Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But at the same time merchants’ margins are being squeezed, making intelligent pricing and promotions strategies even more critical for success. Now, it’s all about how you reach consumers through tailored promotions.” Then you’d have to take into account the volume differences and the fact that one is organic, and one is not.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

For years, grocers have been in the spotlight for their food waste and plastic bags. Recent studies show that 71% of grocers are now prioritizing sustainability, with 83% of grocery leaders specifically targeting waste reduction. Now it’s retailers’ turn to act.

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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

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Sprouts, Save Mart, Rosauers and Harmons ‘Go Pro’ Four other supermarket chains — Sprouts , Harmons , The Save Mart Companies and Rosauers — have adopted Instacart Storefront Pro, an advanced ecommerce solution designed for grocers of all sizes. locations in August 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2025

For this reason, there have been major investments in exciting retail activations from some of the biggest grocers in the world, with a particular focus on bringing the online and in-store shopping experiences together in one seamless checkout. grocers are valued at $8.5 boasting 365 locations.

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Tokinomo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2025

The suit also accused the retailer of engaging in a secret and misguided campaign, together with C&S Wholesale Grocers , the divestiture buyer, to purse its own regulatory strategy, which ultimately undermined Krogers efforts, according to a Kroger company statement. The merger had originally been announced in October 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

Instacart has announced a number of promotions to its C-suite and the creation of two new senior leadership positions — Chief Business Officer and Chief Architect — in order to better position the business toward its ambition of becoming a full-service grocery technology company as readies to IPO. “As

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 29, 2025

The chief executive noted that the grocer had made positive progressive against its turnaround strategy as it grew market share and made switching gains from its competitors. Funds from this programme are partially allocated to pay off the grocer’s debts, which are now down 40% from their peak. The supermarket reported a 4.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2024

Cooperative food wholesaler Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) , which serves independently owned supermarkets, has expanded its partnership with Instacart to offer ecommerce and same-day delivery solutions as well as smart cart technology to its member retailers. An Instacart shopper will then pick and deliver the order.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2023

Personalized prices, promotions and rewards also became 3X more important at driving overall price perception compared to 2019. Indeed, price was the top consumer need across all income brackets , including 66% of people making $50,000 to $74,999 and 53% making more than $200,000. selling everyday food and non-food household items.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2024

However, this void also presents a significant opportunity for grocers. Drizly’s demise not only gives grocers the chance to lead in the alcohol retail sector but also to connect more deeply with the community. Here are three key steps grocers can take to regain customer loyalty and strengthen their position in the market.

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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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RIS News

JULY 14, 2023

You can say the same about grocery promotions. Although base price is 2X more important to shoppers than promotions when it comes to price perception, promotions can make the winning difference at a time when shoppers believe prices are higher than they are, and when they believe that grocers are earning higher profit margins.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2021

Along with extended trading hours it features a coffee kiosk operated by Sonoma, with locally roasted, barista-made coffee, along with an artisan bakery section and a collection of Aldi’s promotional Special Buys. The post Inside Aldi’s new Sydney Corner Store urban grocer concept appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

AI and robotics will be widespread: By 2032, you should expect pickup only grocers to be open throughout the U.S., In addition, grocers will use robotic MFCs (microfulfillment centers) to pick and pack their goods from the store locations. Apps as a concept will remain, but the next experience will be far more integrated.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Were building our technology for our retailer partners to help them compete with much, much, much larger players and grocers. One answer is that the connected capabilities of the cart allow retailers to provide customers with more relevant promotions and recommendations. But what exactly is driving this?

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Mass Relators

JULY 28, 2021

The analysis suggests grocers are positioned to be the ultimate mealtime solution in that 39% of consumers view retail foodservice as a substitute for a both a home-cooked meal and a restaurant meal.”. To further promote engagement, shoppers emphasized their desire for retailers to highlight nutrition facts and meal ingredients.

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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. We’ll have different promotions in the afternoon or late evening period to make sure that we’re managing a good inventory turnover,” explained Chen. “It’s

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

The BMJ’s Food for Thought 2020 collection of reports addresses issues such as what role the commercial food system should play in promoting health through better diet, and whether nutrition can support healthy cognitive ageing and reduce dementia risk.

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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

JULY 14, 2023

To combat this, along with the rising costs of printing, grocers are increasingly taking their circulars digital, placing them on their websites and apps. We are merging product and promotional data to enable advanced targeting , actionable content and measurable performance.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

However, modern PIMs really prove their value when clean, accurate and up-to-date data flows seamlessly to other enterprise systems, from merchandise financial planning to assortment planning, pricing and promotions, and more. When this occurs, each department can be assured theyre working with the correct information.

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Retail Times

APRIL 1, 2025

Take-home sales at the grocers increased by 1.8% Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! over the four weeks to 23 March 2025 compared with one year ago the slowest rate since June last year, according to the latest data fromKantar.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If you’re a grocer, you have different problems than if you’re a fashion retailer, right? Grocers were sitting there with huge supply chain issues, especially initially with the surge in consumers hoarding products and the run on their stores. It’s no longer ‘I always go to the same grocer every week.’

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2025

The frozen food specialist has promoted category trading manager Adam Smith to head of retail media, who will head up the retailers first dedicated in-house team, The Grocer reported. Iceland is preparing to introduce thousands of digital screens across its store estate as part of a major push into retail media.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Consumers demand grocers and mass merchants in particular provide these last-mile services, and it’s not without challenges, as over 40% of grocery consumers cite delivery and fulfillment services as key attributes while deciding where to shop in the past year.

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Tokinomo

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

One of the most important goals for any grocer is to increase sales. In this article, we’ve asked 4 world-renowned retail experts a simple, yet challenging question: How to increase sales in grocery stores?

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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. Among the highlights, it revealed that eight out of 10 Singaporeans still prefer shopping online for groceries, even in post-pandemic times.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2023

An ear-shaped “chandel-ear” designed by Formichetti welcomes shoppers and highlights the brand’s #EarPrint campaign promoting its ear-piercing services. through a growing roster of consumer products partnerships with national and regional grocers. Claire’s previewed the Paris store in a video on Instagram.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

Customers are looking for more ways to save, are cross-shopping more, buying more own brand and buying more product on promotion,” said Banducci. In addition to Coles, Woolworths and IGA – independent grocers, Bunnings and Amazon are benefitting from the cross-buying trend and seeing their market share increase.

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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. CPG brands can now promote their brand and products via Sponsored Items activations on the Uber Eats app, with the launch of additional formats, surfaces and markets anticipated in the coming months.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 15, 2025

Running from 15 to 21 April, the grocer’ s promotion includes five core lines: 1kg of carrots, one swede, 360g of broccoli, 500g of parsnips, and 2kg of white potatoes all priced at 8p each, in-store and online while stocks last.

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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. James Riess is SVP, Strategy and Insights at Merkle Promotion & Loyalty Solutions.

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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. This means that grocers must follow many other retailers and develop their own delivery systems, or partner with delivery platforms like Instacart or Getir.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

For example, a customer can scan a 2D barcode on a package of pasta sauce and instantly view ingredients, allergens, recipes and promotions. The same information can alert a checker if a scanned item has expired or been recalled, avoiding potential illness and reputational harm to the grocer and producer.

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