Kroger and Albertsons look to merge: A deal would create a supermarket giant that would be better able to compete against Walmart.
A proposed rule would make it easier to reclassify gig workers as employees: That could have severe repercussions for DoorDash, Amazon, Uber, and countless others that rely on the gig economy.
On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss Amazon's ambitions in the grocery space, how it's leveraging Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods, and whether the ecommerce company could become the biggest seller of digital groceries. Then for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top four tech innovations giving Amazon an advantage in grocery. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Blake Droesch and Andrew Lipsman.
Gopuff and Grubhub team up: Grubhub looks to benefit by leveraging Gopuff’s warehouses to offer a wider selection of convenience items, while Gopuff eyes a new sales channel.
We take a look at how the partnership has evolved in the five years since Amazon’s acquisition.
Ecommerce will drive nearly all personal luxury retail sales growth by 2026: We investigate the drivers behind ecommerce’s penetration for personal luxury more than doubling in the US and China since 2019.
Lower-income consumers have more options for online grocery shopping: Instacart, Shipt, and DoorDash are working with the government to expand food access and make it easier for retailers to accept SNAP/EBT benefits online.
Sephora’s new program offers consumers unlimited same-day delivery: The $49-per-year subscription offers Amazon Prime-like convenience to beauty shoppers.
The top five digital grocers in the US will capture 67.2% of the country’s grocery ecommerce sales in 2022. That figure will rise slightly over the next two years, with leaders Walmart Inc. and Amazon growing their shares by about 1 percentage point each.
Last week, thousands of consumer packaged goods (CPG) and grocery leaders gathered at Groceryshop 2022, including our own chief content officer Zia Wigder and analyst Andrew Lipsman.
Plant-based meat sales are declining: While rising prices are causing some consumers to trade down to cheaper proteins, there’s still plenty of interest in alternatives to animal products.
Pumpkin spice season continues to draw customers in: Both Starbucks and Dunkin’ got a boost in traffic after rolling out fall flavors.
Instacart looks to convince investors it can maintain growth: To maintain its profitability, the company has been letting go of staff, slowing hiring, and cutting other expenses.
General Mills’ Q1 performance follows a familiar pattern: Higher prices helped offset declines in sales volumes and international revenues, giving the CPG company a 29% boost to operating profits.
Drizly is the latest company to roll out an ad network: The Uber-owned alcohol delivery service’s ad products may enable advertisers to run finely targeted multimedia campaigns.
With grocery prices soaring, shoppers are looking to save: That’s providing a prime opportunity for discount grocers such as Aldi and Lidl.
Click and collect’s share of digital grocery is growing. This year, the fulfillment method will account for 36.8% of US grocery ecommerce sales. Come 2026, that figure will rise to 40.6%.
JCPenney’s ‘hyper-inclusive’ beauty counter concept goes nationwide: The retailer aims to make inclusive beauty products widely accessible.
The top product category for US luxury buyers is footwear, followed by handbags and leather goods, cosmetics and beauty products, and fragrance. Less than one-third of these shoppers bought accessories such as eyewear, jewelry, and watches in the past year.
While discretionary sales of pet products suffered in the first half of 2022 due to inflation, sales of food and wellness products remained strong.