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Study finds growing number of consumers purchasing fresh food items online

One of the findings when comparing current study findings to last year's results was the increased purchasing levels of fresh food items based on online grocery shoppers indicating which supermarket type items they buy online.
November 6, 2018
About half of online shoppers plan to purchase grocery items more often in the coming year, according to a study released by the Retail Feedback Group (RFG), Lake Success, N.Y.
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Study: Retailers transform distribution, expand online, turning to the cloud to revolutionize customer experience

Part of the retail digital evolution includes a massive transformation of distribution centers.
October 24, 2018
The study, “Into Uncharted Territory: Retail Transformation and its Impact on Digital Infrastructure”, co-sponsored by Vertiv and DatacenterDynamics, UK, revealed a heightened focus on online retail, as businesses transform their digital resources and capabilities to address changes in customer behavior.
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Study: Online grocery sales will quadruple by 2023

Most of the market’s growth has occurred since 2016, as e-commerce platforms and conventional grocery stores increased their participation and geographic footprint with expanded service areas.
October 19, 2018
Online grocery sales more than tripled between 2013-2018, but, between 2018-2023, online grocery sales will more than quadruple, according to “Online Grocery Shopping in the U.S., 2nd Edition,” a report published by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.
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Study reveals brick-and-mortar grocery is still king

Despite a 4-point year-over-year increase, the number of regular online food and beverage purchasers is still only 17%.
October 18, 2018
Food and beverage categories have seen an increase over the last two years, as many major retailers experienced same-store sales rise thanks to an increase in median income and a low unemployment rate, according to the 6th Annual Food and Beverage Consumables Study.
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Study determines transparency yields greater brand loyalty

86% of shoppers agreed that if food manufacturers or retailers provided access to complete and easy-to-understand definitions for all the ingredients, it would result in more trust.
September 18, 2018
Grocery shoppers exhibit loyalty to those products that create deeper relationships through information exchange, according to a new report released by Label Insight, St. Louis, Mo., and Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va.
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Report: Labor a concern for warehouse owners, operators

Data identified multiple U.S. markets that offer combinations of availability, quality and cost of labor for warehouses and distribution.
September 5, 2018
The rapid growth of e-commerce is forecast to create demand for another 452,000 warehouse and distribution workers in the United States this year and next, signaling an acceleration of job growth, according to a new report from CBRE, Los Angeles.
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Honeywell, Carnegie Mellon University to develop advanced supply chain robotics, AI solutions for distribution centers

The collaboration will focus on developing a next-generation architecture to control and operate multiple robotic applications.
August 28, 2018
Honeywell, Morris Plains, N.J., announced a strategic collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., to advance artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic technologies to help distribution centers address rapid growth in e-commerce.
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Poll: Consumers slow to migrate to online grocery shopping

About one-third of Americans (32%) shop for groceries in person more than once a week, about half (49%) shop once a week and 18% go less often than that.
August 21, 2018
Despite a profusion of online services that offer Americans an alternative to spending time in the grocery store, 84% of U.S. adults report they never order groceries online and 89% never order meal preparation kits, according a poll conducted by Gallup, Washington, D.C.
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