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Last week’s most read and most interesting stories.
- Grocery Inflation might be slowing down
- Starbucks to require corporate employees to head back to the office
- Walmart to sell pickup and delivery tech to other retailers
- Amazon expands “Buy with Prime” to D to C offerings
- Albertsons beats Q3 earnings expectations
- And more!
Instacart settles benefits lawsuit for $5.25M
Instacart has reached a $5.25 million settlement with the city of San Francisco concerning payments
Grocery inflation slows, but some prices remain stubborn
TOP TAKEAWAYS Food-at-home inflation was up 0.2% in December and 11.8% year-over-year Some CPG companies
Walmart To Sell Pickup, Delivery Tech To Other Retailers
Walmart yesterday made a deal with Salesforce to sell “technologies and solutions that power frictionless
NRF Big Show to Spotlight Innovative Consumer Products and Workforce Solutions
Everyone in the retail industry knows January means two things: lots of holiday returns and
CPI for all items falls 0.1% in December as gasoline decreases
In December, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers decreased 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 6.5 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent in December (SA); up 5.7 percent over the year (NSA).
These infographics show how critical online reviews are to prospects
Online reviews have become a crucial part of the shopping experience for everything from toaster ovens to cruises to professional accounting services. Where once you might ask a friend or consult a guidebook, now you can have the entire customer base telling you whether a product or service is amazing or meh.
Walmart Commerce Technologies and Salesforce Team Up To Unlock Local Fulfillment and Delivery Solutions for Retailers
Retailers using Salesforce Commerce Cloud can now offer their customers convenient pickup and delivery experiences with Walmart’s leading store fulfillment technologies and local delivery services.
Curbside drive-thru grocer JackBe opens first location
The new brand, with its focus on pick-up, opens its first location in Oklahoma City
Worth Watching: When ChatGPT Met Deadpool
Actor Ryan Reynolds, who has shown an uncanny knack for mining current events to create
GaryVee’s Top 5 DailyVees of 2022 (to kickstart 2023!)
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz tells corporate workers to return to the office 3 days a week
KEY POINTS Starbucks corporate employees will be returning to the office at least three days
Microsoft Takes Aim at Google, Amazon with Plans to Build ‘Omnichannel Retail Media Platform’
Microsoft is gearing up to take a bigger piece of the growing retail media pie
Sensory experience key to meat-free category growth, says Pilgrim’s Food Masters
New research commissioned by Pilgrim’s Food Masters, owner of Richmond and Fridge Raiders brands, reveals
Amazon Expands D-to-C ‘Buy with Prime’ to All US Merchants
“Buy with Prime,” Amazon.com’s direct-to-consumer (D-to-C) service that allows merchants to offer Prime benefits directly
Albertsons Q3 earnings beat expectations
BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos. reported net earnings of $375.5 million, or 20 cents a
Ahold Delhaize’s finance chief to leave company
ZAANDAM, the Netherlands — Ahold Delhaize today announced that chief financial officer Natalie Knight is
DoorDash Debuts Package Pickup Service to Streamline Returns
DoorDash has introduced Package Pickup, allowing consumers across the country to have the service deliver
Bed Bath & Beyond sales fall 33% in Q3 as it seeks strategic alternatives
Dive Brief: Bed Bath & Beyond on Tuesday reported third-quarter net sales fell 33% year over year
Albertsons posts 8.5% revenue gains in Q3
Inflation drives 7.9% same-store gains, but higher costs squeeze margins View Original Article Albertsons /
SEC fines former McDonald’s CEO for misleading investors about his firing
In this article MCD Former McDonald’s CEO Stephen Easterbrook unveiling the company’s new corporate headquarters
Boxed Explores Financial Alternatives, Including a Possible Sale
Boxed, the combination ecommerce retailer and enabler that serves both consumer and business customers, is
OnBuy discusses e-commerce changes in 2022 and innovations making headlines in 2023
Last year the e-commerce industry saw a wave of innovations and, as we begin 2023,
Rite Aid CEO exits
Heyward Donigan, who has led the company since 2019, is out and Elizabeth Burr has been
