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Five Shipping Tips To Benefit Your Ecommerce SMB Strategy

The growing ecommerce landscape represents an incredible opportunity for SMBs, allowing them to expand their reach into new geographies and connect with customers worldwide. That said, ecommerce growth does come with challenges to overcome.  One of the most significant issues of all is figuring out how you’re going to manage the complexities of shipping, both […]
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Walgreens Looks to ‘Break Through Health Care Silos’ with New Specialty Pharmacy Division

Image courtesy Walgreens Walgreens is bringing all of its specialty pharmacy services into one integrated unit and expanding its offerings for patients suffering from complex chronic conditions with an investment in gene and cell services. It’s all part of what the company described as the “latest step to leverage its neighborhood pharmacies into fast-growing areas […]
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Are LLMs About To Hit A Wall?

Each new generation of large language model consumes a staggering amount of resources.  Meta, for instance, trained its new Llama 3 models with about 10 times more data and 100 times more compute than Llama 2. Amid a chip shortage, it used two 24,000 GPU clusters, with each chip running around the price of a […]
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Grocerant Guru’s Full-Flavored Forecast: 2024’s Flavorful Trends

  Get ready to tantalize your taste buds with a peek at what’s hot in the culinary world! Once again Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® and his team,  are seeing some new signals of our ever-evolving consumer focused adoption of fresh food with functionality; including botanical infusions, and even a […]
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Working lunch In focus: Food-to-go

Once again, lifestyles are changing. Workers are going back to the office, if not full-time then at least two or three days a week, which means popping out to the shops for a grab-and-go al fresco or ‘al desko’ lunch is back on the agenda.… This story continues at Working lunch In focus: Food-to-go Or […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Asda’s c-stores trialling display screens for spirits sales

Asda is running a trial of digital spirits display screens in 23 of its Express stores, in partnership with Diageo. The screens allow customers to select from a larger choice of spirits, with the range increasing from 13 or 26 products to 50. The screens… This story continues at Asda’s c-stores trialling display screens for […]
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How Bark is Creating Products and Experiences that Pups (and Pup Parents) Love

Americans spent $136.8 billion on their pets in 2022, up from $123.6 billion in 2021, according to the American Pet Products Association. Half of these pet-owning households are run by millennials and Gen Zers, who don’t just look at their pets as “furry friends” but as their children. Bark is one company that is laser-focused […]
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The Estée Lauder Companies and Microsoft look to reimagine the beauty industry with generative AI tools

The Estée Lauder Companies and Microsoft Corp. have announced the creation of an AI Innovation Lab as an expansion of their global strategic relationship. Leveraging generative AI capabilities in Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, the companies will work together to develop solutions for ELC’s more than 20 prestige beauty brands with the aim of creating closer […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Rebag, Newegg Join Growing List of Retailers Launching Membership Programs

Membership programs are quickly becoming 2024’s hottest accessory, whether you’re a luxury resale platform or an electronics ecommerce site. Online marketplaces Rebag and Newegg have joined the growing roster of retailers launching membership programs. This year alone, the list of retailers that have launched or beefed up their loyalty and membership programs includes Albertsons, Carter’s, PetSmart, Target, Sunglass […]
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  1. Partnerships & Alt Profit

Mud House partners with Coolstays

Mud House is teaming up with Coolstays – the home of unique and unusual places to stay across the UK, Europe and worldwide – to launch a new on-pack promotion. For five months fifteen Mud House shoppers will win a getaway, with an additional £1000… This story continues at Mud House partners with Coolstays Or […]
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  1. Department: Food

Country Choice appoints allergen awareness ambassador

Country Choice, the provider of in-store bakery solutions for the convenience retail sector, has appointed its technical manager, Kerry Primarolo, as an ambassador for allergen awareness. Primarolo will be providing training to colleagues so that they can help customers to identify best practice in allergen… This story continues at Country Choice appoints allergen awareness ambassador […]
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  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Co-op further drives growth ambitions with appointment of former Lidl property boss

Rachel Hargreaves has joined Co-op as director of property, development and estates, as the convenience retailer drives strategic growth plans. Joining Co-op from Lidl Great Britain, Rachel’s position involves a focus on ensuring Co-op is at the forefront of landowners, developers and agents minds as… This story continues at Co-op further drives growth ambitions with […]
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  1. International

Promotional feature Boost your sales by tapping into the demand for spicy snacks

PepsiCo explores the rising demand for spicy snacks amongst UK consumers, why working together is key to maximise the growth opportunity NPD has to offer, and how momentum can be maintained in the months ahead. Heating up the Savoury Snacking category Snacking remains hugely popular… This story continues at Promotional feature Boost your sales by […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

TelevisaUnivision to Debut Shoppable TV Experience at Latin American Music Awards

Spanish-language media and content company TelevisaUnivision has partnered with Shopsense AI to make some of its programming, on both linear and streaming platforms, shoppable.   Using onscreen QR codes and dedicated URLs, the Shopsense technology makes onscreen content shoppable via mobile devices by directing viewers to a show-specific digital store. The partnership will kick off […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Nurturing future leaders: Celebrating the graduates of Nielsen’s Diverse Leadership Network program

Nielsen’s 2024 Diverse Leadership Network graduates strike the #inspireinclusion pose for International Women’s Day Nielsen is focused on creating a better media future for all people, and that starts inside our own company, with our people. One of our leadership development programs is the Diverse Leadership Network (DLN). Through the DLN, we are investing in […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

2024 Annual Marketing Report

2024 Annual Marketing Report Maximizing ROI in a fragmented world Discover how global marketers are allocating budgets, measuring success and what these trends mean for your own impact planning. Download the report 2024 Annual Marketing Report Maximizing ROI in a fragmented world Discover how global marketers are allocating budgets, measuring success and what these trends […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Video Forum: Kevin Host, Walmart

Kevin Host, senior vice president of pharmacy at Walmart and incoming NACDS chairman, talks about the state of the association and the industry it represents. Host discusses his priorities at NACDS, including DIR reform and expanded scope of practice for pharmacists, as well as efforts to foster innovation and build synergies between pharmacy and the […]
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  1. Department: Nonfood

Swipe fee costs average household more than $1,100

WASHINGTON – Soaring credit and debit card swipe fees cost the average U.S. household more than $1,100 last year, the Merchants Payments Coalition said. “American families should not get bilked for more than $1,100 each year on swipe fees,” MPC Executive Committee member and National Retail Federation Senior Director of Government Relations Dylan Jeon said. […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Mother’s Day spending expected to hit $33.5 billion

WASHINGTON – Mother’s Day spending is expected to reach $33.5 billion this year, according to the annual consumer survey by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The figure is the second highest in the history of the survey, following last year’s record $35.7 billion. “Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the […]
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  1. Department & Category

FMI taps Julie Savoie to lead workforce initiatives

ARLINGTON, VA – FMI – The Food Industry Association, has tapped Julie Savoie to lead the association’s strategic direction for, and implementation of, member workplace and workforce initiatives. She will also help oversee the FMI sustainability agenda. Julie Savoie “Workforce capabilities are one of FMI’s Imperative Issues and have become particularly urgent in recent years,” […]
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Target’s April 2024 Circle Sale was its largest by sales lift

Track General Merchandise spending free Access chart in Dash. Target’s April Circle Sale generated 7% more sales than the weekly average in the previous 4 weeks according to Earnest credit card data. This represents a 2 point acceleration in the Circle Sale’s contribution to Target’s topline compared to Target’s October sale. Target Circle is a […]
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Download full TikTok Shop report Access TikTok and Panel data in Dash. TikTok Shop customers spent 26% of their apparel wallet on Off-Price Department Stores and 11% on Fast Fashion in the 12-months ended February 2024, compared to 24% and 7% for the average shopper. Conversely, TikTok Shop users spent less than their peers at […]
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