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The latest news, trends, and expert views in e-commerce, omnichannel and retail data and analytics.

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Online Grocery Sales Slid 8% Year Over Year in January

 By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 14, 2022

Pickup increased its lead over delivery and ship-to-home as both total online grocery sales and the share of online sales as a percentage of grocery spend slipped.

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How the Power of Data Helps Streamline Grocery Operations

 Sponsored content from our partner ComplianceMate™ on Feb. 14, 2022

Maintaining a high level of operational efficiency is the goal of all grocery operations managers, but this objective can be very difficult to achieve. In the majority of cases, the problem can be tra...

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FastAF and Uber Eats Team for 25-Minute Delivery

By WGB Staff on Feb. 02, 2022

Curation-centered concept—think higher-end snacks and supplies—will offer speedy delivery via Uber Eats in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City.

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High-Tech Nourish + Bloom Market Opens Outside Atlanta

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 01, 2022

Touting itself as the country's first Black-owned autonomous grocery store, the retailer looks to cultivate a new way of shopping—and has big plans for growth.

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How to Outsource 100% of Inventory Risk & Guarantee Margin Expansion Across Fresh

Sponsored content from our partner Shelf Engine on Feb. 01, 2022

Since the pandemic’s inception, the grocery store has reflected changes happening at a broader level; surges in COVID-19 cases spur bulk-buying, financial struggles drive shoppers to seek deals and la...

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Sam’s Club Robots Get Smarter

By Kristina Hurtig on Jan. 28, 2022

In partnership with Brain Corp. and Tennant Co., the warehouse club is adding an inventory scan feature to its fleet of robotic scrubbers chainwide.

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Faster Than a Speeding App: Walmart Shows Off Text to Shop

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 24, 2022

The retailer's in-development voice- and text-based ordering service invites customers to shop as fast as they text.

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More Than Speed: How Ultrafast Grocers Are Flexing on the Competition

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 19, 2022

Instant-delivery specialists are rolling out private labels, adding new markets and introducing key hires as they look to outmuscle one another in a burgeoning market.

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Instacart to Launch Its Own Credit Card

By WGB Staff on Jan. 19, 2022

The Instacart Mastercard, issued by Chase and expected to launch this year, will offer boosted points on purchases made through the Instacart Marketplace and other yet-to-be-announced benefits.

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Walmart Plans Big Scale-Up of In-Home Delivery

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 05, 2022

The retailer wants to put more groceries in consumers' refrigerators, literally. Walmart says in-home delivery will be available to 30 million households by the end of the year.

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