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The new Tiktok challenge waging war on the major supermarkets’ pricing

Inside Retail

Independent Queensland grocer Skippys Fresh Frootz has garnered attention on social media for its videos highlighting its low prices at a time when Australia’s major supermarkets are facing scrutiny for their lack of transparency in their price-setting practices. Bunnings is now back in first place.

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Why supermarkets are stocking breakout and trendsetting brands on their shelves

Inside Retail

Recently, the supermarket beauty aisle has undergone a makeover of sorts, with Australia’s leading supermarkets Coles and Woolworths now stocking digitally native self-care products. Today, it is the number one brand, with 46 per cent market share – outselling global beauty giants Maybelline, L’Oréal, Revlon, Rimmel and Covergirl.

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Walmart Raises Store Managers’ Pay, Ups Stock Grants to a Maximum of $20,000

Retail TouchPoints

store managers’ base pay from an average of $117,000 per year to $128,000 and has redesigned its bonus program to include a store’s profits, not just its sales. Bonuses could now amount to 200% of a manager’s base salary. A strong labor market has many retailers raising wages and improving benefits for workers at multiple levels.

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Aussie supermarkets have a trust problem. Here’s how they can fix it

Inside Retail

Lockdowns and the pandemic changed all of that, and today there’s hardly a CEO, board or management team that hasn’t taken the full dive into data and digital as their path to future success. We should all be able to enhance our customer experience (CX) and better manage our customer relationships (CRM).

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How consumers’ forensic focus on prices is driving cross-shopping

Inside Retail

Australia’s leading supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, delivered their third-quarter results to shareholders this week along with new consumer insights. The rise of consumer cross-shopping is top of mind for supermarkets as they strategise how to remain competitive. “We

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Vallarta to Implement Integrated Inventory Management Solution

Retail TouchPoints

Vallarta Supermarkets will implement Logile IMS, an inventory management solution that will allow the Southern California regional supermarket chain to manage orders and receiving while also handling in-store production and service, via integration with the retailer’s forecasting and workforce management solutions.

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Why Coles is doubling down on home brands at both ends of the price spectrum

Inside Retail

While the ongoing inquiries into supermarket pricing have been generating plenty of headlines in recent weeks, they barely came up during Coles’ Q3 earnings call on Tuesday. per cent increase in supermarket sales revenue to $9.1 On Tuesday, Coles reported a 5.1 billion, with comparable sales growth of 4.2