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Instacart Deploys Scan & Pay as In-Store Shoppers Demand Digitization
February 06, 2023

Instacart’s first Scan & Pay checkout deployment comes as in-store mobile features catch on among grocers. The grocery aggregator announced Monday (Feb. 6) that Foodcellar Market, a grocer in Queens, New York, is the first to offer the own-device self-service option to all in-store customers....

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Grocery Shelf Space Fight May Not Be Worth It For Pet Brands
February 06, 2023

Traditionally, nabbing a slice of shelf space was invaluable for any brand hoping to gain recognition and market share. However, that may no longer be the case as over half of consumers have abandoned buying pet products in-store and instead embraced the convenience of eCommerce...

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Curbside Grocery Grows as Supermarkets Look to Replicate Gas Station-style Convenience
February 06, 2023

As grocers look to maximize convenience, curbside pickup is emerging as the fast and favorite method. This, as new grocers are popping up across the country, offering curbside-only models and no consumer-facing stores. Jim McQuade, CEO and co-founder of the first such retailer on the East Coast, Addie’s,...

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Target’s Shipt Unit Launches 5-City Pilot to Help Small Retailers Grow
February 06, 2023

Online delivery service Shipt says it wants to enlist small businesses in its fight against food insecurity. The Target-owned company said Monday (Feb. 6) it had launched LadderUp, an accelerator program that helps local small businesses compete by providing capital, eCommerce-centered tech assistance and education....

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Brazil, India, Mexico and UAE Lead Gains in Online Shopping Satisfaction
February 06, 2023

Turns out, emerging nations may hold some clues for the rest of the world when it comes to doing digital commerce right. This, as new research into shopping ease and customer satisfaction from six key geographies around the world, revealed that developing countries put up...

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Children’s Place Surprised by High Cotton, Air Freight and Container Costs
February 06, 2023

Unexpected supply chain costs took a toll on The Children’s Place in the fourth quarter. The children’s specialty apparel retailer said in Monday (Feb. 6) preliminary unaudited results that it expects a net loss of $52 million to $57 million in the quarter due to...

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BigCommerce Lets Small Retailers Gain Efficiencies of ‘Multi-Storefront’ Feature
February 06, 2023

Open Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform BigCommerce has expanded its Multi-Storefront offering to small businesses. Launched last year, Multi-Storefront was initially designed to help enterprise merchants launch and manage multiple storefronts within one BigCommerce store. Now, the company is opening this service to its small- to...

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Consumer Shopping Data Shows Troubling Signs For Grocery Stores’ Future
February 06, 2023

Will Grocery Stores Go the Way of the Department Stores? If grocery store executives want to see what their industry could look like over the next decade, they might want to look at how department stores have fared over the past two. Like the department...

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Dollar Stores Become Grocery Stores as Food Prices Climb
February 05, 2023

As food costs rise, consumers are turning to dollar stores to buy groceries. More than 20% of consumers purchase their groceries at stores such as Dollar Tree and Dollar General, CNBC reported Sunday (Feb. 5), citing research from Coresight. The report also points to a...