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Sam’s Club brings retail media to Scan & Go tool
Display ads will appear on the cart page of the retailer’s app and enable measurement of in-store shopping behavior and ad performance.
By Peyton Bigora • July 25, 2024 -
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Flashfood launches platform for independent grocers
The new program offers smaller grocers customizable features that allow them to integrate the tech company’s network into their local format.
By Peyton Bigora • July 24, 2024 -
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TrendlineIn-store technology
From smart carts to electronic shelf labels, grocers are adding new technology to their stores aimed at creating an engaging omnichannel experience.
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Northeast Grocery unveils new retail media network
The network, powered by Inmar, will provide offsite and onsite media across the grocery company’s store footprint.
By Peyton Bigora • July 23, 2024 -
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Kroger to add new Ocado technology to automated fulfillment centers
The capabilities focus on efficiency and labor productivity and signal that, despite slowing down the rollout of CFCs, the grocer’s work with the British company is far from done.
By Peyton Bigora , Catherine Douglas Moran • July 22, 2024 -
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Q&AHow Albertsons’ retail media business is incorporating AI, in-store tech and more
Kristi Argyilan, the retailer’s senior vice president of retail media, talks about the grocer’s priorities and where the industry stands today.
By Peyton Bigora • July 22, 2024 -
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Deep DiveHow influencers are changing the way food and beverage companies harness social media
The days of relying on expos and conventions are long gone. Companies are now embracing Instagram and TikTok and working with influencers to stay relevant.
By Elizabeth Flood • July 19, 2024 -
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Instacart partners with New York’s largest healthcare provider to bolster food access
The tie-up with Northwell Health is focusing first on supporting expectant mothers in food-insecure communities.
By Peyton Bigora • Updated July 18, 2024 -
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New robotic capability lets retailers remotely monitor store shelves
Simbe Robotics’ tool allows personnel to see conditions in stores on a mobile device using imagery from the company’s autonomous aisle-scanning equipment.
By Sam Silverstein • July 18, 2024 -
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Hy-Vee adopts electronic shelf labels
The regional grocer has linked with VusionGroup to add the digital tags to more than 230 stores.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • July 11, 2024 -
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Walmart beefs up automated grocery distribution network
The retail giant is opening five new high-tech perishable sorting and packaging centers, while upgrading four others and retrofitting another.
By Philip Neuffer • July 11, 2024 -
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Self checkout boasts ‘record’ year: report
The U.S. is the world’s largest self-checkout market, driven in part by supermarket chains and c-stores, even as some retailers pull back on the tech.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 9, 2024 -
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Homeland introduces new in-store retail media network through latest partnership
The Oklahoma-based regional grocer has tapped Quad to pilot in-store screens and retail media capabilities at 15 locations.
By Peyton Bigora • Updated July 11, 2024 -
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Sponsored by UpshopMichelle Leger of Lunds and Byerlys shares insights from the grocer’s journey to FSMA 204 compliance
Retailers on the journey to meet the 2026 compliance date for FSMA 204 have a lot to learn from each other.
By Sally Robinson • July 8, 2024 -
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Price Chopper picks up Instacart’s smart carts
The grocery technology company has also deployed its Caper Carts with an independent grocer in the Kansas City, Missouri, area.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • June 26, 2024 -
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Shipt starts accepting SNAP benefits
Customers who participate in the program can now use their benefits to pay for delivery orders from Meijer and Target and can also get a Shipt membership at a discount.
By Sam Silverstein • June 26, 2024 -
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Walmart pilots crop monitoring tech for informed produce purchasing
The retailer said its partnership with Agritask will strengthen its supply chain from field to store shelf.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • June 20, 2024 -
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Target to roll out generative AI chatbot for store employees
The new tool, dubbed Store Companion, is designed to answer on-the-job process questions and support store operations.
By Nate Delesline III • June 20, 2024 -
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Regional grocers hit their stride with retail media
In the first half of 2024, partnerships with tech firms proved essential for these smaller grocers competing against national chains in the evolving space.
By Peyton Bigora • June 18, 2024 -
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Instacart plugs retail media data into YouTube Shopping ads to fuel offsite growth
Clorox is among the first brands piloting the integration, which is part of the growing push by retail media networks into offsite marketing channels.
By Peter Adams • June 17, 2024 -
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ColumnThe Friday Checkout: Will Walmart’s embrace of electronic shelf labels herald a digital pricing revolution?
The retailer’s decision to bring ESLs to thousands of stores will showcase the technology on a large scale — and could spur other grocers to follow its lead.
By Grocery Dive Staff • June 14, 2024 -
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Albertsons aims to make TV advertising less complex
The grocer's new Collective TV unit wants to help advertisers launch and measure the impact of ad campaigns across streaming and digital video using a unified platform.
By Peyton Bigora • Updated June 13, 2024 -
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Harps Food Stores sets up in-store retail media
The partnership will bring digital displays to 145 of the regional grocer's locations.
By Peyton Bigora • June 12, 2024 -
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Albertsons expands retail media reach beyond what’s in stores
In a tie-up with technology company Rokt, the grocer can connect with brands that offer products and services not sold in its stores and offer customers a more personalized ad experience.
By Peyton Bigora • June 10, 2024 -
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Walmart to bring electronic shelf labels to thousands of stores
The retailer expects to deploy the technology to 2,300 locations by 2026 in a bid to improve efficiency and customer service.
By Sam Silverstein • June 10, 2024 -
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3 key ways grocers can make the most of omnichannel
Industry analysts and grocery executives discussed ways to effectively meld digital and in-person shopping at Grocery Dive’s first-ever virtual event last week.
By Peyton Bigora • June 10, 2024
