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Kroger Expands Home Chef Meal Kit Offerings To New Stores

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“Kroger continues to redefine the customer experience and provide new ways to shop for, prep and cook meals through exciting brick-and-mortar and digital experiences,” Robert Clark , Kroger’s senior vice president of merchandising, said in a press release.

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Express Inc. Net Sales Drop 53 Pct Amid Pandemic

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The company debuted a bolstered buy online, pick up in store ( BOPIS ) customer experience in some locations, with plans to expand that capability to the complete store base by the close of Q3.

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Grocers’ In-Store Innovations For Boosting Consumer Spend

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At the time, the retailer said the 50th metro area for grocery delivery was in Akron, Ohio and that more locations were on the way. To fill those orders promptly, Walmart announced the prior month that it planned to test robots for online grocery orders. percent — of customers in the survey sample preferred Albertson’s.

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Mystore-E And An AI Assistant For Physical Retail

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When customers shop online, the retailer can know all kinds of things about them, like what they have bought before, how often they visit, what items they’ve perused during their most recent journey and what items they keep coming back to look at. Mystore-E recently secured $2.2

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Instacart Expands Alcohol Delivery Across The U.S.

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Instacart, the online grocery company, announced Tuesday (March 12) it has expanded alcohol delivery for customers across the U.S. In a press release , Instacart said customers in 14 states, as well as Washington D.C., Companies from which alcohol can be delivered include Albertsons, Kroger, Publix, Schnucks and Stater Bros.,

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Retail Enabler: CardinalCommerce Protects SMBs From Holiday Fraud

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales continue to increase year over year — while some project online holiday sales at $98 billion, new estimates from the National Retail Foundation project that this year’s online holiday sales could reach $117 billion. That’s where CardinalCommerce comes in.

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Retail Pulse: goop Finds Stickiness In New York, Opens ‘Lab’; Nordstrom To Offer Early-Bird Pickup

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New York City seems like a natural fit for the company’s second permanent store, as goop Chief Revenue Officer Kim Kreuzberger told Glossy that 12 percent of the company’s online sales come from the New York metro area (more than San Francisco and Los Angeles). to pick up online purchases via curbside services.

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