Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

Discount supermarket Aldi is making a push into convenience with the opening this week of a Corner Store concept in North Sydney. The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

And, in order to speed up and facilitate the business’ growth plans, which include an expansion of its store network, Metcash has increased its debt facility to Total Tools from $40 million to $65 million. Metcash’s Food division, driven by supermarket chain IGA, benefited from the shift in consumer behaviour. per cent to $9.4

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 25, 2024

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that shareholders vote against the online grocer’s new remuneration policy and performance share plan at next month’s annual meeting due to “material concerns” over the sum of money executives could receive, The Times reported. as of Friday afternoon (22 March).

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2023

This can be seen by the adoption of QR codes – the use of which accelerated amid Covid-19 restrictions – self checkout in supermarkets and autonomous mobile robots, which are being utilised by major retailers for (among other things) logistical, supply chain and other inventory management tasks.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The supermarket boss claimed major grocers like Sainsbury’s had returned to popularity as customers seek to buy all their groceries in one place, instead of searching around multiple shops for bargains. While the supermarket’s share of the grocery market rose to 15.6% to 9.6%, according to Kantar.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

As the driving force behind a new era of hyper-personalisation, efficiency and sustainable retail experiences, its impact on the way we shop cannot be understated. And how will it shape the way we shop? Today’s consumers are craving a truly unique shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2023

At the same time, the return of in-person shopping after Covid-19 restrictions bit into the sector’s lockdown-era market share. Such plans could be hampered by the existence of Woolworths’ existing Metro60 offering , in which the supermarket chain uses Uber services to deliver groceries within a 60-minute window.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

On the ground, I can report that there are challenges facing UK and European retailers that savvy Australian retailers can learn from to plan ahead. Coincidently (or not), the supermarket has timed this approach to take effect alongside contract talks with major suppliers like Nestle, Pepsico and Unilever.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Wilko owner Chris Dawson has revealed plans to open up to 40 new UK stores next year as he looks to restore the discount chain to its former glory. The Range owner, who bought Wilko out of administration in October, told Retail Gazette he is targeting “shopping centres and only very busy high streets” for the new stores. “I

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 17, 2024

The supermarket chain revealed last week that Clubcard sales penetration now stands at 82% and its members have grown 6.2% The member pricing initiative is part of the chain’s five-year plan, in which it will invest £240m into overhauling its membership scheme to attract an additional one million active customers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2024

Last week, Amazon -owned grocery chain Whole Foods announced the launch of a new format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, to make grocery shopping more convenient for urban consumers. Whole Foods Market Daily Shop is not the grocery retailer’s first foray into smaller storefronts.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

With spur-of-the-moment “I’ll just run in to grab something” shopping trips becoming less frequent and online ordering on the rise, shoppers are making plans and orienting their schedules based on order delivery timelines to a degree that seemed unthinkable a year ago. Adjust to Return Reluctance.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2020

Now, retailers are urgently focused on making their shopping experience digital, contactless and pandemic-proof. An often-repeated statement is “all of our digital plans for the next five years will be executed in the next 12 months.” The T11 Supermarket in Beijing added staff for delivery and kept the shelves fully stocked.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

On top of that, she has faced fierce criticism around her turnaround plan, which includes a focus on non-retail activities such as house building. Potts joined the supermarket in 2015 after almost four decades at Tesco, where he started on the shop floor aged 16 and rose through the ranks to run its Asian operations.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Tesco is extending its zero-waste shopping service from online to stores to allow people to buy products from laundry detergent to ketchup in refillable packaging. Customers in 10 Tesco stores in the east of England can now buy products in reusable packaging that can be returned when finished so it can be cleaned, refilled and used again.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. Instead, they want the creativity and storytelling that used to come from interactions with real humans on the shopping floor. Recent research from Khoros bears this out.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Here are some examples covering the spectrum of diversification, from a continuist perspective to more disruptive cases: In July 2021, John Lewis revealed plans to become a private landlord by building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets across the UK.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Supermarket shopping grew 4.6 In response, two thirds of Brits (67 per cent) are looking for ways to get more value from their weekly shop, with almost half of these shoppers (48 per cent) paying closer attention to the prices of items they buy regularly, and the same number buying budget or own-brand goods over branded goods.

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A1 Retail

APRIL 21, 2022

Online grocery store British Corner Shop has announced the opening of a new warehouse in Wijchen, The Netherlands on Monday the 11 th of April. This warehouse is the first of its kind for the Bristol-based business, with a full dedication to exporting British Corner shop products.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2024

Last year, data from the Centre for Retail Research revealed that more than 120,000 jobs were lost in the retail sector as thousands of shops shuttered across the nation in retail’s worst year for store closures since 2008. Retail Gazette rounds up the retailers who have begun axing roles this year.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

First choice for food Roberts explains that having previously fixed the basics of price in its ‘Food First’ strategy, which he calls “the biggest barrier to shopping at Sainsbury’s” it was now focussed on how it could bring more customers to do more of their shopping at the supermarket.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

The ‘dawn delivery’ and ‘free return’ services have been expanded in collaboration with affiliated online shopping malls. South Korean supermarket chain E-mart has announced plans to exit Vietnam, according to The Korea Times. E-mart to quit Vietnam.

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A1 Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

Brits cut back on the weekly grocery shop amid increasing inflation, with supermarket shopping seeing its lowest uplift since February 2020 . The travel sector, while still in decline, had its best month since before the pandemic, as a third of consumers report making holiday plans a priority. percent in February.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Growth in supermarket spending increased to 5.2 percent), as UK consumers returned to their regular routines after the Christmas break. Of these consumers, half (47 percent) are using loyalty schemes or vouchers to get money off shopping. percent year-on-year in January – less than the latest CPIH* inflation rate of 4.2

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

It is looking increasingly likely that many office workers will continue to work from home, at least on a part-time basis, with a number of media reports suggesting that up to 95 per cent of consumers do not want to return to commuting five days a week and want to work a maximum of three days a week in the office.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

The new stores at the iconic luxury mall are designed to expand its lifestyle, beauty and food and beverage offerings so shoppers can get a taste of specially curated merchandise and unique shopping experiences. “We This program will cover around 111,000 sq ft of retail space across levels one to three.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 20, 2021

Indeed, John Roberts, CEO of AO World, recently said that he believed the shift to online shopping was a permanent one. Many people have fallen back in love with their communities and wish to support local shops and brands. . On the one hand, online penetration will inevitably remain higher than it was pre-Covid.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 9, 2024

Additionally, supermarket spending experienced its lowest increase since September 2022, at 2.8%, possibly because consumers had already stocked up on festive items in November, leveraging early discounts. This is likely due to many retailers and supermarkets starting discounts and promotional activity earlier than usual.”

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 8, 2023

According to the British Retail Consortium, six thousand shops have closed down in the UK in the last five years as a result of crippling business rates, a wave of administrations during the pandemic, and hesitancy around new openings. However, not all retailers are looking to downsize as some have embarked on ambitious store opening sprees.

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A1 Retail

MAY 24, 2022

Ambitious plans unveiled to grow online business in 2022 by a further 50% to £300M scaling at pace with online ‘quick convenience’ available from over 2,000 stores. Co-op is expanding its online offer at pace through both its own online shop – which first launched in 2019 – and innovative partnerships.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Bank of England has predicted that the United Kingdom is falling into a prolonged recession, with inflation not expected to return to its target level of 2% until 2024. The recession has already started to impact shopping behaviour, which will continue for much of this year.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2022

Last year, supermarket giant Woolworths launched its Everyday Market, an online marketplace hosted within its broader website that allows customers access a variety of products in categories not traditionally held in its supermarkets, such as homewares and clothing, and includes products from Big W, PetCulture, Healthylife, Designer Bums and Joonya.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 20, 2023

Pee was responsible for driving the expansion of the retailer’s online shopping app and the Sparks loyalty programme His departure creates a vacancy in the top ranks at the high-street retailer, as its turnaround builds pace. Chief digital and technology officer Pee was hired back in 2018 from Canada’s largest supermarket chain Loblaw.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The district is vying to return to its former glory with many vacancies and downmarket tenants blighting the famous shopping street. The fact that HMV replaced an American candy shop, which was trading from its former iconic store, was heartening for many. I can assure you the store will be a fantastic shopping experience.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 20, 2023

Jeremy Pee, the man responsible for driving the expansion of Marks & Spencer’s online shopping app and the Sparks loyalty program is set to depart, just months after assuming an expanded position. According to the Times, it is understood that Pee is leaving to return to Canada. people last year.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A decade ago, convenience stores were a rare sight in Vietnam, where the vast majority of the population was used to shopping in traditional markets or mom-and-pop stores for everyday grocery needs. Since the beginning of this year, the chain has opened 300 Winmart+ stores, with 800 more planned by the end of this year.

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Mike Anthony

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Is this a fad, or a gimmick, or is this the future of supermarket shopping? I visited their newest Asda Refill Station near York to check out how things were looking, and to consider how this might impact shopping behavior. Are refill stations a brilliant niche or the beginning of a new way of shopping?

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