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  Don’t want to cook, don’t want to do dishes, well according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® your kids don’t want you hear you complain about cooking dinner either. Chuck E. Cheese has a new program for that has a great chance to make the entire family happy according […]
  1. Channel: Mass
Target reported Q4 and 2023 financial results at its annual investor day on March 5, 2024. Quarterly comp performance improved sequentially from Q2 to Q4, but 2023 ended with comps down -3.7%. Profitability outperformed expectations as the company realized $2B of operating income growth in 2023 and reported notable gross margin improvements. The stock was […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
Comments from Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen. "Kroger achieved strong 2023 results, in line with our long-term growth model and built upon three consecutive years of historic growth.
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Download full report Leonardo.ai–a differentiated visualization growing its share of wallet Access chart in Dash. A self-described “platform for creative production,” Leonardo.ai commanded about 47% of its own customers’ AI Tools spending in January 2024, relatively flat since November 2023  according to Earnest credit card data. This makes it somewhat rare among AI tools in […]
  1. Channel: Mass
MINNEAPOLIS—As part of a revamp of its customer loyalty program, Target is launching a new paid membership program called Target Circle 360. The program, set to launch on April 7, includes unlimited free same-day delivery for orders over $35 in as little as an hour with no delivery fees or markups, free two-day shipping, access […]
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See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. What are America’s Most Disappointing Cars in 2024? This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Cars are such a fundamental part of American life, that certain […]
  1. Media & Marketing
Reports are coming in that a number of Meta’s top social apps, including Facebook and Instagram, as well as its new app Threads, are all experiencing an outage on Tuesday morning. When loading the apps or websites, users receive an error message that “something went wrong” and to try again later, or, in the case […]
  1. Channel: Mass
What makes Target so popular? For starters: 🎯 People-first leadership 🎯 Powerhouse private labels 🎯 An elevated store experience BY LISA GOLLERMARCH 5, 2024RETAIL, STRATEGY What makes Target so popular? For starters: 🎯 People-first leadership 🎯 Powerhouse private labels 🎯 An elevated store experience As consumers’ needs and the retail landscape shift, Target has evolved as an […]
  1. Channel: Drug
Update 3/4/2024: As part of its financial reorganization, Rite Aid plans to close an additional 77 stores this year, according to multiple media reports. When it officially entered bankruptcy in October 2023, Rite Aid said it planned to close 154 underperforming stores, and in December 2023 multiple sources reported that Rite Aid planned to close […]
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​From its inception as a humble mail-order business catering to radio aficionados to its zenith as a global electronics giant, RadioShack’s trajectory has been nothing short of extraordinary. The post The RadioShack story: from boom to bust to reboot appeared first on Retail Insight Network.
  1. Partnerships & Alt Profit
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Media Exchange (CMX), a data-led, technology-driven media network that enables partners to reach and better serve CVS Pharmacy shoppers, is partnering with Pinterest and LiveRamp on data clean rooms to bring greater transparency to partners (CPG brand suppliers). Provided by LiveRamp, this clean room solution allows CMX partners to track attributed Pinterest […]
  1. Department & Category
When you open your 20,000th store you are executing relevant brand messaging and at Dollar General were talking more and more about a lot of food according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Steve Deckard, Dollar General’s executive vice president of store operations and development, stated, “Today marks an incredible […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
The New York Times has a piece about the impetus for shrinkflation, and the underlying economics. “Companies are downsizing products without downsizing prices, and consumer posts from Reddit to TikTok to the New York Times comments section drip with indignation at the trend, widely known as ‘shrinkflation’,” the story says, noting that “the practice isn’t […]
  1. Media & Marketing
Best Buy will leverage its membership-based loyalty program to sharpen personalization efforts for its 2025 fiscal year, which began Jan. 29, 2024. The retailer also plans to concentrate on updating and refreshing existing stores rather than opening new brick-and-mortar locations, as well as “improving and livening the merchandising presentation given the shift to digital shopping […]
  1. Channel: Grocery
Unknown number of Kroger employees move to Blue Ash Technology Center, Kroger Co. has allowed the lease to lapse on Cincinnati downtown office space used by the grocer’s digital team, a Kroger spokesperson has confirmed. The workers were relocated from Atrium Two, 221 E. Fourth St., to the company’s Blue Ash Technology Center at 11450 […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
Elon Musk sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and affiliated entities on Thursday, alleging the ChatGPT makers have breached their original contractual agreements by pursuing profits instead of the nonprofit’s founding mission to develop AI that benefits humanity. Musk, an early backer of OpenAI, claims Altman and Brockman convinced him to help […]
  1. CPG: Food
Nestlé has launched a new range of ice cream inspired sharing bags, featuring Aero, Milkybar, Munchies and Rowntree’s Randoms. Nestlé has announced its new range for 2024, the latest sharing bag selection, inspired by popular Ice Cream flavours. Neapolitan flavour Aero Melts, Munchies Cookie Dough… This story continues at Nestle launches ice cream-inspired variations of […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
According to new Consumer Spend data from Barclays’ annual contactless trends report, usage grew across all age demographics in 2023, and the gap between older and younger audiences continued to narrow. It shows the fastest growth among the over 65s for the third year running.… This story continues at 80% of 85–95-year-olds now pay with […]
  1. Channel: Restaurants
There were numerous press reports yesterday that fast feeder Wendy’s plans to institute surge pricing – charging higher prices at high-demand times – sometime next year. The reports seemed to emanate from comments made earlier this month by the company’s new CEO-president, Kirk Tanner, who said that the chain plans to rollout “dynamic pricing,” enabled […]
  1. Stores & Formats
Macy’s announced yesterday that it will close 150 of its stores in the US, a move that will eliminate about 25 percent of its square footage representing about 10 percent of its sales. The New York Times reports that “it is the second major downsizing of the Macy’s chain since 2020 and will leave the […]
  1. Associates & Employees
The annual leave report, conducted by HR systems specialist Access PeopleHR, analysed data from over 3,000 companies to reveal that the retail and wholesale sector has seen a 4.32% drop in annual leave taken per employee from 2022-2023. Nationally, annual leave taken has dropped by 7.6%… This story continues at Retail and wholesale workers taking 4% […]
  1. Channel: Dollar/Value
The fine is the largest-ever criminal penalty in a food safety case. Family Dollar has agreed to pay over $41 million in fines after pleading guilty to holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under unsanitary conditions at its West Memphis, Ark., distribution center. The fine is the largest-ever monetary criminal penalty in a food […]
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  Don’t want to cook, don’t want to do dishes, well according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® your kids don’t want you hear you complain about cooking dinner either. Chuck E. Cheese has a new program for that has a great chance to make the entire family happy according […]
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Target reported Q4 and 2023 financial results at its annual investor day on March 5, 2024. Quarterly comp performance improved sequentially from Q2 to Q4, but 2023 ended with comps down -3.7%. Profitability outperformed expectations as the company realized $2B of operating income growth in 2023 and reported notable gross margin improvements. The stock was […]
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Comments from Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen. "Kroger achieved strong 2023 results, in line with our long-term growth model and built upon three consecutive years of historic growth.

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