The Kroger Co. has expanded its relationship with Google Cloud to support a shopping transformation using the technology company’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience solution. Under the expansion, Kroger will roll out Gemini Enterprise for CX nationwide to help make grocery planning easier through an integrated meal assistant and shopping assistant, providing faster shopping without […]
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Elo To Debut Retail Solutions At NRF 2026
Elo, now part of Zebra Technologies, will introduce three new products at NRF 2026 Jan. 12-14 in booth No. 5803 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The new self-checkout, edge computing, payment and data entry solutions are designed to elevate experiences and improve efficiency across retail, hospitality and grocery workflows. […]
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Keyed By Tally, Simbe Helps Grocers With Inventory, Workforce Issues
In a recent interview with The Shelby Report, South San Francisco-based Simbe highlighted how its autonomous retail intelligence solutions address critical inventory and operational challenges facing grocers. Simbe describes itself as the global leader in retail shelf digitization and combines artificial intelligence with robotics to provide retailers with real-time insights into store operations. The company […]
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Albertsons Media Collective Launches Measurement For In-Store Media
Albertsons Media Collective, the retail media division of Albertsons Companies, has launched an incrementality measurement solution designed to highlight the impact of in-store media campaigns and provide brands with clearer, causal insights into performance. The new capability uses a matched-market test-and-control methodology to isolate incremental sales driven specifically by in-store media. By comparing stores running […]
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Instacart Debuts Data Hub For Enhanced Media Performance
At CES 2026, Instacart debuted Data Hub, a new clean room solution that gives consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands and their agency partners secure, privacy-safe access to its first-party grocery data. Data Hub lets marketers join their data with Instacart’s purchase signals to gain insights that can be used to inform strategy, plan off-platform audiences […]
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Kroger Debuts Yearly Checkout Feature Highlighting Customer Savings
The Kroger Co. has introduced a new Yearly Checkout feature that provides customers with a personalized summary of their 2025 savings, shopping habits and grocery preferences using their loyalty information. The annual recap is available through Feb. 28 on the app or website. The tool is part of Kroger’s effort to showcase the impact of […]
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Birdzi Debuts Shopper Engagement Solution, Journey
Birdzi, a provider of personalized marketing and customer intelligence technology for food retailers, has introduced Journey, a solution that enables grocers to automatically create customized shopper journeys across digital and in-store channels. Journey is designed to help them deliver relevant, data-driven experiences by automating promotional messaging and offers tailored to individual shopping behavior. According to […]
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AppCard Acquires ShoptoCook, Expanding Digital Commerce
AppCard has acquired ShoptoCook, a Buffalo, New York-based digital marketing company known for its grocery websites, in-store kiosks, recipes and social media marketing support. The acquisition follows years of collaboration between the two companies and marks an expansion of AppCard’s ability to deliver an end-to-end digital commerce experience for grocers, shoppers and CPG partners. Together, the […]