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| Feb 4, 2025 | These Are the Top 5 Threats Facing Retailers Right Now — and What You Can Do to Get Ahead of Them Brands that confront these challenges will improve their odds of success in the year ahead. | For retailers, 2025 is shaping up to be a rollercoaster ride.
On the one hand, there's excitement about the economy under President Donald Trump. On the other hand, people want bargains. Although most consumers feel positive about the ... |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Instacart is going public. For real, this time. | Instacart is reportedly targeting an IPO as soon as September. It's not the first time the grocery delivery company has tried to go public. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
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Instacart is reportedly planning to go public in an I... |
| Aug 9, 2023 | New DoorDash customers are turning to the app for grocery deliveries and flowers, not just restaurant meals | DoorDash started delivering convenience-store goods and groceries in 2020. DoorDash
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DoorDash is seeing a surge in non-restaurant orders from new customers, including grocery and flower deliveries.
The delivery company has 100,000... |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Boxed bankruptcy could be blamed on Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, but its problems extend far beyond the bank run | Boxed CEO and co-founder Chieh Huang started the company a decade ago. Now, it's filing for bankruptcy and shutting down its retail operations. Boxed
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Boxed filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday and plans to end retail op... |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Getir's acquisition of Gorillas is the latest consolidation move for the rapid delivery space. Here's why analysts say ultrafast couldn't hack it in the US. | Rapid-grocery-delivery startups in Europe like Gorillas and Getir tried to break into the US market.
Promising groceries in less than 15 minutes, these startups grew quickly in big US cities.
But several have ended operations. Analysts say ... |
| Oct 27, 2022 | DoorDash is making 7 keys moves to dominate retail and grocery delivery after conquering restaurants — and creating new rivals in Instacart and Gopuff | DoorDash is leaning into grocery delivery. DoorDash This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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In August 2020, DoorDash launched retail delivery with chains like 7-Eleven ... |
| May 9, 2022 | Inflation triggers 3.8% decline in online grocery sales in April 2022 vs. April 2021 | April grocery sales dropped by 3.8% in April 2022 to $8.1bn versus the same month last year, with total order volume declining by 5.8% driven by lower order frequency and a slightly smaller monthly active user (MAU) base, the survey reveale... |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Why Asian online grocery startups are nabbing funding | Niche online marketplaces that bring Asian snacks and other grocery items to consumers across the U.S. are witnessing a gold rush.
Yami, a direct-to-consumer marketplace for Asian food and other products, announced last week that it raised ... |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Why Asian online grocery startups are nabbing funding | Yami has raised $60 million in funding to date. Its most recent funding round was led by Altos Ventures and Balsam Bay Partners with the participation of J.P. Morgan and GGV Capital. The company plans to use the recent round to open an East... |
| Mar 3, 2022 | How to reintroduce sampling to the post-pandemic consumer | The following is a guest post from Jeff Snyder, founder and chief inspiration officer at Inspira Marketing Group.
When the pandemic first hit the United States, shoppers prepared for lockdown by stockpiling their pantries with essentials, i... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Three Ways Grocery Retailers Can Leverage Their Store Network For Online Market Share | CEO of retail technology company StrongPoint. |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Amazon expands Fresh stores and delivery options amid post-pandemic online grocery customer uptick | For its North America segment which includes all retail areas of the business, Amazon's Q1 2021 net sales declined from Q4 2020, $75.35m to $64.36m, but registered a 40% year-over-year increase from Q1 2020.
Olsavsky noted that custome... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Taste Intelligence Company Halla Puts an End to Bad Substitutions for Online Grocery | LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) March 16, 2021
Halla, the Taste Intelligence company powering personalized, real-time recommendations, substitutions, and search for In-Store and Online grocery stores, announced today the next generation launch of Halla... |
| Dec 13, 2020 | Неделя foodtech за 5 минут: робо-столовая, лабораторное мясо в продаже, 4-кратный рост e-grocery в США | Всем привет! В этом выпуске — короткий обзор главных новостей фудтех-индустрии с начала декабря. Стартап Karakuri разработал робота для приготовления еды. Куриное мясо, выращенное в лабораториях, допустили к продажам. Онлайн-заказы продукто... |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Is the Surge in Online Grocery Shopping Here to Stay? | Buying groceries online? In this economy? The answer's a resounding yes, at least for most of us in the US, as we deal with a pandemic that endangers anyone venturing outside. Sales have increased fivefold this year.
What does this mea... |
| Sep 23, 2020 | Consumers flowing to retailers bridging online and offline shopping experience | Soaring e-commerce grocery sales, along with continued strong sales of fresh and frozen seafood sold in traditional retail outlets, are pointing the way forward for U.S. suppliers and distributors.
Despite the loss of much of its foodservic... |
| Sep 21, 2020 | After coronavirus boom, grocers race to find fulfillment solutions | Few grocers are breaking out specifically how profitable their online grocery business is (or not). Kroger has only said during its second quarter earnings last week that its “digital sales growth was profitable on an incremental basis.”
Bu... |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Grocery e-commerce surge to continue, despite drop in August | Kroger, Walmart, Target, Albertsons, and other major U.S. grocery chains are experiencing record e-commerce grocery sales. And while total grocery e-commerce sales declined in August, analysts expect stronger future growth.
U.S. grocery del... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Online grocery sales stabilize as market enters new growth cycle with ‘large base of committed shoppers’ | “There is a common belief that the rapid and dramatic surge in sales caused by COVID-19, starting in mid-March, would recede at some point as stay-at-home orders and in-store shopping restrictions like occupancy limits, shortened hours and ... |
| Jun 3, 2020 | US customer shift to online grocery shopping likely permanent, analysts say | The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed a record number of U.S. consumers to shop online.
According to a new Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Survey, around 43 million customers shopped online for groceries in the United States in May, or 33 per... |
| May 5, 2020 | US sees e-commerce, retail seafood sales spike in April | Sales of seafood in supermarkets, through e-commerce grocery outlets, and via meal kits continued their strong growth in the United States in April.
Online grocery sales surged 37 percent from March to April 2020 to reach USD 5.3 billion (E... |
| May 5, 2020 | Online grocery sales surge 37% in April to $5.3bn, finds Brick Meets Click | Brick Meets Click conducted an online survey on April 22-24, 2020 of 1,651 adults, aged 18 years and older, who participated in the household’s grocery shopping.
While the number of online grocery shoppers who received a home delivery or ... |
| Apr 22, 2020 | Local grocers are seeing a surge as they build out digital capabilities | Even if independent grocery chains can’t beat national chains on delivery speed, they may be able to give customers a more accurate delivery window, or beat out big-box chains in communicating with customers what substitutes they would like... |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Walmart expands unlimited delivery option for online grocery orders, Kroger announces 5th fulfilment center with Ocado | Customers subscribing to Walmart's Delivery Unlimited service pay an annual $98 fee or a monthly $12.95 fee for unlimited deliveries of online grocery orders (shoppers will continue to have the option to pay a per-delivery fee without ... |
| Apr 10, 2019 | Cashierless Amazon Go stores are planning to accept cash | Amazon Go convenience stores will begin to accept cash, according to a report this morning from CNBC, which Amazon confirmed. The retailer didn’t say when cash would be added to existing stores as a payment option, however, only that it was... |
| Jan 11, 2019 | Target hires new food exec, hikes sales | In addition to reporting higher November and December comparable store sales, Target renewed its focus on food sales with the creation of a new executive position.
The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based retailer named Stephanie Lundquist, who was... |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Seafood takes center stage in America’s e-commerce battle | Amazon and Walmart – along with a host of other major retailers – battled for their share of the lucrative online grocery market in 2018. But which companies will achieve the most growth in 2019? And how will they succeed in the competitive... |
| Jun 12, 2018 | ‘A litany of broken promises?’ Lidl left property developers in the hole as it aggressively scaled back US expansion, alleges lawsuit | Lidl – a predominantly private label retailer which operates in almost 30 countries – made its US debut in June 2017 with plans to open 100 stores+ by mid-2018.
To date, however, it has only opened half that number (53 stores along the east... |
| Sep 8, 2017 | ALDI’s aggressive fresh seafood play making waves | ALDI’s continued aggressive push to sell more seafood in the United States – highlighted this summer with its foray into packaged fresh seafood – should have its grocery and fish market competitors concerned.
ALDI’s ability to buy in bulk –... |
| Mar 7, 2017 | Food retail in flux: From deflationary blues to the e-commerce challenge | Some things – such as health care benefit costs, staffing, regulations, credit card fees and the economy – are regular fixtures in the Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI’s) annual ‘worry index’ (based on a poll of retailers and wholesalers) ... |
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The number of households buying groceries online ticked up in June | The news: US online grocery sales fell 1.2% year-over-year (YoY) in June to $7.1 billion as the number of orders completed during the month fell over 5%, per a new Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey.
The good news: Despite t... |
| Whole Foods looks to open 30 new stores a year | The news: Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market is back in expansion mode, with plans to add at least 100 new locations at a pace of at least 30 stores a year, per Winsight Grocery Business.
That’s roughly three times the 11 stores it opened last... |
| DoorDash is expanding its alcohol delivery service, supercharging its rivalry with ultrafast delivery startups as they all compete for one of the most in-demand segments right now | A booze delivery from DoorDash. DoorDash This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
DoorDash just expanded its alcohol delivery service to 20 states.
The move intensifies its battle ... |
| Uber Eats is racking up partnerships as it plots its course in the crowded ultrafast delivery space | Uber Grocery launches in summer 2020. Uber This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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Uber Eats wants to play in the emerging rapid grocery delivery space through partners... |
| Y Combinator-backed startup Farmstead closes operations in 4 US markets and cuts 22% of its operational staff, as demand for online groceries stagnates | Farmstead sells every day groceries directly to consumers. Farmstead This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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Farmstead is a same-day grocery delivery service founded in... |
