As the digital grocery landscape grows more crowded, retailers must meet consumers' expectations around product selection, mobile app features, and fulfillment.
ྱٲ grocery is no longer an emerging category,” said our analyst Blake Droesch. “It’s grown really fast over the last couple of years, and the market is pretty mature at this point.”
Here are three ways retailers can stay competitive, according to our Digital Grocery Opportunity report.
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| Dec 5, 2024
That's a good point, Maria. Yeah. Maria Elm:. I think it was originally your point, but yes, it is a good one. David Morris:. But let's remember, this is something that goes, this goes back decades. There's companies out there that have been aggregating pieces of the consumer together for a long time.
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| Sep 10, 2024
Because yes, there could be a problem with your phone, but if there's a problem with the Wi-Fi in the store or the connection, these stores are so big and vast, they tend not to get good data signals inside the store or very good mobile reception so that's critical. (07:57):. Another thing I would note is that both Sam's Club and Walmart only make this feature available to members.
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| Aug 14, 2024
Until Trump takes office, automakers are in a holding pattern as they wait to see if he enacts tariffs on imported goods or eliminates the EV tax credit. Both would have a significant impact on auto sales. This article is part of ĢAV’s client-only subscription Briefings—daily newsletters authored by industry analysts who are experts in marketing, advertising, media, and tech trends.
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| Nov 21, 2024
“In theory, if you're tracking the citations in AI Overviews, you can get a good pulse for what type of article you need to write to appear in there,” Ray said. But because the results in these Overviews are still a hodgepodge, mimicking those article types is hard to do. Marketers should keep employing SEO best practices and keep experimenting on how to get into AI Overviews.
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| Jan 16, 2025
So the US is on the precipice of broader action to protect minors, and the EU and UK has some related provisions from the Digital Services Act and the Online Safety Act respectively that we'll start to see come to fruition next year.
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| Dec 6, 2024
Good arguments, gents. Let's move to question three, and we're going to have Blake going up against Ross. Are free returns a goner? H&M is the latest retailer joining Zara, Uniqlo and others to move away from free online returns. Our retail briefings analyst, Rachel Wolfe, explains that H&M will charge shoppers 2.50, $2.50 a package.
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| Sep 29, 2023
Trump has proposed imposing tariffs as high as 60% on foreign goods, deporting illegal immigrants, and cutting the corporate tax rate—all policies that leading economists believe could send inflation soaring. However, an inflation spike could make retail media a more valuable ad channel.
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| Nov 6, 2024
“The reality is, we have tons of shoppers with disabilities who we want to make sure are having as good, if not better, of a shopping experience with us as someone who doesn’t have a disability,” Gayatri Agnew, head of Walmart’s Accessibility Center of Excellence, said in a company blog post.
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| Dec 4, 2024
The federal Inform Consumers Act is designed to make it harder for thieves to resell stolen goods on online marketplaces, and the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023—which has not yet passed—looks to help prosecute criminals and recover stolen goods.
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| Mar 17, 2023
The good news? Germany, the UK, and Brazil are among the markets where the NFL already hosts some of its international games. Our take: Streaming services and cable networks are already dishing out billions annually for costly but lucrative NFL distribution rights.
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| Oct 17, 2024
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| Apr 6, 2023
The big takeaway: Even as use of digital channels ramps up, brands and marketers must stay committed to delivering educational content and information that will help clinicians treat their patients. Promotional material without evidence-based data may push physicians away for good. No. 1 in Q3: Gen Zers think TikTokers should be legally liable for health advice.
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| Dec 13, 2024
Earlier this month it overhauled 26 Amazon Fresh fulfillment centers to include a wider array of products, including goods from Whole Foods and household goods from Amazon.com “so customers can get everything they need for their routine grocery shopping trip in one easy online order,” the retailer wrote in a blog post.
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| Oct 27, 2023
The less expensive ad-supported plan is a good entry point for new customers. In markets where it sells ads, 4 in 10 new Netflix subscribers opted for the ad-supported tier in Q4 2023, according to the company. Ad-forward: On the other end is Amazon, “a very ad-dependent company,” Benes said.
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| Jun 12, 2024
So this is really good news for Netflix. I mean, there was concern that because they had taken such an anti-advertising approach for so many years that they would have trouble convincing people to sign up for the ad supported tier.
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| Oct 29, 2024
The service will be available at participating online retailers when the shopper pays with a Mastercard or Visa card. Worldpay will roll out the service across Europe and will expand it to include point-of-sale transactions in 2025. Why it matters: Returns have become all too commonplace.
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| Nov 27, 2024
Canada could impose duties on US goods like steel, aluminum, and dairy products while increasing the cost of oil and hydroelectric supplies to the US. China has the option of limiting exports of rare-earth metals critical for US technology and component manufacturing—creating bottlenecks for electronics and commercial goods.
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| Nov 26, 2024
Last year, FreeWheel, a Comcast company, launched the Viewer Experience Lab, a researched way to deliver ad-supported content that is as good or better than the traditional TV experience that consumers are accustomed to. Q: What are some of the misconceptions about advertising during live events? A: Live events attract a lot of people, and a lot of different types of people.
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| Jun 21, 2024
Power to the online patient reviewers: Providers need to react to the online feedback from patients, not just ask for it.
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| Sep 6, 2024
It excludes YouTube and Twitch, cash transactions, travel and event tickets, tips, subscriptions, payments such as bill pay, taxes or money transfers, food services and drinking place sales, gambling, and other vice goods sales.
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| Dec 2, 2024
The brand’s post faced online criticism. Some said the video was a tired example of a brand inauthentically capitalizing on a trend to turn a profit, with commenters calling it “cringe” and “corporate.” It also faced sexist hate from viewers saying “just get back to the kitchen” and “bring back gender pay back.”
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| Jul 30, 2024
While Harris declared that her presidency would not be an extension of the Biden administration, its actions are still a good indicator of what her antitrust approach would be. In September, the Department of Justice (DOJ) started an antitrust case against Visa, alleging the network illegally maintains a monopoly over the debit card market.
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| Oct 24, 2024