March 31, 2023
Kroger Refines Data Capabilities as Grocers Personalize the Shopping Experience
This week in grocery, Kroger, Natural Grocers and Giant Eagle all step up personalization efforts. In a ShopTalk 2023 discussion, Yael Cosset, Kroger’s chief information officer and senior vice president, spoke to the company’s data...
March 31, 2023
Amazon-AMC Rumor Underscores Evolution of the Connected Economy
Whether Amazon buys AMC — or not — may be beside the point. The mere fact that the eCommerce giant has been rumored to be mulling buying multiplex real estate...
March 31, 2023
Walmart and Zenni Optical Say Omnichannel Success Starts With the...
Omnichannel commerce has been a work in progress stretching across decades. Adding digital capabilities to on-premise, brick-and-mortar activities has proven to be a hit-or-miss process. In the past, retailers used...
March 30, 2023
SMBs Are 32% Less Likely Than Larger Rivals to Support...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have somewhat of a reputation for being brick-and-mortar centric, but the truth is that many of their customers shop online, and they do so increasingly...
March 30, 2023
This Time Around, Amazon’s Restaurant Strategy May Be Easier to...
The old saying in hockey is to skate to where the puck is going to be. The old maxim in business and in life: If at first you don’t succeed,...
March 28, 2023
Kroger-Albertsons Merger Could Give Walmart Shoppers A Low-Cost Grocery Alternative
By Pymnts Consumers are already bracing for another year of higher food prices, with U.S. shoppers continuing to seek deals and trading quality for quantity. While Walmart has so far benefited from this shifting consumer behavior, a...
March 28, 2023
Kroger-Albertsons Merger Could Give Walmart Shoppers a Low-Cost Grocery Alternative
Consumers are already bracing for another year of higher food prices, with U.S. shoppers continuing to seek deals and trading quality for quantity. While Walmart has so far benefited from...
March 23, 2023
Blend’s 40% Decline Leads FinTech Index Lower in Volatile Week
Bank runs were only part of the story this week. And as the FinTech IPO Stock Index sank for another week, down 2.5%, the positive returns year to date are...
March 23, 2023
JPMorgan to Test Biometric Payments at Some US Retailers
J.P. Morgan says it will begin testing biometric-based payments at some U.S. retailers. The pilot program, announced Thursday (March 23) includes palm and face identification to approve in-store transactions and...
