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Industry Partners

Shoppers Click-and-Pick to Record Grocery Tally

Pickup becomes a “dominant” modality as ship-to-home slips and sales reach $9.3 billion in March, Brick Meets Click/Mercatus survey indicates.

Retailers

Poll Finds Majority of Americans Support Amazon Union Drive

A new poll of registered voters from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and GBAO Strategies finds that 77% of Americans support the Amazon union drive in Bessemer, Ala.

Retailers

Can Restaurants and Retail Both Come Out of COVID in Better Shape?

By Jon Springer on Mar. 25, 2021

Supermarkets are giving back much of the extra spending power their shutdown peers in the restaurant loaned them during COVID, but both channels could come back stronger than they went in, a Barclays report says.

Industry Partners

Don’t Pump the Brakes Yet on Online Growth

By Jon Springer on Mar. 24, 2021

The February slowdown in online spend was significant but complicated, says Brick Meets Click’s David Bishop, who argues what retailers need to do now is adjust to swirling winds.

Industry Partners

Retailers, Manufacturers Have Differing Sales Outlooks, Survey Shows

By WGB Staff on Mar. 17, 2021

Higher prices and increased marketing funds are on the way this year while retailers brace for slower sales, and tighter assortments, an Advantage Sales survey shows

Industry Partners

'Be Bold': FMI Closing Keynote Maps a Tough Road Ahead for a Resilient Industry

By Jon Springer on Jan. 28, 2021

Food retailers have "no option" but to slash costs and develop an operating model for the new normal, McKinsey's Sajal Kohli said in a rapid-fire closing keynote of FMI's annual Midwinter Executive Conference.

Industry Partners

$100B in E-Grocery Sales Up for Grabs, Nielsen Projects

By Jon Springer on Jan. 26, 2021

As the pandemic propels their annual online forecast, FMI and Nielsen highlight an opportunity behind technology advances, improved omnichannel merchandising and consumer segmentation.

Technology

Acme’s Win Is Whole Foods’ Loss, Foot Traffic Analysis Suggests

By Jon Springer on Jan. 19, 2021

Brands such as Acme and Stater Bros. are seeing outsized gains in store traffic, while longer trips suggest larger baskets, a Placer study shows.

Retailers

Pandemic Propels Amazon to Top of Dunnhumby’s Retailer Preference Index

By Jon Springer on Jan. 11, 2021

The digital retailer delivered on speed, price and quality, overtaking H-E-B and Trader Joe's, the annual survey showed.

Retailers

Analyst Sees Little Upside for Conventional Supermarkets in 2021

By Jon Springer on Jan. 08, 2021

Citing widened pricing gaps and coming comps pressures, a new report from Barclays contends COVID gains could be “slippery” for conventional supermarkets and their wholesalers.

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