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Co-op partners with Walmart to boost online grocery growth

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Co-op partners with Walmart to boost online grocery growth

Co-op has announced a collaboration with Walmart Commerce Technologies to integrate Store Assist online fulfilment technology, aiming to enhan...

Retail : Co-op : Walmart

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Walmart

With eyes on Gen Z consumers, a revived beauty aisle and an e-commerce strategy competing with Amazon, the 60-year-old discount department store gr...

Walmart : Retail Strategy : Gen Z

Walmart unveils 3D e-commerce platform for Gen Z shoppers

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Walmart unveils 3D e-commerce platform for Gen Z shoppers

Walmart has launched a new e-commerce platform, Walmart Realm, featuring digital doubles of selected products available in real-life stores.

Retail : Technology : Gaming

NRF’s State of Retail & the American Consumer: resilience, the Super Bowl and frictionless commerce

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NRF’s State of Retail & the American Consumer: resilience, the Super Bowl and frictionless commerce

The National Retail Federation (NRF) presented its forecast for retail sales in 2024 during its annual State of Retail & the Consumer webinar on We...

Retail : US Consumer : NRF

Retail Staff Futures

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Retail Staff Futures

There is a new chapter ahead for the retail workforce amid post-pandemic challenges, AI integration and consumers’ thirst for human connection.

Future Of Work : Retail : Technology

Walmart tackles inventory with its IRL smart store

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Walmart tackles inventory with its IRL smart store

The budget retailer uses artificial intelligence to manage its inventory rather than facilitate a grab-and-go customer experience.

Retail : Technology : Data

Walmart creates an interactive online toy box

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Walmart creates an interactive online toy box

The retail giant's online toy lab allows children to virtually test and play with 20 of its top-rated toys.

Youth : Retail : Play

Esports Arena opens venues inside Walmart stores

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Esports Arena opens venues inside Walmart stores

The dedicated eSports facility has announced it is collaborating with Walmart to bring gaming competitions and events to both shoppers and the wide...

Gaming : Retail : Leisure

Walmart will use blockchain to track its vegetables

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Walmart will use blockchain to track its vegetables

The retailer will soon require grocery chain suppliers to submit data to the blockchain.

Food : Technology : Blockchain

Redefining men’s fragrance and luxury man-made jewellery

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Redefining men’s fragrance and luxury man-made jewellery

Louis Vuitton moves into men’s fragrance, De Beers pioneers lab-grown diamonds, Bupa Global focuses on employee health.

Luxury : Wellness : Workplace

Examining the evolution of online dating as well as the growing trust in robots

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Examining the evolution of online dating as well as the growing trust in robots

Walmart taps into text commerce, Toyota offers mobile retail possibilities, OKCupid provokes change, and voice activated assistants gain America’s ...

Beauty : Technology : Retail

Grocery AI-sles

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Grocery AI-sles

With 44% of jobs in the UK retail sector expected to be at risk of automation by the early 2030s, according to PwC, grocery brands are increasingly...

Retail : Digital : Technology

Retailers are starting to offer in-home delivery

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Retailers are starting to offer in-home delivery

Walmart and Amazon are using Internet of Things devices to help them dissolve the border between the public and the private realms.

Retail : E-commerce : Delivery

Vetements pop-up taps into the power of hype, and other stories

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Vetements pop-up taps into the power of hype, and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Spire health tag tracks wellbeing, Asda introduces camel milk, coffee grounds become fuel for London buses, and other stor...

Retail : Health : Food

Is Walmart’s collaboration with Lord & Taylor a mistake?

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Is Walmart’s collaboration with Lord & Taylor a mistake?

Given the companies’ differing target audiences, identity and price tag, is their collaboration doomed from the outset?

Retail : Fashion : Luxury

Walmart announces its new designer melon

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Walmart announces its new designer melon

US – The cantaloupe has been created to taste as sweet and fruitful in winter as it does in the summer.

Food : Retail : Drinks

Amazon offers low-income shoppers a 45% discount on Prime

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Amazon offers low-income shoppers a 45% discount on Prime

US – The mega-system is looking to expand its American customer base beyond middle- and high-income consumers.

Retail : Digital : E-commerce

Walmart employees can double as delivery drivers

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Walmart employees can double as delivery drivers

US – The retailer is allowing its staff to use their own cars to deliver products in exchange for extra pay.

Digital : Retail : Technology

Drive-in discounts

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Drive-in discounts

US – Walmart is to offer customers a discount if they collect online orders in-store.

Walmart : Supermarket : Civic Brands

Chained to the source

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Chained to the source

China – Walmart is introducing blockchain in order to ensure the provenance of its meat.

Walmart : Blockchain : Food Safety

Grocery goliath

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Grocery goliath

US – E-commerce giant Amazon is opening a series of bricks-and-mortar grocery stores.

Amazon : Grocery Market : Convenience Culture

Smartphone shopping

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Smartphone shopping

Global – Consumers are increasingly turning to smartphones for convenience shopping, as sales from mobile apps now outrank those from mobile web c...

Mobile Commerce : Convenience Culture : Retail Futures Report 2016

Destination Retail: Part 2

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Destination Retail: Part 2

In Part 2 of Destination Retail we focus on why key trends, such as wellness hubs and incubation retail, will turn bricks-and-mortar locations into...

Destination Retail : Explorium Retail : Placemaking

Social Commerce: Part 2

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Social Commerce: Part 2

Generation Z has been described as the first ‘visual generation’, putting networks such as Instagram in pole position. This is reflected in the i...

Social Commerce : Generation Z : Social Media

Patrick Dixon: E-commerce now

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Patrick Dixon: E-commerce now

Smartphones are re-shaping e-commerce, global retail and premium retail, says the founder of Global Change.

E-commerce : Retail Futures : Mega-Systems

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