Bjs Wholesale Club news and trends

Cash-Strapped Consumers Hesitant to Spring for Full-Priced Wholesale Club Memberships

April 23, 2024
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BJ’s Wholesale Club Taps Robots to Boost Curbside Fulfillment Efficiency
Technology // November 17, 2023

As grocery retailers look for ways to make their curbside pickup businesses more profitable, membership warehouse club chain BJ’s Wholesale Club is using robots to drive margins by lowering labor costs. The Massachusetts-based retailer, which has more than 230 locations across 20 states, shared on...

Warehouse Club Chains’ Share Gains Hold Even as Grocery Inflation Slows
Earnings // August 22, 2023

Membership chains such as BJ’s Wholesale Club are seeing the gains they made at the highest points of grocery inflation hold strong, even as price increases moderate. BJ’s, for its part, a membership warehouse club chain with 238 locations across 19 states, discussed this trend on a...

5 Ways Grocers Are Using Digital to Drive Loyalty
Loyalty & Rewards // June 12, 2023

With the Digital Food & Beverage Conference kicking off Monday (June 12) in La Jolla, California, where industry executives gather to learn, among other subjects, about how to best leverage technology to drive loyalty, PYMNTS research reveals some of the key ways that grocers are...

Amazon Prime Raises the Bar for Grocery Memberships
Retail // May 25, 2023

As Amazon succeeds at whittling away at incumbent grocers’ shares of center-aisle purchases, smaller retailers are drawing inspiration. According to a PYMNTS survey of nearly 2,700 U.S. consumers conducted last month, 61% of U.S. consumers are Amazon Prime members, and 26% are subscribed to Walmart+....

Interviews & Exclusives
Digital Coupons Boost Omnichannel Grocery Sales in Face of Inflation

November 24, 2022
As consumers look to get their food needs met in the face of sky-high inflation, digital coupons are proving essential for driving continued engagement. BJ’s Wholesale Club, for one, noted earlier this month on a call discussing the retailer’s third-quarter financial results that “digitally enabled” sales rose 43% year over year, helped by the brand’s […]

Wholesale Distributors up Their Tech Games to Compete With eCommerce Giants

March 16, 2022
When consumers receive a delivery from Amazon, they’ve prepaid online with a credit card. Commercial consignment works differently. When companies deliver a large quantity of commercial products — whether it...

BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach

April 24, 2017
This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par with something that everyone already...

Quick Reads
BJ’s Wholesale, Rivals Chase Trade-Down Consumer Trend via SNAP EBT

September 16, 2022
Aiming to offer its members flexibility and convenience, membership warehouse club operator BJ’s Wholesale Club has begun accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments when members check out on BJs.com or the company’s mobile app. When using SNAP EBT cards to shop online, BJ’s members can also select from multiple delivery […]

BJ’s Wholesale Club Opens Smaller BJ’s Market in Warwick, RI

April 29, 2022
BJ’s Wholesale Club on Friday (April 29) opened its first BJ’s market concept club in Warwick, Rhode Island, unveiling a location that’s 43,000 square feet, about half the size of...

BJ’s Wholesale Shows Growth In Digital, Membership Renewals

August 19, 2021
Comparable club sales at BJ’s Wholesale Club went up 4 percent in the second quarter of fiscal 2021, ending July 31, a continued upswing that saw the retailer grow its...

BJ’s Wholesale Club Unveils BNPL Option With Citizens Bank

June 03, 2021
BJ’s Wholesale Club has tapped Citizens Bank to provide Citizens Pay as a buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment option for members to finance purchases in excess of $99, according...