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Online Grocery Sales Dip 23% in June, Survey Reveals

The monthly benchmark survey from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus indicates that pickup remains the preferred method of shopping and that consumer intention trends favor mass retailers.

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Online Shopping Dips in May but Remains Well Above Pre-Pandemic Levels

Consumers shopped less frequently and spent less per order online than they did a year ago as pantry loading slows and multioutlet shopping returns, the latest Brick Meets Click/Mercatus survey indicates.

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Mixed Messages in a Recovering Economy

By Jon Springer on May 27, 2021

U.S. consumer spending is roaring back to life and will soon resemble—in most ways, anyway—the pre-pandemic mix, says Jerry Sheldon of IHL Group.

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Online Grocery Sales Up in April, but Forecast Remains Choppy

By Jon Springer on May 18, 2021

Monthly data from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus charts $8.3 billion in sales—but indicates some shoppers are going back to stores and others are shopping around for better online experiences.

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Shoppers Click-and-Pick to Record Grocery Tally

By Jon Springer on Apr. 15, 2021

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

By Jennifer Strailey on Apr. 05, 2021

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.

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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.

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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

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'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.

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