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  1. Retailer Media

Retail Media: Everything You Need to Know

For several years now the term “retail media” has been buzzing around both retail and media circles. Whether you’re looking for a deeper understanding of the implications and applications of retail media or need a down-and-dirty explainer on what retail media actually is, you’ve landed in the right place. This special Retail TouchPoints resource hub […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

Dollar General Announces Updates to Store Operations Leadership

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) announced Steve Sunderland’s intent to leave the Company as its executive vice president, store operations effective January 19, 2024. Steve Deckard, the Company’s current executive vice president, growth and emerging markets, will transition to an expanded role leading store operations across Dollar General retail locations, Mi Súper Dollar […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Guest Column:  Why C&S Wholesale Grocers Is Nothing Like Haggen

by Scott Moses Content Guy’s Note: Scott Moses, Managing Director and Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants at Solomon Partners, yesterday posted a column on his website addressing the concerns that allowing the Kroger acquisition of Albertsons would repeat the mistake made by the FTC when it allowed Albertsons to acquire Safeway in 2015, divesting stores to […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

NRF Revises Down – Way Down – Retail Theft Estimates

From the New York Times: “A national lobbying group has retracted its startling estimate that ‘organized retail crime’ was responsible for nearly half the $94.5 billion in store merchandise that disappeared in 2021, a figure that helped amplify claims that the United States was experiencing a nationwide wave of shoplifting. “The group, the National Retail […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Dollar General Adding Staff, Saying It Is Addressing Shrink

Business Insider reports that we can “add Dollar General to the list of retailers rethinking their self-checkout strategies as they head into the new year. “The discount retailer said Thursday it will beef up staffing in its stores’ checkout areas after the company reported slowing sales growth and rising rates of missing inventory, or shrink. […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Dollar General Plans 800 New Stores, 1,500 Remodels in FY 2024

Dollar General is planning approximately 2,385 real estate projects for fiscal year 2024, including about 800 new store openings (including approximately 30 pOpshelf openings and 15 new stores in Mexico), along with 1,500 store renovations and 85 store relocations. While this would be an ambitious growth plan for any retailer, it actually represents a “modest […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Dollar General Plans 800 New Stores, 1,500 Remodels in FY 2024

Dollar General is planning approximately 2,385 real estate projects for fiscal year 2024, including about 800 new store openings (including approximately 30 pOpshelf openings and 15 new stores in Mexico), along with 1,500 store renovations and 85 store relocations. While this would be an ambitious growth plan for any retailer, it actually represents a “modest […]
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  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Facing fines, cluttered aisles and late-night mockery, Dollar General’s returning CEO tries to drive a turnaround

KEY POINTS Dollar General’s returning CEO, Todd Vasos, laid out plans to turn around the company’s performance, as sales slow and its stock price slumps. He said the retailer will put more workers in the front of stores, slow down store openings and step up efforts to keep merchandise in stock. The company has been […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

DoorDash adds HSA and FSA payment capability

    [[“value”:” DoorDash has enabled payment options for both HSA (Health Savings Account) and FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts) to pay for eligible items at select merchants on the delivery company’s app.  Consumers can use their HSA and FSA funds to pay for over 30,000 HSA/FSA-eligible products on DoorDash including select over-the-counter (OTC) medicine, COVID-19 […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

SN Top 10: Dollar General, Publix, Giant Eagle top the week's headlines

    [[“value”:” In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Publix introduces 9 limited-time private label ice cream flavors. Publix has launched nine limited-time own brand ice cream flavors for the fall / winter season. Most flavors are available in quart-size cartons; however, three flavors — Peppermint […]
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  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

DG spotlights groceries in holiday promotions

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General is offering a slew of promotions and discounts designed to position its stores as food shopping destinations as well as places to buy household items and affordable gifts this holiday season. “Decked Out in Deals is our way of offering added savings this holiday season that extend beyond our everyday […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Challenge Of City-Owned Grocery Stores

The Wall Street Journal has a story about Erie, Kansas, a community of 1,000 people that started operating its own store in 2021. “At the moment, things aren’t going especially well,” the Journal writes.  “Erie Market … is losing money almost every month amid stiff competition from a Walmart 15 miles away and a Dollar […]
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  1. Department: Beverage

Your Views:  No Yolk

On Friday, we took note of a report from  The Takeout saying that “a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleges that Roundy’s, a subsidiary of Kroger, has been misleading consumers by labeling its eggs as ‘farm fresh.’  The plaintiffs in the filing argue that the […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Dollar General pays $1M in worker discrimination settlement

    [[“value”:” Dollar General has been accused of worker discrimination in a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), reports Business Insider. The discount retailer has agreed to pay a settlement of $1 million after being accused of canceling job offers at a Bessemer, Ala., distributing center after certain applicants failed a […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Allocating Retail Space To Improve Security, Increase Spending

In the vibrant corridors of retail environments, where consumer activity perpetually buzzes, the strategic allocation of retail space emerges not merely as a tactic but as an essential strategy, intertwining security and spending patterns.  The meticulous planning and execution of retail space management extend beyond the mere placement of products, embedding within its scope the […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Your Views:  Birds Of A Feather

Last week it was announced that Dollar General’s former CEO,  Todd Vasos, was coming out of retirement to run the company, which has been suffering from slowing growth and allegations of unsafe working conditions. I commented: Dollar General seems to be taking a page from Starbucks’ book.  I’d argue that it has a lot of […]
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  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Dollar General Takes A Page From Starbucks’ Leadership Book

CNBC reports that “Dollar General’s former CEO Todd Vasos is coming out of retirement to helm the company, which aims to rebound from slowing growth and allegations of unsafe working conditions. “Vasos, who served as the discounter’s CEO between June 2015 to November 2022, will replace Jeff Owen effective immediately, the company announced on Thursday […]
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Why Amazon’s Just Walk Out initiative failed – and why it’s not the end of checkout free technology

It recently emerged that Amazon’s Just Walk Out offering is being dropped from Amazon Fresh stores. However, it’s not checkout-free tech that’s failing, it’s the fact that Amazon’s checkout free solution doesn’t work, especially in grocery retailers, argues Will Glaser, Founder and CEO at Grabango. In the dynamic grocery retail landscape, a transformative wave is […]
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