The National Grocers Association (NGA) Government Relations Committee has finalized its 2024 policy agenda for independent community grocers, with antitrust reform and swipe fee changes leading the way. During a Jan. 11 meeting in Washington, D.C., the committee discussed a variety of topics important to the independent supermarket industry and fashioned a strategy to advocate […]
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H-E-B Holds Top Spot In Dunnhumby’s Annual Grocery Rankings
H-E-B has been named the top U.S. Grocery Retailer in the seventh annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI), a nationwide study that examines the U.S. grocery market. H-E-B is the first grocery retailer to be recognized three times as No. 1 in the RPI ranking, surpassing Amazon and Trader Joe’s which have ranked as top grocer twice. […]
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Upside Releases New Dashboard For Retailers
Washington D.C.-based Upside has introduced a new Upside Dashboard for retailers. Developed based on feedback from grocery, fuel and restaurant retailers, this product sets new standards for measurement and transparency from third-party platforms, providing retailers with greater access and detailed insights into top-to-bottom performance metrics. “Despite claims by many third-party platforms to drive incremental sales, they often […]
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Instacart Provides Google Shopping Ads For CPG Partners
Google Shopping ads are now accessible to Instacart’s advertising partners, using the company’s retail media data. With this expansion, CPG partners on Instacart – such as Danone’s Oikos, Kraft Heinz brands: Kraft, Lunchables, Oscar Mayer and Philadelphia, as well as Publicis Media’s CPG clients – can activate Google Shopping ads, powered by Instacart’s first-party retail media data and closed-loop […]
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Relationshop Merging Mercatus Technologies, Stor.ai
Relationshop, a Houston, Texas-based provider of digital engagement solutions for supermarkets and other retail chains, has finalized a merger between Mercatus Technologies and Stor.ai. The new company will be called Mercatus, in recognition of the equity the e-commerce brand has achieved in the grocery sector, and will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Relationshop. The […]
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Instacart Introduces Ads On AI-Powered Caper Carts
Instacart is expanding its advertising solutions to Caper Carts, the company’s AI-powered smart carts. The new ads are launching soon at Good Food Holdings’ Bristol Farms stores in Southern California, with additional retail partners rolling out in the months ahead. Ads on Caper Carts will give customers more customized recommendations to help them discover brands […]
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Award-Winning Sportscaster Czarniak To Emcee NGA Best Bagger Championship
Award-winning sportscaster Lindsay Czarniak, known for her work covering the NFL, NASCAR and the Olympics, will emcee the National Grocers Association’s annual Best Bagger Championship, sponsored by PepsiCo, at the 2024 NGA Show on March 11, at the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas. This is the 38th year that NGA will host the […]
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Post-Pandemic Holiday Presents Opportunity For Independent Grocers
Humans are social animals. As a species, we crave interaction with others. And the absence of connection is so emotionally crippling, we use solitary confinement as a severe criminal punishment. Children born in isolation fail to develop emotionally and physically and often are so scared they can never integrate into society as adults. And primates […]