Vendors

Articles on vendors in the retail and CPG industries.

  1. Technology & Innovation
Check out the articles on this here website that caught your fancy last week, including Marks and Spencer, PoundFun, H&M Group, Centra, Carrefour Belgium, StrongPoint, THG Ingenuity, Asda, LIveRamp, and Amazon. Marks and Spencer lacked business continuity plan amid ongoing cyber attack chaos, M&S insider claims An M&S insider has talked to Sky News about […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
Online resale platform ThredUp has made a bold move in its effort to promote the development of circular retail more broadly. The company is making its resale-as-a-service (RaaS) technology free and open source, meaning that the underlying code powering its branded resale shops is now available for any company to access and use at no […]
  1. Stores & Formats
​[[“value”:” This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. For its 2023 bankruptcy, which ended last fall, Rite Aid blamed macroeconomic factors and business challenges arising from the pandemic. For its 2025 bankruptcy, which commenced Monday, the drugstore chain says its front-of-store retail operations are largely at fault. In a letter […]
  1. Channel: Delivery
With brief, occasional, italicized and sometimes gratuitous commentary… •  DoorDash To Acquire Deliveroo From the New York Times: “DoorDash announced two deals worth billions of dollars on Tuesday, saying it has agreed to acquire Deliveroo, the British food delivery company, and SevenRooms, a platform used by hotels and restaurants to manage reservations and marketing. “The […]
  1. Channel: Grocery
On Monday, in my FaceTime commentary, I noted that in a Town Hall presentation at the WAFC convention, Albertsons never really addressed the new realities facing the company in the wake of the collapse of its proposed acquisition by Kroger.  I also was expecting some explanation to vendors of the company’s strong line against absorbing […]
  1. Channel: Grocery
I’m reporting this week from the annual Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) Convention in Palm Desert, California – a great place to network and learn, which is appropriate since a focus on education is a primary value for the organization.   On Sunday, in one of a series of Town Halls in which retailers […]
  1. Channel: Specialty & Other
Are you a small consumer electronics product brand who’s trying to figure out how to sell to Best Buy? If so, you are not alone. Best Buy is the largest brick-and-mortar retailer in the US for consumer electronics, which is why thousands of brands attempt to get their products in the company’s stores every year. In […]
  1. Channel: Mass
Are you a small product brand who’s trying to figure out how to sell to Target? If so, you’re not alone. Target is a huge retailer, which is why thousands of brands attempt to get their products in the company’s stores every year. In the end, only a handful of vendors will cross the finish line […]
  1. Media & Marketing
Selling to QVC has become a powerful marketing strategy for companies looking to attract customers and boost their revenue. With global TV shopping network giants such as QVC as well as HSN and other smaller networks, these platforms can offer a significant boost to a business’s bottom line. With a combined annual revenue of over […]
  1. Stores & Formats
Developing and launching a product that can help you gain profit is the first step that you have to overcome in starting or growing a wholesale business. However, the real challenge for entrepreneurs comes after the product launch— and that is sales and distribution to retail stores. However, the trick of the trade is that […]
  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital
  In the 1990s, the seeds of food delivery’s evolution were planted by pioneering companies like CyberSlice.com, Webvan.com, CyberMeals.com, Food.com, and EZ2Get.com. Though many of these startups were ahead of their time—challenged by sluggish internet speeds, underdeveloped logistics infrastructure, and underwhelming funding—they laid the foundational marketing and operational frameworks for what has today become a […]
  1. Data & Insights
  From busy weeknights to lazy Sundays, the modern consumer is shifting away from the stocked pantry and toward the convenience of takeout. Time pressures, missing ingredients, and diverse family preferences are driving a nationwide mealtime migration according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. Here’s what the data reveals—and why […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
Albertsons EVP, Chief Merchandising & Digital Officer Omer Gajial has written a letter to suppliers in which he flatly says that “with few exceptions, we are not accepting cost increases due to tariffs.” The letter initially was sent several weeks ago, but only now is getting broad visibility outside the supplier community. Here’s the entire […]
  1. Agencies & Vendors
One of the things Alex Yale loves about being an entrepreneur is that whatever work he invests into the business, he gets back. Every action he takes is one meant to directly benefit the brand. He’s not pulled into other people’s projects, and his calendar is not filled with other people’s meetings. Yale At the […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
[Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Earth Day, April 22, to include more sustainability initiatives from brands including Anthropologie, Trove and Babylist.] Every year, 92 million tons of clothing waste are generated — equivalent to a full truckload dumped into landfills every second. It’s a problem that fashion brands have long been aware of […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
The Information recently reported that Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke recently informed his employees that there were two new AI-related criteria for how they do their jobs.  Some of this struck me as reflective of a new reality.  But there was another reality about how the new standards were communicated that really bothers me. The post […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
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 […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
OpenAI is gearing up to add an online shopping experience to ChatGPT via an integration with Shopify. New code strings in ChatGPT’s public web bundle, “buy_now”, price and shipping fields, product-offer ratings, and “shopify_checkout_url”, indicate that OpenAI is wiring a native purchase flow into the assistant. The snippet suggests a hand off to Shopify’s hosted […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
Nestled in a back parking lot of the industrial waterfront that lines Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal is an absolutely fantastic thrift store of the old school — a sprawling warehouse filled to the brim with used goods organized in a somewhat jumbled manner by general category. Big Reuse’s unassuming exterior blends in perfectly with the loading […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
Rob Barnes has left grocery giant Asda where, for the past 15 months, he held the position of Chief Information Officer. In a LinkedIn post, Barnes, who joined Asda from Marks and Spencer, said: “Thanks for your messages this week folks! As some of you have seen, I’ve taken the decision to leave Asda. It’s […]
  1. Department & Category
  As we navigate uncertain economic times, one thing remains clear: snacking is an essential part of American life. According to Circana’s latest research, “Snack Unwrap: The Insatiable Craving for Growth,” nearly half of Americans (48.8%) are snacking three or more times a day—a 2.7% increase from last year. Younger generations, particularly those aged 18 […]
  1. Technology & Innovation
Laura Mollard has left Asda after playing a part in the retailer’s journey towards IT autonomy. Over the past two and a half years, she has held the position of Senior Information Technology Project Manager, having joined from Co-op where she served as Senior Technology Delivery Manager. Earlier this year, Asda was granted an extension […]
  1. Department & Category
  California and West Virginia are at the forefront of food regulation, examining the ingredients that make up our everyday meals. Both states are considering new legislation to regulate food additives, dyes, and preservatives and according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®, change is coming.  In West Virginia, this effort […]

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Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is departing the grocery technology company to join OpenAI as its Chief of Applications. In an email to employees, she said: “Let me start by saying this was an incredibly hard decision because I love this company. We are operating incredibly well as our last earnings results have shown. Our strategy […]
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There’s no shortage of talk about technology that’s going to redefine, dominate, or transform retail this year. Much of this language boils down to marketing speech, and often, true industry disruption fails to materialize. There is no shortage of tech hyperbole in retail. But then there’s the occasional exception — a technology that genuinely does […]
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[Week of May 9] Timely insights on consumer behavior, pricing, and retail trends This weekly snapshot highlights the most relevant signals shaping where and how consumers are spending—from e-commerce and inflation shifts to essential vs. discretionary demand. What you’ll get from this week’s report: Cross-border e-commerce slowdown: Learn how tariff pressures are reshaping sales trends […]
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Grocery continues to be a key financial driver for Walmart, according to the retailer’s newest annual report released last week. The key business segment brought in $276 billion in net sales for Walmart U.S. for its fiscal year 2025, which ended Jan. 31, […]

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