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Online retail and e-commerce providers are struggling to meet shopper expectations amidst ongoing inflation, higher costs and lingering supply chain woes. A new independent survey that queried nearly 2,000 global shoppers found that 88 percent of U.S. and 79 percent of U.K. shoppers said that online retailers delivered poor experiences at least once in the […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
NEW YORK, NY — Keystone announced today the appointment of Devesh Mishra as President and Chief Product and Technology Officer of CoreAI, marking a significant step toward the company’s objective to lead in innovation in artificial intelligence. Mr. Mishra, whose illustrious career spans over two decades in the tech industry, brings a wealth of experience […]
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Co-op reports that it is now offering the same member price benefits online for its member-owners as it does in-store. Member prices are across more than 300 key lines and everyday essentials, with branded and own-branded items including: Co-op 800g loaf (£0.76p); whole cucumber (£0.80p) ; six salad tomatoes (£0.85p); six medium free-range eggs (£1.40); […]
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Amid faltering demand for shoes and clothing as well as slipping digital sales, Nike Inc. said last week that it will bank a lot more on the thing it has spent the past several years turning away from: other retailers. Executives discussed those plans on Nike’s earnings call, during which it announced that while fiscal […]
  1. Data & Insights
“Long term, definitely, you want to be able to get to that point of direct to consumer because of the wealth of data that you get … [and] that control as well … And you can see many brands out there are all testing the water, so you don’t want to be the last one […]
  1. Retail Ecosystem
The CPG Guys are joined by Justin Honaman, Host of the ContentCast podcast and Head of Worldwide CPG & Retail Go-To-Market at Amazon Web Services as they recap the key themes discussed at the 2024 Shoptalk Conference which took place in Las Vegas Sept 17-20, 2024. Follow Justin Honaman on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinhonamanFollow The Contendercast […]
  1. Channel: Restaurants
  Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® believes that the delivery-centric food hall startup Wonder, founded by entrepreneur Marc Lore that has now raised $1.5 billion to date and plans to expand to 90 locations by the end of next year just might outlast many current legacy restaurant chains.  Why, Wonder […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
Target’s announcement earlier this month that it was launching a paid membership plan almost felt like a foregone conclusion. Amazon’s Prime membership has been paying dividends for the company for decades, and after Walmart followed suit with Walmart+ in 2020, it was only a matter of time before Target entered the mix. With the addition […]
  1. Data & Insights
Expectations for easy, seamless experiences — driven in part by the high bar set by Netflix, Spotify, and TikTok — have spilled over into other facets of consumers’ lives, including shopping. These global brands, and many B2C and B2B commerce brands, employ artificial intelligence to drive their customer experiences. However, AI isn’t a single science. […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
After a trial period across One Stop stores last year, the convenience retailer has officially selected Snappy Shopper as one of its home delivery partners. With over 1,000 convenience stores nationwide, One Stop will initially introduce Snappy Shopper’s quick commerce services to 250 of these locations, starting from June.   Mike Callachan, CEO at Snappy […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) awarded its Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award to longtime industry leader Jeff Needham at the opening session of its annual Self-Care Leadership Summit (SLS)today in Florida. The Combe Award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. consumer healthcare industry. It recognizes the outstanding work and contributions of individuals whose lifetime of achievements […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
While retailers typically put a significant emphasis on post-holiday sales, they didn’t resonate with shoppers after the 2023 holiday season. During the week after Christmas, year-over-year sales were down across the board, with only computer software sales seeing an increase from 2022. Department stores, cosmetics stores and clothing stores saw some of the largest declines, […]
  1. Channel: Grocery
Kroger and Albertsons have argued in separate legal filings that the federal Trade Commission (FTC) is misguided and flat-out wrong in opposing their $24.6 billion merger. Both retailers contend that the FTC, in suggesting that the deal would give the combined companies an unfair competitive advantage, ignores the fact that they would also be competing […]
  1. Data & Insights
Washington Post columnist Shira Ovide has a piece in which she tested Rufus, Amazon’s new artificial intelligence chatbot that the company says is designed to help people figure out what to buy based on vocal prompts. She writes, “In general, I thought the shopping bot was at best a slight upgrade on searching Amazon, Google […]
  1. Data & Insights
Publications about marketing often invoke the comparison of a digital shelf with a physical one. After all, a digital shelf displays your products for the customer to browse, just like a shelf in a brick-and-mortar store would. This comparison, however, has its limits. While customers come to browse the physical shelf, your digital shelf goes […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
Late last month, Gartner made a stunning prediction, forecasting an imminent and dramatic decline in search engine traffic. “By 2026, traditional search engine volume will drop 25%,” the research firm said. “with search marketing losing market share to AI chatbots and other virtual agents.” The prediction seemed aggressive, especially given that Microsoft Bing — with its […]
  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital
The Seattle Times reports that “Amazon has pledged to make fixes to its advertising operation after mistakenly charging online merchants to promote products shoppers couldn’t purchase.  “The problem came to light when a seller of advanced gaming computers discovered he was being charged thousands of dollars to advertise merchandise in California even though he had […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, brings you his top ‘future of retail’ systems launches and deployments from the past week, including Jisp, Walmart, Global Fashion Agenda, PDS Ventures, Pinterest, the Retail Trust, and The Very Group. Jisp In a review of its Scan & Save app’s performance through February, Jisp says it found that the total […]
  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital
At this point, Amazon’s Just-Walk-Out technology is being used in more non-Amazon stores than Amazon stores.  Which, I would speculate, offers a clue toward its future intentions. The post FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Bet The Over appeared first on MNB.
  1. Shopper & Customer
Consumers want convenience, personalization and value — it’s what pushed the U.S. retail market to a record $5.13 trillion in 2023. As inflation subsides, what shoppers want and how they spend will keep playing a big role in how the market evolves. Retailers need to keep pace with a more connected, savvy and discerning customer […]
  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital
Teen Vogue has a really interesting story entitled, “What It’s Like To Organize My Amazon Warehouse As A Young Queer Person.” The piece is by Ash Judd, described as “a 20-year-old queer person who has worked at the Amazon STL8 warehouse in St. Peters, Missouri, since December 2021.” Here’s how Judd sets up the story: […]
  1. Channel: Grocery
I talked this week about how Jon Jenkins of AWS made the point during the NGA technology Summit that retailers should not compare smart carts to more traditional carts in terms of cost;  instead, he suggested, they should be thought of a self-checkout systems being used throughout the store, taking pressure off the front end. […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
Whether we all realize it or not, there has been a shift in the force. We’re changing our stripes as a consumer-based society. Where once choice was primarily driven only by factors like quality, price, brand affinity, and even endorsement, now other, larger existential factors are impacting how we make purchase decisions — namely, how […]
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Shoptalk always brings the best and brightest minds of the industry together for four days packed with insights, networking opportunities, trend predictions and so much more. This year, the spring event in Las Vegas was no exception. But like many other major industry events, Shoptalk can feel like you’re sprinting a marathon — there’s so […]
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Amid faltering demand for shoes and clothing as well as slipping digital sales, Nike Inc. said last week that it will bank a lot more on the thing it has spent the past several years turning away from: other retailers. Executives discussed those plans on Nike’s earnings call, during which it announced that while fiscal […]
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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is set to release an updated version of its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims this year. These “Green Guides” — which haven’t been updated in over a decade — do not have the force of law but provide marketers with guidance on how to make properly substantiated […]

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