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Ocado Deploys New Digital Advertising Platform By Citrus

Ocado has gone live with a new digital advertising platform from Australian startup Citrus. The platform offers supplier-sponsored positioning on its e-commerce platform. Sponsored products appear first in relevant search results. The aim is to monetize shelf space for the online retailer. It has been testing campaigns with the platform using own-label products and reports good […]

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Grocery Outlet Partners With RangeMe For Product Sourcing

RangeMe, an online platform “revolutionizing new product discovery between product suppliers and top retailers across the country,” is partnering with California-based extreme-value retailer Grocery Outlet.  “We are committed to bringing our customers premium products at tremendous value,” says Steve Wilson, SVP of purchasing for Grocery Outlet. “And part of that commitment relies on having access to […]

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‘Robot Bartender’ Somabar Debuts At Gelson’s In-Store Wine Bars

Somabar, a Los Angeles, California-based startup, is hoping to make it easier and less expensive for foodservice establishments to offer cocktail programs. It’s launching what it says is the world’s first robot bartender created for beer and wine bars and restaurants, starting with its public launch at select Gelson’s Wine Bars. Somabar is operational at […]

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Amazon Go Competitor ‘Skip’ Now Live In 60 Grocery Stores

Skip, a frictionless checkout provider that announced last October that it would beat Amazon Go in rolling out to 3,000 locations in 2019, is now available in 60 grocery stores. Another 23 are scheduled to go online by Feb. 6. Skip’s mobile checkout platform is scheduled to be in a total of 275 locations—9 percent […]

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Nestlé Becomes Founding Partner Of Loop, Debuts Reusable Ice Cream Packaging

A coalition of the largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling company TerraCycle, today unveiled what they say is a global, first-of-its-kind, shopping system called Loop. The initiative was designed to change the world’s reliance on single-use packaging, offer a convenient and enhanced circular solution to consumers, while securing meaningful environmental benefits. Announced at […]

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Kroger, JTG Daugherty Racing Team Up On New NASCAR Sponsorship Strategy

The Kroger Co. and JTG Daugherty Racing are debuting a new NASCAR sponsorship strategy that “focuses on shopper themes and will help participating brands communicate more effectively with consumers.” The goal of the new strategy is to significantly increase sales for sponsor brands and for Kroger.   The No. 47 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series […]

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Cash Is Here To Stay—How To Deal With Rising Handling Costs

by David Johnson/Director of Business Development, G4S Retail Solutions Retail and finance experts are fond of proclaiming that cash usage in retail and restaurants is “dying” or even “dead,” and many point to the growth of credit and debit cards, the emergence of mobile payments and an increase in conversations around restaurants, grocers and other […]

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Mission Foods Chooses MobileFrame For Direct Store Delivery Technology

Mission Foods, one of the largest food manufacturers in the world, has chosen the Los Gatos, California-based MobileFrame platform to develop the apps used as part of its direct store delivery process. With more than 4,500 drivers who visit at least 30,000 retail stores every day in the United States, Mexico and Central America, Mission […]