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  1. Technology & Innovation

KC/In Conversation:  The Intersection of Business & Technology

From Western Michigan University’s annual Food Marketing Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan … a wide-ranging panel discussion that I had the chance to facilitate last week about the impact of technology on various segments of the business.  The focus includes robotics, AI, Agentic commerce, and how a business needs to re-engineer its corporate DNA if it […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Listen Now: Legendary Adman Ellis Verdi on the Art of Retail Advertising

This past summer, American Eagle made headlines around the world with its “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” ad spot. Whether you liked it or not, the campaign sparked discussion and, according to American Eagle, sales, which is after all the ultimate goal. Longtime advertising executive Ellis Verdi said he’s “net positive” on the campaign. “First […]
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  1. Channel: Marketplace

Legendary Adman Ellis Verdi on the Art of Retail Advertising

This episode is brought to you by Commerce. For four decades, Ellis Verdi, Founder and President of DeVito/Verdi, has helped shape some of the most talked-about — and often controversial — campaigns in retail advertising. From launching Daffy’s with bold, conceptual creative to working with Macy’s, Kohl’s, Men’s Wearhouse and Meijer, Verdi has built a […]
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  1. Agencies & Vendors

Core-Mark Curated Winner Unite Food Seeks to Shake Up the Protein Bar Aisle

2025 Core-Mark Curated Winner & RangeMe Premium subscriber Unite Food is looking to shake up the protein bar aisle with globally-inspired flavors and natural ingredients. In this interview, Founder & CEO Clara Paye shares her journey from Managing Director of a major plumbing manufacturer to launching a food brand with distribution at leading retailers like […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Your Views:  Target

On Monday I did a FaceTime video at a brand new, days-old Target store in Norwalk, Connecticut, that I described as a dismal and depressing shopping experience – low energy, riddled with out of stocks, and reflective of “retail yesterday,” not “retail tomorrow.” Got lots of email in response. MNB reader Bob Miller wrote: Retired […]
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  1. Department: Food

What Really Matters:  A Missive

This is one of the best emails I’ve ever gotten, in the sense that it illustrates how a single person in a retail business can make an enormous difference.  It comes from MNB reader Stacy McCoy: I was not an early adopter of having groceries delivered to my house. During the height of Covid in […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Tuesday Eye-Openers

With brief, occasional, italicized and sometimes gratuitous commentary… •  HHS To Ban Synthetic Food Dyes in Food By End of 2026 From the New York Times: “In his first attempt to significantly change the nation’s food supply, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, will direct food manufacturers to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Walmart Pilots Free App with Live Visual Interpretation for Blind Customers

Walmart has debuted a pilot program with Aira, a mobile app that connects blind and low vision customers with a sighted interpreter who can describe products, labels and prices in real time. Walmart is offering the wayfinding app for free, joining retailers including Target, Meijer, Wegman’s and Starbucks that also are leveraging the Aira app, […]
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  1. Data & Insights

dunnhumby and Placer.ai strike partnership enabling retailers to unlock unique door-to-purchase customer journey insights

By combining in-store and out-of-store customer journey insights, the partnership delivers retailers and CPGs with actionable strategies in today’s highly competitive environment.
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  1. Channel: Grocery

SN Top 10: Kroger, Meijer and ShopRite top the week's headlines

 ​[[“value”:”In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Kroger revises forecast following tepid Q3. Kroger might already be feeling the effects of deflation, as the Cincinnati-based grocer reported a relative”]] 
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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: Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger top the week's headlines

    [[“value”:” In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Former FTC policy director: Kroger, Albertsons merger is facing ‘a hurricane storm’. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could be leaning towards challenging the Kroger, Albertsons merger in court, and representatives on both sides are scheduled […]
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  1. Channel: MealKit

Blue Apron trims staff by 20% following asset sale

[[“value”:” Blue Apron cut 20% of its workforce after completing the sale of much of its assets to FreshRealm in June, the company said in reporting its second-quarter financial results on Wednesday. Excluding a one-time, non-cash charge of a $48.6 million in the quarter related to the asset sale, the meal-kit delivery pioneer said it […]
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Walmart to Expand Digital Shelf Labels Chainwide

Walmart will deploy digital shelf labels (DSLs) chainwide this year, doubling the approximately 2,300 U.S. locations currently using the technology (Walmart U.S. operates more than 4,600 stores). With more than 120,000 items in a typical Walmart store, managing price changes manually requires significant associate hours. Additionally, these DSLs are equipped with LED lights that make […]
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