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Daily QuickWit (2/4) – Top Retail News of the Day

No plastic clamshells here: Zero Grocery aims to eliminate unnecessary plastic in grocery delivery

Today, the company announced another $11.8 million in new seed funding, led by Sway Ventures, to give Zero $16.5 million in funding to date. This comes on the heels of the company launching its sustainable online grocery store offering eco-friendly free deliveries in less than two hours.

As all quick delivery companies are looking the same in comes Zero Grocery – talk about hitting a sweet spot in hot trends, quick delivery and sustainability.  

Getir to trial click and collect from dark stores

More and more rapid delivery (qcommerce) companies are exploring more way to find profit, Getir is testing click and collect. 

“Our main thing is delivery, so we’re not becoming a retailer and making click  and collect our main line of business. But it’s something it makes sense to test and we’ve had some good results with it.”

Costco names new president and COO

We are only a month into 2022 and the amount of executive movement is staggering.  Today Costco has named executive Ron Vachris as president and chief operating officer (COO), effective Feb. 2, He has also taken a role on the company’s board of directors.

Per GroceryDive – Vachris’ promotion places him in a prime position to succeed Jelinek if and when he steps down from the chief executive role. Jelinek, who is 69 years old, has been in the top role since 2012 and led the club retailer through a period of sizable growth that has accelerated during the pandemic.

And our last story is Team USA is going “moneyball”.  Data Is Team USA’s Superpower

“When I competed in my first Olympic Winter Games, data was there…as we began to grow in the sport, data became a superpower.” 

 

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