Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

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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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2024

The pricing practices of Australia’s supermarket near-duopoly are about to the the focus of a year-long enquiry by the government’s competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC will examine competition in the supermarket sector and how it has evolved since the previous inquiry in 2008.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 1, 2023

Queensland, Australia’s third-largest state, had the highest monthly rate of shop stealing on record this January, according to publicly available police data. “Supermarkets operate on very thin profit margins. Supermarkets refer to goods lost to theft, expiry or payment error as stock losses. Store theft rose 23.7

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With COVID-19 cases dropping in 2022, shoppers returned to physical stores, including supermarkets, while maintaining some of their e-shopping habits acquired in the pandemic. And in 2024, with shoppers visiting different supermarket stores and chains, and with greater frequency, we’re witnessing a new trend: the polychannel shopper.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

Australia’s leading supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, delivered their third-quarter results to shareholders this week along with new consumer insights. This includes cross-shopping, where consumers actively purchase their groceries from multiple stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Coles Group , which operates a chain of more than 800 supermarkets across Australia, will deploy the Bringg delivery management platform in a bid to make its home delivery operations more efficient. The solution will make it easier for Coles to allocate deliveries to its network of carriers and track deliveries in real time. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ahold Delhaize USA will make the DoorDash on-demand grocery delivery marketplace available across its five supermarket banners: Food Lion, Hannaford, Giant Food, The Giant Company and Stop & Shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

very intentionally draws its design and merchandising inspiration from supermarkets rather than pharmacies. Joyleaf, which opened in late 2023, is organized and merchandised by type of product rather than by brand: all the edibles, for example, are grouped together as a category, as they would be in a supermarket.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Six months after launching a digital shop for DSW shoe styles on Hy-Vee.com , the retailers are moving their partnership into the brick-and-mortar space. By October 2, DSW shops will open at six Hy-Vee locations in Minneapolis, with additional DSW shop-in-shops slated to open in 2021. Hy-Vee, Inc.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 6, 2024

In Australia, nearly half of consumers (48 per cent) are now shopping online at least sometimes. While online grocery sales are predicted to keep growing strongly , the majority of grocery shopping still happens in physical stores. They show greater versatility and a higher preference for online shopping than older shoppers.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2024

Supermarket chain Aldi has dropped its plan to expand into online shopping believing it might affect its ability to continue providing low-cost products for customers. In addition, offering online shopping would also create more complexity given Aldi is still building warehouses and an automated distribution centre, Lack stated.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 18, 2022

Staff will use a series of hi-tech cameras to follow customers as they do their shopping, and then bill them when they leave. Customers must register with Aldi’s Shop&Go app, which will allow them to enter the store, pick up their items, and then walk out.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 26, 2021

Discount supermarket chain Aldi has topped the Canstar Blue Most Satisfied Customers Award, putting nine wins in its basket over the last 11 years. The survey also revealed that 91 per cent of customers go to the same supermarket for convenience and because it is “closer to home”, which was likely heightened by pandemic lockdowns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2024

Stop & Shop will shutter 32 supermarkets in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island by Nov. Stop & Shop is focused on growing through large, multi-year price investments and a stronger customer value proposition, both in stores and online.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Australian supermarkets will reap bigger profits in fiscal 2023 half-year due to decades-high inflation and increased savings, but analysts warned of a rough second-half as households reel from mounting expenses due to higher cost of living. Woolworths said food prices over the September quarter rose 7.3 per cent, while Coles reported a 7.1

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The chain’s value offer and rapidly expanding store network in recent years saw it overtake Morrisons to become the UK’s fourth largest supermarket in 2022. H owever, in April it was reported that it was among the supermarkets resorting to selling shops to bring down its significant debts. coming in at £110.58

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Inside Retail

MARCH 18, 2024

South Australian independent supermarket Saints Road Foodland has been named IGA International Retailer of the Year at the recent awards ceremony held in Las Vegas. According to dos Santos, Saints Road Foodland aims to continue its mission to deliver South Australians with an elevated, premium shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

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. This sentiment about the demand for efficacious products at a budget-friendly price point is shared by the co-founder of tbh skincare, Rachael Wilde.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Digital shelf, dark store and a fresh food playground – is this the future of supermarkets? The consulting company has developed a new supermarket concept, in partnership with design agency Le Projet Hope, that blends online with offline and old shopping habits with new processes. . Accenture thinks so. Image: Supplied.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2021

German grocery chain tegut… has piloted a fully automated mini-supermarket concept in Fulda, Germany, with plans to open another three locations in 2021 and, eventually, hundreds of the digital self-service stores across the country. The cable ducts in the shelf elements, for example, are used for labeling the different product ranges.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 30, 2024

Going forward, on-demand delivery from the takeaway company will also be available from 380 Morrisons supermarkets across the UK, with shoppers able to purchase thousands of products. “We’re committed to offering great value and high quality products to our customers however they choose to shop.”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

Videos and images of bare toilet paper shelves have once again surfaced online as consumers fall into old habits, forcing supermarkets to bring back purchase limits on high demand items. Varying approach from supermarkets . We ask that customers stay calm, shop normally and be respectful to our hard-working team members.”.

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Swedish studio Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor and design agency Snask have revamped a supermarket in Täby, adding pastel hues and materials such as terrazzo and wood to "turn shopping into an experience". Our main goal was to create a more personal shopping experience," Snask creative director Freddie Öst told Dezeen. "We

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I Vend

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

 As the holiday season approaches, supermarkets start to gear up for their busiest time of the year. We all like to eat, drink and be merry, and that means big business for supermarkets and grocery stores. In the UK, for example, in 2023 shoppers made 488 million grocery shopping trips in the four weeks before Christmas.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Shopping at local convenience stores can cost up to a fifth more than buying the same items at the supermarket chains’ larger stores, according to a new study from Which? Members of the supermarket chain’s More loyalty scheme could be charged up to 22% more at the smaller outlets because the scheme is not currently available there.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The two largest supermarkets in the country – Coles and Woolworths – have been found to have a “huge gap” when it comes to labelling foods for sale online. The post ‘Huge gap’ in major supermarkets’ food labelling online appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. stars or higher, compared to just 0.4

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

Alibaba is expanding its membership-driven hypermarket chain Store X, bringing together its best practices from online and offline shopping, as it seeks to capitalise on China’s burgeoning middle class. Two new stores opened last week, offering a supersized format of Alibaba’s Freshippo supermarkets to paying members.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At the heart of the vibrant “Madinat Badr,” one of Dubai’s luxurious new development districts, the 93rd branch of the AllDay supermarket chain opened its doors in the spring. Enhancing the overall shopping experience through superior lighting quality. Creating a captivating atmosphere.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 21, 2024

Warm weather and household buying ahead of summer holidays accelerated sales growth at UK supermarkets this month, although Asda continued to struggle, fresh data shows. Sales at the supermarket fell 6.4% Across all supermarkets, visits to stores increased 2.7% and it lost 1.3 percentage points of market share over the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2022

German supermarket chain REWE Group has introduced autonomous store technology at a 4,300-square-foot Schönhauser Allee location in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, using Tel Aviv, Israel-based Trigo frictionless checkout. Payments are collected and receipts are issued digitally.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2022

Southern California grocery chain Vallarta Supermarkets will incorporate white-label picking and delivery capabilities from stor.ai as it seeks to enhance online shopping and fulfillment operations while maintaining its connection with shoppers. “We By partnering with stor.ai

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Platform Zero, a digital platform that links supermarkets with small businesses as a means to deal with food waste and provide cost of living relief, has emerged as the winner of the 2023 Kickstarter Challenge organised by the Accelerator for Enterprising Women.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lidl has overtaken Aldi as the UK’s cheapest supermarket, ending the discounter’s 16-month run. conducted its monthly cheapest supermarket price comparison, comparing the cost of a basket of groceries and household essentials. for those shopping without a Nectar card. Consumer group Which?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 10, 2021

As a result, it has become the star of a significant urban renewal project that will create a bustling inner-city neighborhood filled with shops, residential apartments and offices. Woolworths supermarket is driving one phase of this project with its Fishermans Bend Neighbourhood Shopping Centre, which opened in July.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Frasers Property Australia will begin the construction of a new shopping centre at The Grove community in Tarneit in mid-next year. The shopping centre will house more than 20 retail outlets across 4000sqm, including a bakery, greengrocer, nail bar, pizza restaurant, Chemist Warehouse outlet and Anytime Fitness gym.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Online shopping has come a long way in recent years and we are continuing to look for ways to help make healthier choices easier for our customers, however they shop with us,” the Woolworths spokesperson said. The post “Isn’t helpful”: Supermarket duopoly’s online labelling under fire appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 3, 2024

The Yeperenye Shopping Centre in Alice Springs, Northern Territory is looking for new fashion and food retail tenants for a major development project. Currently, the shopping centre is home to Woolworths supermarket and 50 stores including national branded retailers and attracts 4.7 million customer visits per year.

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