Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Cognetry provides ecommerce and fulfillment solutions for independent and mid-sized grocers, and the partnership aims to help more of them add delivery services. Walmart has partnered with last mile solution provider Cognetry Labs to offer Walmart GoLocal’s network of delivery options to Cognetry’s clients.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

During the Covid-19 pandemic, grocers managed an unprecedented level of online orders for fulfilment via delivery and click-and-collect. Grocers must once again focus on the fundamentals of meeting (or exceeding) customer expectations to ensure they continue to win and retain customers. Did I have a great delivery or pickup experience?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Health-focused online grocer Thrive Market plans to launch a retail media network powered by Instacart ’s Carrot Ads solution. Thrive Market will use Carrot Ads to help connect brands with its more than 1.5 million members through sponsored product and display ads on its own website and app.

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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 TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Shoppers at the local K-Market Otaniemi grocery store had the option of ordering their groceries online and having them delivered by LMAD’s autonomous vehicle, without requiring physical human interaction (see a video of the robot in action here ). “I

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Misfits Market has announced plans to acquire fellow online grocer Imperfect Foods , both of which aim to tackle the problem of food waste by salvaging aesthetically flawed yet edible produce that would otherwise be discarded. “We food system,” said Abhi Ramesh, CEO and Founder of Misfits Market in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2020

Xu added that the expansion into grocery deliveries was on its roadmap before the pandemic, but that stay-at-home orders that drove unprecedented adoption of home delivery from restaurants and grocers accelerated those plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Weis Markets will streamline operations at its 198 stores through a partnership with Invafresh. Interest in fresh food is on the rise, and while this has led to higher sales for grocers it also has increased labor costs. Weis is adopting new technology to help automate certain processes to reduce the workload of its staff.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

They also provide an answer to some of the challenges created by the pandemic, as executives from Woodman’s Markets and Badger Technologies discussed during a session titled The Rise Of Robotics In Retail at the 2020 Retail Innovation Conference. The robots also can improve merchandising.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A number of local and independent grocers — including Bowman’s Market , Maurer’s Market IGA , Neiman’s Family Market , Queen’s Price Chopper and Soelbergs Market — are adopting Instacart ‘s AI-powered smart Caper Carts.

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Tokinomo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Retail merchandising is a critical aspect of the grocery industry that can greatly impact the success of a store. The way products are displayed, organized, and promoted can influence customer behavior and drive sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) In 2022, grocers will need to become digital-first. Here’s my take: 1.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

RedMart by Lazada, Singapore’s first fully digital grocer, recently released the findings of its latest research into Singaporean grocery shopping and restocking habits. The post How RedMart by Lazada is navigating Singapore’s changing grocery market appeared first on Inside Retail. Others may follow.

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Tokinomo

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Campaign corner Halloween candy. Halloween is celebrated by trick-or-treating enthusiasts, talented bakers who create deliciously eerie cakes, and those who indulge in thrilling horror movie marathons.

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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 TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

Rising costs created unprecedented challenges for grocers as dollar stores made their moves into the grocery space. While traditional grocers can’t undercut dollar store prices, they can amplify the benefits that dollar stores notoriously don’t have — quality and convenience, including expanded services and meal options.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Instacart has expanded the offerings under its Instacart Platform umbrella, a suite of enterprise-grade technologies designed to help grocers with their digital transformations. Through our partnership with Instacart, we’re able to leverage Platform technologies that have helped us seamlessly grow our ecommerce business.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2023

The top six digital retailers are 1) Amazon, 2) Amazon Fresh , 3) Target , 4) Sam’s Club, 5) Walmart and 6) Walmart Neighborhood Market. In fact, 52% of customers of first-quartile retailers reported they have an easy online shopping experience, an increase of 13% from 2019.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

M&S has surpassed Waitrose as the preferred grocer for Middle England for the first time, at a key period ahead of the busy Christmas season. It marks the first time that M&S has ever overtaken the premium grocer outside the festive period, when figures are skewed by higher spending on food-to-order for the party season.

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Tokinomo

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Campaign Corner Super Bowl Numbers. In preparation for this year's Super Bowl LVII, Heinz Ketchup is highlighting the confusion caused by the use of Roman numerals in the advertising of big games.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

During Rogers’ three-year tenure as VP of Retail, Instacart has grown its grocer partnerships from 300 banners to more than 800. Two additional promotions see Daniel Danker elevated to the role of Chief Product Officer and Laura Jones taking on the Chief Marketing Officer job. Both Danker and Jones joined the company in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

million new customers the grocer attracted that year. both new markets for the grocer. The off-price grocer also has been expanding its omnichannel options through a partnership with DoorDash launched in February 2023. The additions will bring Aldi’s U.S. with an emphasis on the Southeast. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

Save A Lot has entered a new partnership with RangeMe to scale the discount grocer’s sourcing efforts for new and innovative products. “Save A Lot is a limited assortment, hometown value grocer,” said Tom Burkemper, VP of Direct Store Delivery & Merchandising Services at Save A Lot in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Discount grocer Lidl is a big player in Europe, with more than 12,000 stores in 32 countries. Image courtesy Lidl In partnership with advertising and design agency MONO , the grocer has developed a new look that is now on display across in-store signage, online videos, billboards and more. But its reception since launching in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

RFMN is a retail media and ad tech company that specializes in providing solutions to independent grocers, mid- to large-scale chain supermarkets and convenience stores. This collaboration empowers local grocers to enhance their in-store advertising with real-time promotions and elevate engagement with customers and CPG partners.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 16, 2024

Aldi is set to near Asda’s market share by 2027 and could overtake it by 2028, GlobalData has revealed. The data and analytics company said in order to secure its position in the UK food and grocery market as the third biggest grocer, Asda must “redefine itself with a clear differentiation from discounters”. last month.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

.” Mercato was founded in Brooklyn and has partnerships with local independent grocers including Sahadi’s and Patel Brothers, but this initiative is designed to empower stores in more marginalized neighborhoods.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 4, 2024

As of last year, Erewhon had amassed a total ending market value (EMV) of $60 million, exceeding more accessibly priced grocery chains like Sam’s Club ($59 million EMV) or Sprouts ($27 million EMV), a report by influencer marketing platform CreatorIQ stated. percent, to reach an estimated $8.47 trillion by 2027.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

Instacart is currently piloting the new ad service with Schnuck Markets , Good Food Holdings and Plum Market , among others, with plans to roll it out more broadly later this year. Key Food is already using the solution, which is now live for all Instacart Platform customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

Mexican grocer Chedraui , Raley’s Supermarkets and Primark Stores have topped the National Retail Federation’s 2023 Hot 25 Retailers list, which ranks the fastest-growing retail companies in the U.S. 5; and Southern California retailer Superior Grocers added 22 Numero Uno stores in 2022, pushing it to No. Superior Grocers (up 30.1%) 7.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

“This is a critical moment for brick-and-mortar grocers to digitize the in-store shopping experience and unlock similar revenue streams,” said Sean Turner, CTO of Swiftly in commentary shared with Retail TouchPoints. Target’s Same-Day Options Surge. Target’s comparable sales grew 8.9% in Q2 2021, maintaining some of the momentum from the 24.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Online grocery’s previously lethargic rate of adoption meant that grocers lagged other retail sectors in multichannel merchandising systems, customer data management and fulfillment technology. As a result, profitability for these online grocers is a challenge. Grocers will re-imagine their businesses — and the people who run them.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

As grocers around the world work furiously to meet consumers’ demand for delivery without breaking the bank, Chinese online grocer Missfresh looks to have a winning model. Private label offerings are growing increasingly common among online grocers for the same reason they have been popular for decades at traditional retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2021

Both Uber and Uber Eats are making deliveries in markets including San Francisco, New York City and Washington D.C., Uber has found partners in regional supermarkets like Southeastern Grocers and recently started a relationship with Albertsons Companies that will offer delivery from 1,200 stores under more than half a dozen banners.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Freshippo’s items will be available through Ebest’s shopping app and website, with a product selection tailored to the Australian market, including Chinese delicacies such as snacks, juices, tea drinks, and culinary sauces. Australia is Freshippo’s third offshore market after the US and Singapore.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But other grocers and retailers are not Target. Their private label offerings and go-to-market strategies should be distinct and mutually reinforcing, with verbal and visual messaging all their own. Why should a value grocer that operates in lower-income areas mimic these looks?

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