"Supermarkets" on wheels are popular in Japan
Tokushimaru's mobile supermarkets pull right up to customers' doorsteps
5 changes to watch for in shopping as major retailers innovate to go ‘green’
More than half of consumers — 57% — say they are willing to change their purchasing behavior “to help reduce negative environmental impact.
Mobile grocery store with automated checkout begins testing in 2021
Grocery Neighbour--a tractor-trailer turned grocery store with a selection of fresh and CPG products and an automated checkout system—begins testing in the next few months
The pandemic has accelerated retail innovation “on every angle: retail, supply chain, sourcing, technology,”
The pandemic has created rapid innovation in retail as shoppers switched to e-commerce and used curbside pickup, according to a U.S. fashion trade body.
Albertsons will be first US grocer to pilot an automated contactless ‘PickUp’ kiosk
Albertsons has installed an automated pickup kiosk at a Jewel-Osco store in Chicago.
Walmart gets approval for drone launch pad request
Planners approve Walmart drone launch pad request in Arkansas
Putting the AI in Grocery Aisles
One of the most important AI innovations involves using the technology to prevent spoilage and food waste.
How Sam’s Club made good jobs for frontline employees
A good job requires more than higher pay; employees want to be challenged and to contribute to problem-solving.
Pandemic-fueled omnichannel shopping surge here to stay: Nielsen
The percentage of U.S. consumers surveyed who shopped "heavily or exclusively" online grew by 133% between September 2019 and September 2020.
What happened to department stores?
The fates of the American middle class and American department stores have always been intertwined.
How Amazon sellers are getting Silicon Valley-ified
Most tech startups hope to raise lots of money, scale fast and either get a buyout from a major corporation or go public. Increasingly, those same options are becoming available to Amazon sellers.
How brands finally figured out TikTok
After a year and a half of avoiding it, big brands went all in on TikTok in 2020.
8 trends that will shape the grocery industry in 2021
After one of the most tumultuous years in recent memories, experts say 2021 will be the year grocers move from reacting to strategically managing for long-term growth.
The year shopping changed forever
When we look back at 2020 in the business world, we’ll remember it as the year online shopping stopped being the future of retail and became the present.
What Microsoft’s Satya Nadella thinks about work of the future
Satya Nadella is optimistic that the power of “small AI” can benefit frontline workers and close the wage gap. Here’s how he envisions the next decade in computing.
What keeps supply chain execs up at night? Lots of things
From mitigating risk to deploying new technology, supply chain leadership is a hands-on job. Here’s how four execs keep their perspective.
Instacart eGrocery Model: How The App Works & Why It is Successful
What Is Instacart Anyway.
It is in China, not the West, where the future of e-commerce is being staked out
Why retailers everywhere should look to China
Digital transformation
As grocers seek to hold onto the meal dollars they gained during the pandemic, look for personalization to weave its way into many facets of their operations in the years to come.
The Walmart Formula and Its E-commerce Push
Walmart’s investments in its technology and logistics infrastructure, and its expansion of delivery options and services, have also helped it grow into a viable competitor against Amazon