Dept. Pet

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  1. Department & Category

OffBeat:  Bosch, Dogs, & “West End Blues”

Tonight, the last two episodes of this season’s “Bosch: Legacy” drop on Amazon Prime Video – the final episodes of the series, which over the past 10 years, through two iterations, has, for my money, been one of the best things on television. I’ll have more to say about this next week, after I’ve watched […]
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  1. Department: Nonfood

Amazon Pet Day Discounts will Set Tails a-Wagging and Cats a-Purring

For the fourth year, Amazon will offer significant discounts to pet parents on Amazon Pet Day, May 13-14 in the U.S. Early deals will begin appearing on April 29, and the 48-hour event will include bargains on pet food and treats, toys, apparel, health care products, grooming supplies, litter and odor products, electronics, cleaners and […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Costco Destination Dinning

  Costco has long been recognized as a destination for consumers seeking Ready-to-Eat (RTE) and Heat-and-Eat fresh prepared foods. This strategic focus has significantly enhanced customer satisfaction and loyalty, positioning Costco as a leader in the grocerant niche—a sector characterized by the fusion of grocery and restaurant-quality offerings. Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA-based […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman: Our AI Will Differentiate Via Personality

Microsoft announced a slew of product upgrades to its Copilot AI bot on Friday, including longer memory and deeper personalization features intended to make the bot feel more like a companion and less like a Wikipedia-retrieval machine. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO, believes this is the primary way AI companies will differentiate their products. It […]
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  1. Department: Nonfood

£100,000 worth of hidden illegal tobacco and vapes seized in Lincolnshire shop raids

More than 90,000 cigarettes, 20 kilograms of tobacco and 4800 illegal vapes were seized by the North East Lincolnshire Council’s Trading Standards team during a partnership operation. Joined by Humberside Police and a specialist dog unit, officers visited several shops on Pasture Street and Cross… This story continues at £100,000 worth of hidden illegal tobacco […]
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  1. Department: Consumer Durables

Small Business, Big Ideas: Amid Historic Disruption in Off-Price, This Family-Owned Overstock Wholesaler is Reinventing the Game

This story is part of Retail TouchPoints’ ongoing “Small Business, Big Ideas” series, focusing on smaller retail brands that have found big success and have even bigger ambitions. Norman Nardick, Founder of The Bazaar and grandfather of current CEO Bradley Nardick. Back in 1960, before terms like “off-price” and “closeout” were commonplace, decorated World War […]
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  1. Merchandising

How To Choose the Right Packaging Partner For Your Retail Business

You’ve poured your heart into creating a product. Say, a handmade candle or a trendy snack bar, and it’s finally ready to hit the shelves. You’re excited to see it in customers’ hands, but then the first shipment arrives at their doors. The boxes are crushed, the labels are smudged, or worse, the product inside […]
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  1. Department & Category

Grocerant Niche Drives Competition for Food Relevance Food Fight: A Battle for Share of Stomach

  The food industry is experiencing a seismic shift as traditional boundaries between retailer’s dissolve, creating an intensified competition for consumer dollars. This battle, often referred to as the “Share of Stomach,” has evolved into a high-stakes contest among traditional grocers, convenience stores, and restaurants—alongside a growing list of non-traditional food retailers. Unexpected entrants like […]
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  1. Department: Nonfood

Alanna McDonald – GM, Mars Pet Nutrition & Today’s Category Growth Models

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by NA GM for Mars Pet Nutrition – Alanna McDonald. With brands such as L’Oreal & Procter & Gamble in her background, we knew this would be a solid foundational discussion on ways to think through today’s category shaping trends and opportunities. This episode was shot LIVE at […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Instacart Debuts AI-Powered Tools to Supercharge Healthy Food Shopping

Instacart has introduced Smart Shop, which leverages generative AI and machine learning to create a more personalized grocery shopping experience. The platform also has unveiled AI-powered Health Tags that provide detailed nutrition information across its catalog, as well as curated Inspiration Pages featuring expert-backed health recommendations and shoppable recipes. The initial Inspiration Page was developed […]
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  1. Department: Nonfood

Yoplait unveils new recyclable Yop bottle

Yoplait is introducing a new recyclable PET bottle across its 500g and 825g formats from this month. Featuring clear PET and including 35% RPET, the bottles have a new mico-perforated sleeve with clear instructions for the consumer to remove before being put into the recycling… This story continues at Yoplait unveils new recyclable Yop bottle […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Private Label Booms: Reshaping the US Retail Landscape

Should heritage brands be afraid of private label? The jury is still out as Private Label is certainly having its moment in the spotlight. Fueled by factors like inflation and dwindling brand loyalty, private label is making waves across major consumer product categories. And it’s not just about snagging a bargain, consumers are flocking to […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Target Details Plans to Drive Over $15 Billion in Sales Growth by 2030

Target has ambitious plans to drive an additional $15 billion in sales growth by 2030. Key priorities include enhancements to its brick-and-mortar stores, using AI to improve search, social and data-driven personalization, innovation in its owned private label brands, a dramatic expansion of its Target Plus marketplace and a doubling of the value generated by […]
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  1. Channel: Convenience

7-Eleven’s Big Bite is Still Driving Success

  When it comes to leveraging branded food items, few companies do it as effectively as 7-Eleven. According to the team at Tacoma, WA-based Foodservice Solutions®, 7-Eleven has managed to maintain its position as a convenience store leader by continuously innovating around its branded food offerings. One of the earliest trends identified by Foodservice Solutions® […]
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  1. CPG: HBC

Colgate-Palmolive Company Announces Agreement to Acquire Prime100

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As part of its growth strategy, which includes investing in faster-growing product segments adjacent to its core categories, Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) today announced that it has agreed to acquire Care TopCo Pty Ltd, owner of the Prime100 pet food brand. This acquisition provides the Company’s Hill’s Pet Nutrition division with an entry into […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Medical Imaging Market: A Glimpse into the Future of Healthcare

Medical imaging technology is one of the most transformative innovations in modern healthcare. From the early days of X-rays to the more advanced tools like MRI, CT scans, and PET scans, the ability to visualize the internal structures of the body has revolutionized diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient care. The medical imaging market, as a […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

10 Grocerant Niche Success Clues for 2025

  Digital hand-held technology, specifically smartphones, has driven a decline in traditional network TV viewing, reshaping how and where consumers eat, according to Steven Johnson, Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA-based Foodservice Solutions®. As consumer behavior evolves, the perceived value of a product or brand can shift. The team at Foodservice Solutions® understands that consumers are […]
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  1. Holiday & Events

Revlon, Lids, Tubi and More Get in on Super Bowl Action with Unique Activations

For brands, the Super Bowl has become more than just an annual sporting event — the Big Game is now a big moment for brands to make a splash and connect with consumers. A game-day ad is the traditional method, but increasingly, brands are thinking outside the 30-second ad spot with activations that lean into […]
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  1. Stores & Formats

Hundreds of illegal tobacco and vape products seized in Suffolk store raids

Illegal tobacco and illegal vapes were seized during raids on two Suffolk stores by Suffolk Trading Standards officials and Lowestoft police officers. A sniffer dog helped to find the products during raids carried out at two stores in Lowestoft and Bungay. A Suffolk Trading Standards spokesperson said: “The sniffer… This story continues at Hundreds of illegal tobacco and vape […]
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  1. Department: Consumer Durables

Bankrupt Bargain Hunt to Close All 92 Stores

Bargain Hunt, which bills itself as “The Greatest Extreme Savings Store on Earth!,” will be offering even steeper discounts during going-out-of-business sales at all 92 of its stores. The Nashville-based retailer, which operates across 10 states in the Midwest and Southeast, declared bankruptcy earlier this week and plans to shutter its store fleet by the […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Are You Bringing Brick-and-Mortar Friction into Ecommerce?

As ecommerce solidifies its position as a critical revenue growth driver for brands, organizations must reevaluate their operations to take a more holistic omnichannel approach to commerce. Category management is central to this transformation and an underrated element of it. In our new research piece, eCatman and the Path to Omni-Category Management, co-authored with TPG, […]
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  1. Channel: Specialty & Other

Tractor Supply Plans 100 New Stores Plus Additional DC in 2025

Tractor Supply will open 90 new namesake stores and a total of 10 new Petsense by Tractor Supply Stores this year, along with the addition of the rural-oriented retailer’s 11th distribution center (DC). Tractor Supply currently operates more than 2,500 stores, and in December 2024 the retailer revealed its long-term goal of eventually operating 3,200 […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Pet Supplies Plus Adds Grubhub Delivery Option

In a deal designed to make animals (and their humans) purr with satisfaction, Pet Supplies Plus and its emerging sister brand Wag N’ Wash have partnered with Grubhub for on-demand deliveries from the retailer’s nearly 700 stores across 44 states. Pet Supplies Plus offers more than 10,000 products from 400 brands. This isn’t Grubhub’s first […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Why People-Centered Design will be One of 2025’s Hottest CX Trends

Some 2025 retail design trends are easy to predict; for example, it’s a good bet that artificial intelligence (AI) will play a starring (or at least supporting) role. But we wanted to dig a bit deeper, so Retail TouchPoints interviewed two top execs from Arcadis, Principal Cindi Kato-Yokoyama and Principal and Experience Design Services Lead […]
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Walgreens Agrees to $10B Sycamore Partners Acquisition

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has finalized a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners to take the company private after being in the stock market for nearly 100 years. Sycamore will pay $11.45 per share in cash for the Walgreens business, according to a company announcement. Shareholders can receive up to $3 more per share […]
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Kroger Announces Resignation of CEO Rodney McMullen

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rodney McMullen has resigned from the Company following a Board investigation of his personal conduct that, while unrelated to the business, was inconsistent with Kroger's Policy on Business Ethics.
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Valentine’s Day flower sales could shift to FTD, other brands in 2025

1-800-Flowers still leads in US, FTD is gaining share 1-800-Flowers is the largest flower service by sales headed into Valentine’s Day 2025, according to Earnest credit card data. However, the industry stalwart is likely to lose share this season if recent trends continue. Access chart in Dash. 1-800-Flowers commanded 37.0% of Valentine’s Day flower sales […]
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