint of the products it sells will be very different from the kinds of investments a fashion retailer would choose.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Babbage noted that some UK retailers that offered soft plastic recycling found out the waste was being shipped to other countries rather than being properly recycled. She highlighted UK-based grocer Morrisons ’ pick-your-own-eggs program as an example of a successful strategy.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Asda has chartered its own cargo ship, and increased its stock of turkeys and other festive food compared with last year, in an effort to avoid disruption to customers’ Christmas celebrations. It came as the UK’s third-largest grocer reported a dip in sales for the third quarter of 2021, as demand for online food deliveries waned slightly.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Home furnishing giant Ikea has launched the world’s first Ikea Close to You concept store inside the Market Place grocer in Hong Kong’s Discovery Bay. According to Ikea, the new concept focuses on the digital experience, offering a number of solutions such as self-pick-up lockers that support flexible pick-up time and free shipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2021

RTP: Data sharing is a key recommendation that underlies this report. Why is this such an issue for both parties?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Mixed-case palletising Most grocers and retailers receive full pallets of goods from manufacturers. Using automation and robotics, grocers can build a ‘delivery pallet’ with merchandise that is sequenced for a specific store aisle. “Solutions like the MFC for Skutopia are also highly energy-efficient, with each robot using just 0.1

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

There are a lot of things feeding this idea that you can own almost every part of a customer’s life: their entertainment, their cloud, their shipping, their shopping. I think grocers still have to figure out the weekly replenishment experience versus where they can be everything, every day for their weekly shoppers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

With the rapid uptick in online grocery shopping — and given that grocery is already a low-margin business — many grocers are looking for ways to make ecommerce work financially, so it should come as no surprise that marketplaces are increasingly popular in this category.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

In fact, 42% of consumers now expect two-day shipping for every online purchase they make, and 77% are more likely to purchase an item if it can be delivered in two days or less, according to Ware2Go research. It causes some logistics issues at the start, but nothing that can’t be solved.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2025

These latest redundancies come shortly after the grocer made a host of job cuts in its head office in November, and warned there would be further redundancies to come in 2025. One would imagine it would need juicy on time and budget deliverable incentives to make it affordable for the grocer and worthwhile for the provider though, she warns.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 19, 2022

A study from 2008 found that you could likely only reduce your emissions by about five percent if you bought local food all the time, and the same can be said for general products found at your local grocers or mom-and-pop shops. Most of that transportation takes place by ship.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Since Taobao began shipping to Southeast Asia in 2017, customers yearned for more accessible customer support internationally. As most of the furniture sold on Taobao are BTO (build-to-order) and directly imported from China, shipping these orders would still require a minimum of two weeks. Is Taobao set for global domination?

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 23, 2024

According to The Times , Tesco faced criticism from brands and suppliers who expressed concerns that the fee, which covers order processing, product picking, shipping, and returns management, could potentially put them out of business. Some also raised objections regarding unfair treatment.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 5, 2024

Flying off the shelves In addition to a thriving e-commerce business, Fly By Jing can be found in over 1000 doors, from specialty shops, like Pop Up Grocer, to big-box retailers Wegmans, Target, Wholefoods and, most recently, Walmart. So now everything is hinged upon the label.”

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Waitrose currently ships to 42 territories, such as Malaysia, Chile, Jordan, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and nine Caribbean islands.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Potts, who stepped away from the grocer last month after nine years, brings a wealth of retail and grocery experience – something that’s desperately needed on the Partnership’s current board and which White has been criticised as lacking.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of shoppers’ minds, it’s no surprise so shoppers have jumped ship from the traditional big four supermarkets to discounters. revealed that the grocer had actually ditched the service at 12 of its stores, citing a lack of uptake from shoppers. However, Which?

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The move comes as the grocer published its accounts for the year to end of February at Companies House, showing how it benefitted during the pandemic from is position as an “essential” retailer. Bosses said they expect to reach their target of having 1,000 stores by 2023 and set a new ambition for 1,100 sites by 2025. Sales jumped 12% to £7.7

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 30, 2024

McKevitt said: “Christmas is always a bumper period for deals and the grocers pulled the price lever especially hard in December, as they sought to get shoppers through their doors.” ” Kantar figures show that items bought on offer accounted for 27% of all grocery spending in January versus 32% last month. .”

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

However, she warns: “Under a brightening spotlight, the transition must be swift to turn around Asda’s dismal sales performance and provide stability at the grocer.” However, Rose will likely be leading the ship for a while. ” Not all are so positive about the appointment.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Founded by a grocer, Mable is committed to helping the small business community thrive with their easy-to-use wholesale platform. . With over 1,500 brands to shop from, low order minimums, and direct shipping, Mable is the perfect wholesale partner for sourcing specialty food and beverages from local, emerging companies.

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Rangeme

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

No Sugar Aloud listed their products for sale on RangeMe, catching the attention of Freshline Keto Market, a keto-friendly grocer based in Menasha, WI. Explore experts in marketing, design, packaging, shipping, and more. Freshline Keto Market purchased some baking mixes through No Sugar Aloud’s digital storefront. So, what’s next?

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Mass Relators

MARCH 21, 2022

This study includes six retail industries — online retail, department and discount stores, specialty retail stores, drug stores, supermarkets and gas stations — as well as consumer shipping and the U.S. Southeastern Grocers stays near the bottom of the industry despite rising 3% to 75. Postal Service. to an ACSI score of 76.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 1, 2022

This study includes six retail industries – online retail, department and discount stores, specialty retail stores, drugstores, supermarkets, and gas stations – as well as consumer shipping and the U.S. Southeastern Grocers stays near the bottom of the industry despite rising 3% to 75. Postal Service. to an ACSI score of 76.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

According to Kantar, the upmarket grocer gained market share for the first time in over two years in July, as it nudged up 0.1 Historically, Waitrose has upped its market share over the golden quarter by a couple of percentage points – so the stage is set for the grocer to have a merry Christmas. percentage point to 4.5%.

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Star Miconics

APRIL 1, 2022

With a trio of capacities available, these scales are perfect for grocery, shipping, retail, frozen yogurt and ice cream shops, or bulk sales of any kind. Even cannabis operations requiring larger weights of flower can use the mG-T scales.

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