BREAKING: Foxtrot, Dom’s Kitchen & Market to Close
Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market have closed their doors effective immediately. The closure will affect 33 Foxtrot locations and 2 Dom’s locations across Chicago, Austin, Dallas and D.C. areas.
Tag: omnichannel
FI Spotlight: Best Practices For Omnichannel Strategy
The Future of Retail, Part 3: The Immersive Retail Environment
“Customers will step into a retail environment where every interaction is personalized, guided by AI algorithms that efficiently navigate shoppers through aisles and offer tailored product suggestions in real time,” fostering brand loyalty and elevating the consumer experience to “unprecedented satisfaction levels.”
Three Key Grocery Shopper Trends in 2024
Grocery shoppers are adapting their buying patterns in response to economic uncertainties and external influences in 2024.
Report Reveals Scarcity of Retail Innovation
From number-crunching untold volumes of data to helping streamline inventory, supply chain, and predictive market trends, there is no digital limit to what AI can help operators achieve.
Walmart Defines Adaptive Retail, the Next Evolution in Shopping
“Choose a future that puts people first – if we keep doing that, we can help people around the world live a better life. That’s what we want to do – that’s the world we want to help create.”
How the Food Industry Can Use AI to Improve Holiday Sales
LSEG analysts estimated Amazon’s advertising business will increase nearly $3 billion over last year’s fourth quarter to $14.2 billion as a result, Reuters reported.
Mallwalking, Food Courts, and Retail Are Back
E-commerce has not only failed to kill the great American retail experience but is helping it thrive as sales associates and vendors large and small are using the omnichannel to attract customers, enhance sales, and reduce customer acquisition costs.
Why Phantom Inventory Harms Loyalty — and How Grocers Can Fight Back
The biggest supply chain disruptions in recent memory have passed but their impacts are still being felt by cautious consumers. According to a recent Ipsos poll, nearly two-thirds (65%) of Americans say that grocery stock …
Analysis: How to Win Back E-Commerce Shoppers
While the end of the pandemic has been mostly good news for grocers, the return to in-store shopping has taken its toll on grocery e-commerce. More than half (52%) of consumers have stopped using the …
Retail Media Networks Are Poised to Explode
Believe the hype – major American retailers and grocers are spending big money on retail media networks (RMNs). Walmart has Walmart Connect. Target reaches consumers using Roundel. Kroger has its Precision Marketing network, Albertsons its …
How to Win Over Evolving Omnichannel Shoppers
Common sense wins the day in most respects, and a little data goes a long way toward verifying collective gut-checks, especially during inflationary years. And though the U.S. has landed a little softer than feared …
Analysis: What Gen Z Seeks From Supermarkets
A new study found that 78% of Gen Zers are concerned about the economy and, somewhat surprisingly, 97% of the youthful cohort still shops in-store.
3 Trends Reshaping Grocery
New research from analytics firm Placer.ai noted the steps that successful grocery chains are taking in 2023 to outpace the competition amid inflation.
Grocers Take Loyalty Programs to Next Level
Offerings such as member pricing boast potential to simultaneously grow market share and increase loyalty program penetration for grocers.
Inventory is Everything, Especially in Omnichannel Grocery
Omnichannel grocery is here to stay, and while operating in multiple channels can increase profits, it can also increase challenges.
How Omnichannel Experiences Build Loyalty
Providing a seamless experience is more than one great transaction—it’s using omnichannel opportunities to meet shoppers wherever they are.
Consumers Care About Last Mile Sustainability – Which Can Boost Grocers’ Bottom Line
Grocery delivery is here to stay, but the option can be costly for grocers. Here is expert advice from fulfillment professionals on how to maximize profitability.
Walmart Shoppable Livestreams: a New Era in Digital Marketing?
As retailers seek to increase sales via digital channels, Walmart will use livestream video to create immersive shoppable experiences.
Case Study: The Keys to Kroger’s Omnichannel Success
Grocery delivery is here to stay, but the option can be costly for grocers. Here is expert advice from fulfillment professionals on how to maximize profitability.
Report Shows Modern Consumers Demand Transparency from Brands
Industry insiders say retailers must offer deeper product information – beyond just labeling – to attract the attention of today’s consumers, many of whom demand environmentally friendly products.
Case Study: Foxtrot Reimagining C-Store Experience
Foxtrot, a modern convenience store chain with an all-day café and a 30-minute delivery app, aims to expand into more metropolitan areas following its $100 million Series C raise in January. What differentiates Foxtrot from …
Analysts: Brands Must Embrace Omnichannel Approach
In today’s omnichannel world, customer loyalty is difficult to earn and just as tough to maintain. With that, keeping pace with customers’ evolving tastes is an undeniably tall task. These issues were analyzed recently during …
The Omnichannel Shift Transforming CPG Companies
For the last 5 years, many people believed that CPG e-commerce would be dominated by an Amazon-like model based on fulfillment from warehouses. This deeply impacted their organization, ways of working and analytics. However, shoppers …
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VC Investment Trends in Food & Beverage Insights from Harbinger Ventures and Boulder Food Group
Food Institute Focus РVC Investment Trends in Food & Beverage – Insights from Harbinger Ventures and Boulder Food Group
E-Commerce: The New Normal
E-commerce is no longer considered an option for retailers if they want to keep up with competition. The average online grocery shopper spends 32.7% of the grocery budget online, according to a report from Acosta. …
Omnichannel Shoppers Will Dominate by 2025
Food Institute Focus – Omnichannel Shoppers Will Dominate by 2025