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Kroger Woos Click-and-Mortar™ Shoppers Amid Digital Transformation
Kroger Woos Click-and-Mortar™ Shoppers Amid Digital Transformation
March 07, 2024  |  Earnings

As Kroger grows its digital engagement, the grocery giant is setting its sights on omnichannel shoppers to boost spending. On a call with analysts Thursday...

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Retailers Hope AR and GenAI Energize Consumers and Get Them to Buy
Retailers Hope AR and GenAI Energize Consumers and Get Them to Buy
February 09, 2024  |  Retail

The commerce landscape is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by the rapid expansion of digital marketplaces and eCommerce platforms.  This surge comes as little surprise, as...

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Streaming Platforms Step Up Push for Shoppable Integrations
Streaming Platforms Step Up Push for Shoppable Integrations
January 29, 2024  |  Streaming

As streaming services look to drive revenue, shoppable integrations are popping up in everything from mobile games to advertising breaks. As a recent Bloomberg report...

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Kroger-Albertson Merger Delays Let Smaller Grocers Live Another Day
Kroger-Albertson Merger Delays Let Smaller Grocers Live Another Day
January 16, 2024  |  Retail

With the looming merger between Kroger and Albertsons set to make it all the harder for smaller grocery chains to stand a fighting chance, delays...

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Grocers Tap Digital Deals to Drive Omnichannel Engagement Amid Ongoing Pressures
Grocers Tap Digital Deals to Drive Omnichannel Engagement Amid Ongoing Pressures
January 11, 2024  |  Retail

As consumers’ grocery budgets continue to be pressured by years of inflation and other economic challenges, merchants are tapping digital deals to drive omnichannel adoption,...

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Digital Growth Compounds Grocers’ Margin Pressures
Digital Growth Compounds Grocers’ Margin Pressures
January 09, 2024  |  Retail

Consumers’ increasing adoption of grocers’ in-house eCommerce options is eating into the retailers’ margins amid ongoing financial challenges. Grocery giant Albertsons Companies, Inc., which has...

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2024 May Be the Year of the Aggregator for Grocers
2024 May Be the Year of the Aggregator for Grocers
January 04, 2024  |  Aggregators

With pure-play eCommerce food sellers gaining share from brick-and-mortar grocers, and with many grocers struggling to manage the costs of in-house fulfillment, 2024 may be...

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Grocers’ Contextual Commerce Efforts Reached New Digital Spaces in 2023
Grocers’ Contextual Commerce Efforts Reached New Digital Spaces in 2023
December 29, 2023  |  Connected Economy

Throughout 2023, grocers stepped up their contextual commerce initiatives, not only expanding shoppable recipe content but also reaching new devices and digital platforms. Take, for...

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In 2023, the Meal Kit Category Lines Blurred
In 2023, the Meal Kit Category Lines Blurred
December 28, 2023  |  eCommerce

Increasingly throughout this past year, meal kits have begun to be not so much their own discrete category as an integrated piece of a larger...

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