Mercatus, a leading provider in digital commerce solutions for grocery retail, today announced findings published in “eGrocery’s New Reality: The Pandemic’s Lasting Impact on U.S. Grocery Shopping Behavior,” a survey of nearly 60,000 American shoppers across every region in the country conducted in collaboration with research and insights firm Incisiv. [...]
For most consumers, the process of grocery shopping has remained largely the same over the last few decades. There are exceptions of course, like the implementation of card readers and self-checkout kiosks aimed at improving the point of sale or the introduction of mobile phone loyalty apps, but widespread advancements [...]
The issue at the heart of the strike by 30,000 Stop & Shop workers goes beyond wages and benefits. Technology and competition are affecting more than the chain's 240 stores in New England. However the labor dispute shakes out, one thing is for certain: Wherever you shop, the local supermarket [...]
Consumers are embracing new grocery shopping options such as online ordering/delivery and meal kits as they navigate in-store and digital channels, a study from media specialist Valassis reveals. Of 1,000 U.S. adults surveyed, 7% of all shoppers said they order groceries weekly online. But that figure climbs to 14% for [...]
U.S. consumers are taking a cross-channel approach to online grocery shopping in which brick-and-mortar retailers are holding their own versus pure-play e-tailers, a CoreSight Research survey finds. Of U.S. adults who have bought groceries online in the last 12 months, 50.8% chose to pick up their orders in stores, while [...]
Amazon is maintaining its lead in online grocery pricing but has Walmart hot on its tail, according to a new study by e-commerce specialist Profitero. Walmart.com’s grocery prices average 1.8% more than those of Amazon, Profitero’s latest “Price Wars: Grocery, Household & Beauty” report found. Within the grocery segment, Walmart [...]
Take note of this moment. This is a tipping point for online grocery shopping in the U.S. Food and beverage retail is one of the largest categories of consumer spending, accounting for yearly sales of $800 billion or more in the U.S. And it has been stubbornly immune to e-commerce. Last year, Kantar [...]
Walmart Inc’s online grocery delivery is just about ready for prime time. The retailer, which is also the largest U.S. grocer, said on Wednesday it was expanding the service to a total of 100 metropolitan areas by the end of the year, up from six currently, a push it says will [...]
CommonSense Robotics, an Israel-based startup developing AI and robotics tech to help online grocery retailers speed up fulfilment and delivery, has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Playground Global, with participation from previous investors Aleph VC and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors. It brings the [...]
Everyone wants to figure out online grocery. There are the big guys, like Amazon, Walmart, and Target, as well as traditional grocers like Safeway, who are investing in ordering and delivery capabilities to help them compete as more customers move from in-store shopping to placing orders from their phones and [...]