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3.4KRetailWalmart Considers Stock Market Listing For Asda
Walmart is reportedly thinking about a stock market listing for its British supermarket arm Asda. “While we are not rushing into anything,...
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1.5KRetailSainsbury’s Creates Cashierless Store
To help consumers scan and pay for their selections, U.K. supermarket company Sainsbury’s has opened a checkout-free store in Holborn Circus, London, where shoppers use...
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2.7KRetailAlbertsons Sees Rise In Same-Store Sales, eCommerce Growth
Albertsons has reported strong numbers for its fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2018. The Boise, Idaho-based operator of more than...
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4.3KRetailKroger Gains Traction In Multiple US Markets
In multiple large metropolitan areas of the United States, market share data indicates that Kroger is gaining traction. The grocer operates Kroger...
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3.1KMPOS TrackerDeep Dive: How mPOS Helps Supermarkets Compete
Supermarkets around the world may seem to have locked-in consumer bases — groceries are a necessity, after all — but the reality...
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6.2KAmazonAmazon Acquires Indian Grocery Chain For $580M
Amazon, along with private equity firm Samara Capital, will acquire Indian supermarket chain More for an undisclosed sum. According to DealStreetAsia, a source...
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3.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsWalmart UK And Sainsbury On Verge Of $10B Merger Deal
Sainsbury, the U.K. grocery store operator, and its rival Asda, which is owned by Walmart, are holding discussions about a merger that...
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5.3KRetailTesco to Launch Discount Stores In UK
Supermarket group Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, will be opening a chain of discount stores in the U.K. Reuters reported that the “cut-price”...
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5.1KRetailAldi To Test Home Delivery Via Instacart
Aldi, the discount grocery chain, is gearing up to test home delivery with Instacart at the end of August. According to a...
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5.4KDeliveryWegmans Kicks Off NY Grocery Delivery Service
Grocery delivery services have become all the rage as consumers lives get increasingly busier and eCommerce grows. New York-based Wegmans is the...
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5.1KRetailMost US Consumers Don’t Shop Online For Groceries
Online sales may be skyrocketing, but when it comes to shopping online for groceries, eCommerce is still just scratching the surface. That’s...
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3.6KRetailWalmart Ramps Up Curbside Pickup in California
It’s safe to say that online shopping has changed the way in which consumers shop and altered expectations when it comes to...
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7.8KRetailThe Pros And Cons Of Robots In Retail
Between automated checkout lines, online grocery ordering and meal kit services, it seems like the inexorable tide of progress is determined to...
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9.7KMerchant InnovationSupermarket Food Lion Launches New Mobile App
Supermarket operator Food Lion announced Tuesday (Aug. 1) it launched a new mobile app to make grocery shopping — and saving on grocery...
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5.6KRetailAlibaba To Launch Three Hybrid Hema Supermarket Stores
When two modes of shopping really love each other… Wait, no — scratch that. When two modes of shopping hate each other...
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3.0KAmazon AcquisitionsDid Amazon Block Whole Foods From Seeking Other Bidders?
You can dance, but only with us. So said Amazon, in effect, to Whole Foods upon making its bid for that company...
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2.3KAmazonDoes Amazon’s Acquisition Mean The End For Cashiers?
After Amazon announced its $13.4 billion purchase of Whole Foods grocery stores last week, some are speculating that the supermarket chain’s cashiers might...
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6.2KAmazonAmazon Buying Whole Foods For Almost $14B
Sometimes the rumor mill gets it right. Or almost right anyway According to the latest reports out this morning – Amazon.com will acquire Whole...
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4.0KAmazonAmazon ‘Prime Now’ Delivers To Denver In Two Hours Or Less
One-day shipping? Ain’t nobody got time for that. Amazon Prime is now introducing one- and two-hour delivery of Amazon goods, as well...
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3.0KBusinessKroger Cuts Make Grocery Stocks Decline
While the retail industry continues to see its digital transformation, merchants from various industries are feeling the heat. No industry is safe...
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4.4KRetailWalmart Takes On AmazonFresh With Grocery Pickup Kiosk
Hopefully AmazonFresh enjoyed its two weeks as the only drive-up grocery pickup kiosk in town, because Walmart has been testing one of...
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4.1KRetailGrocer Aldi Competes With Walmart On Price
German discount grocer Aldi aims to disrupt U.S. brick-and-mortar competition by undercutting stateside discount food and beverage offerings from the likes of...
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3.9KAmazon DeliveryAmazonFresh Delivery Service Available In Select German Cities
Amazon has launched its fresh grocery delivery service in Berlin and neighboring Potsdam for members of its Prime subscription service, which could boost...
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UK Supermarket Watchdog Finds ‘Shocking’ Supplier Payment Tactics
A U.K. watchdog for the supermarket industry has found what she described as “shocking tactics” among the industry’s supplier payments practices, reports...
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Supermarkets Not Scanning Well With Millennials
Despite the National Retail Federation reporting that grocery stores topped the “hot list” of retailers for the year, supermarkets are having a tricky...
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Kroger Tests Click-And-Collect With Real Shoppers
Supermarket chain Kroger is expanding tests of a buy-online-pick-up-at-curbside e-commerce service to include actual customers, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Since September, the...
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1.3KMerchant InnovationOnline Market LocalBanya in Talks to Raise $5M in Series B Funding
The website processes around 750 deliveries a day and growing at around 25 percent per month, according to the company.
