Austin, Texas-based Insite AI, a provider of AI-driven solutions for category and revenue growth management for the consumer goods industry, has announced that Jeff Smith and Steven Leven have joined the company’s executive team. Smith has been named company president and Leven has been appointed chief customer and commercial officer. “I am excited to have these […]
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IRI Thought Leaders To Reveal Research At Upcoming Webinars
IRI, a leader in innovative solutions and services for consumer, CPG, retail and media companies, has announced the upcoming line up of its thought leadership webinars in its latest version of Next Week Now, a compilation of insights-rich activities, announcements and events. Upcoming IRI thought leadership activity includes: March 12 – SXSW – The latest […]
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Walmart Partners With Space NK To Launch Beauty Products Online
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart and British retailer Space NK have teamed up to bring prestige beauty products to Walmart.com and nearly 250 Walmart stores nationwide this summer. The collaboration, called Beautyspace, leverages Walmart’s size and scale with the Space NK’s assortment of high-quality beauty brands and products. Space NK has curated a collection of products spanning […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
Local Express Launches SNAP Payments Integration For Grocery Stores
Glendale, California-based Local Express, an e-commerce platform designed for independent grocery stores, has launched its new Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program payments integration. By testing and refining the technology with its first client, Daily Table, Local Express has optimized the SNAP/EBT payments solution for online pickup and delivery, making it available to all grocers across the […]
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Forage Hires Lavian As Chief Operating Officer
Los Angeles-based Forage has named Ofek Lavian as its chief operating officer. The company helps grocers navigate the process of gaining USDA permission to accept EBT SNAP payments online. Lavian will oversee the day-to-day operations, leading and scaling teams including product, operations and partnerships. Prior to joining Forage, Lavian led the payments and commerce product teams at […]
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Kroger Delivery To Add Fulfillment Center In Cleveland, OH
The Kroger Co. has announced it will offer delivery through the addition of a customer fulfillment center in Cleveland, Ohio. The facility will be powered by the Ocado Group and combine vertical integration, machine learning and robotics to provide an affordable and fast fresh food delivery service. “Kroger is incredibly excited to expand our delivery business […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Rosie Launches Retailer-Branded Mobile App For Independent Grocers
Ithaca, New York-based Rosie has launched its first retailer-branded mobile app for independent grocers. The first retailers to launch on the Apple and Google Play stores with their branded app are Crop’s Fresh Marketplace, a single store operator located in Pennsylvania, and Gerrity’s Supermarkets, located in Pennsylvania with nine locations. Rosie is on pace to […]
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Peapod Digital Labs Goes Virtual In Search Of Diverse-Owned Brands
Chicago-based Peapod Digital Labs is giving certified, diverse-owned businesses nationwide the opportunity to showcase their products and services to the companies of Ahold Delhaize USA through a series of curated virtual events. Teaming up with ECRM Range Me, PDL will host four virtual events throughout the year where merchants from the brands of Ahold Delhaize […]
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Cardenas Markets Now Accepts EBT SNAP Payments Via Instacart
Ontario, California-based Cardenas Markets, one of the largest Hispanic grocery chains in the country, has announced that the company’s online storefront will accept Electronic Benefits Transfer and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments via Instacart. Cardenas Markets is the first Hispanic retailer to accept EBT SNAP Payment via Instacart. “We are proud to be the first […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southeast
ECRS Appoints Caroline Catoe As President
Boone, North Carolina-based ECRS and its board of directors has announced the appointment of Caroline Catoe to the position of president. She will succeed her father, Pete Catoe, the founder of ECRS, who has held the position for 32 years. Pete Catoe will retain the role of CEO and continue to act as the company […]
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84.51° February Consumer Digest Report Shows Inflation Worries
How are shoppers cutting back to fight inflation? And what pandemic behaviors will stick? 84.51°, a Cincinnati-based retail data science company that helps Kroger and its partners, unpacks these insights and more in its February Consumer Digest. Based on real-time insights surveys from February 2022, here’s the latest on shopper trends and behavioral analytics: COVID-19 concern […]
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RangeMe Introduces Direct Purchasing To Product Discovery Platform
San Francisco-based RangeMe has expanded its industry standard service offering by giving buyers the ability to purchase products directly from suppliers. This has created the world’s largest wholesale marketplace for retailers by the sheer volume of buyers and suppliers already using RangeMe for product discovery. The capability will boost regional and independent retailers who can now order […]
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IRI/Boston Consulting Group Announce 2021 U.S. CPG Growth Leaders
IRI, a global technology leader in innovative solutions and services for consumer, retail and media companies, and Boston Consulting Group, published the 10th annual CPG Growth Leaders study. Findings revealed that the total U.S. CPG industry grew roughly 3 percent in 2021, versus an expected sharper slowdown from 2020 – a year in which pandemic driven shifts […]
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Albertsons Partners With DoorDash For Express Grocery Delivery
DoorDash, an on-demand delivery platform, has introduced express grocery delivery, a service that offers consumers faster and more convenient delivery of fresh groceries in less than 30 minutes, in partnership with Albertsons Companies. As part of this launch, consumers in more than 20 major cities across the U.S. will now be able to access express grocery […]
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Symphony RetailAI VP Prothero Wins Food Logistics Rock Star Award
Troy Prothero, VP of product management and supply chain solutions for Dallas, Texas-based Symphony RetailAI, has been named a winner of Food Logistics’ 2022 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award. The annual honor recognizes influential people in the industry whose achievements, hard work and vision have shaped the global cold food supply chain. Food Logistics noted that “these rock […]
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Retail Business Services Launches New Program To Attract Tech Talent
Boston, Massachusetts-based Retail Business Services has announced its Accelerator Sign-On Incentive Program aimed at hiring top tech talent. Individuals hired into these roles will join an IT organization that delivers the technology services, systems and capabilities to support Ahold Delhaize USA companies’ omnichannel growth plans. “It’s an exciting time for retail technology,” said Rom Kosla, […]
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WPP, Instacart Partner For Online Grocery Advertising Of CPG Brands
WPP and Instacart, an online grocery platform in North America, have announced a new partnership offering advertising solutions and measurement tools for CPG brands. The first of its kind partnership will give WPP and its clients early insight into Instacart Ads’ product offerings and access to new tools and features on the platform. With the […]
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UST Partners With Nourish+Bloom Market For Autonomous Grocery Store
Aliso Viejo, California-based UST, a digital transformation solutions company, has partnered with Fayetteville, Georgia-based Nourish + Bloom Market to launch its first frictionless grocery store in the United States. UST has provided an end-to-end solution and project management services for implementing a hybrid frictionless check-out store, enabling Nourish + Bloom Market to drive their store operations at […]
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Tally Releases 2021 Smart Shelf Alerts Summary Report
Longmont, Colorado-based Tally Retail Solutions has released its 2021 Summary Analysis of Store Alerts. The Smart Shelf provides retailers a shelf inventory monitoring tool and case management platform to combat ORC, customer theft, manage inventory levels and forecast customer demand based on real-time product movement. Incident reporting results for 2021 indicates that the Tally Smart Shelf […]
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Rosie Enables Independent Retailers To Accept SNAP Payments Online
Ithaca, New York-based Rosie, an e-commerce solution for independent retailers and wholesalers, has launched its Online SNAP Program to help local grocers offer online shopping to customers who wish to use SNAP/EBT. “Accepting SNAP payments online is going to make a world of difference,” said Jodi Drake, e-commerce lead at Davis Food and Drug in Utah. […]