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Grocery Roundup: Instacart Launches New Gig Worker Rewards Program; Food Prices Rise
July 07, 2022

As the grocery industry struggles with labor shortages, especially when it comes to meeting delivery demand, leading third-party aggregator Instacart has been rolling out a slew of new features meant to attract and retain its in-store pickers and drivers. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Today in Retail: Grocers Take On Instacart; Walmart Launches Back-to-School Sale
July 07, 2022

Today in retail, Grove brings its sustainable cleaning products into three more retail chains, while Conn’s CEO sees payment options for everyone. Plus, Pinterest adds new shopping features, grocery sales are critical to Walmart’s last-mile transformation, U.S. retail spending was up 9.5% in June and...

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Pinterest Debuts API for Shopping; Product Tagging for Pins
July 07, 2022

In the wake of an 87% increase in the number of merchant catalogs on its platform, Pinterest is rolling out a number of features to provide a better shopping experience. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Amazon vs Walmart: The Grocery Wild Card
July 07, 2022

Amazon and Walmart have long been the dominant forces in the retail game, but changes to the global marketplace — spurred by the pandemic, the precipitous spike in eCommerce spending, persistent snags across the supply chain and inflation — are reshaping the entire space. Get...

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Grocers Turn to White-Label Solutions to Capture Instacart’s Wallet Share
July 07, 2022

There was a time when grocers hoping to make their offerings available online, especially those without the resources to build out an entire in-house delivery business, had few options other than relying on third-party marketplaces such as Instacart. Now, however, as grocers’ digital needs have...

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Grocery Sales Shaping Walmart’s Last-Mile Evolution
July 07, 2022

For the two biggest players in retail, grocery may well be the defining category that determines how the last mile evolves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Walmart Matches Target’s Back-to-School Blitz but Passes on Amazon’s Prime Day
July 07, 2022

Just one day after Target launched an early and expanded back-to-school promotion and Walmart has matched its rival’s offer with a student-linked sales campaign of its own. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Mastercard SpendingPulse: US Retail Sales Up 9.5% YoY in June
July 07, 2022

As prices continue to spike for essential items and shoppers continue to treat themselves with more leisure-based spending than they did during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. consumer retail spending was up 9.5% year over year in June, according to the latest Mastercard...

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Grove Expands Its Sustainable Cleaning Products to Kohl’s, Giant Eagle, Meijer
July 07, 2022

In the latest example of the trend toward sustainability and increased at-home lifestyle, environmentally-friendly cleaning product company Grove Collaborative Holdings has expanded its retail store footprint, according to a Thursday (July 7) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...