Today’s food marketplace is a bit like the warring factions on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” All of the parties in this channel-blurred landscape—drugstores, c-stores, dollar stores, grocers, e-tailers, discounters, you name it—are locked in bloody, hand-to-hand combat.
Modern consumer mindsets and preferences combined with technology make it so that nimble disruptors are eating into grocery manufacturers’ profits at a rapid pace.
September 15, 2017
To survive and thrive, grocery manufacturers must evolve into modern enterprises, built on a reinvented agile operating model and equipped to enable entirely new business models.
While more and more Americans are shopping online in lieu of going to stores, this trend has not yet hit the retail grocery industry in a significant way.
Results show that 60% of retailers plan to use cloud- or SaaS-based models for merchandising and category management within the next 12-24 months.
September 14, 2017
Symphony Retail Solutions (Symphony GOLD), Atlanta, and EIQ, Boston, Mass., announced the results of their category management survey of U.S. retailers.
The grocery landscape is changing. What were once considered futuristic technologies like drones, robots and artificial intelligence are now merging with grocery retail to expand and re-shape the shopping experience.
This year's State of the Industry report uncovers trends pertaining to the grocery retail landscap, new product development, challenges with e-commerce and more.
While less traditional retailers enjoy more grocery traffic and shopper loyalty, FMI trends data note that 8% of shoppers still claim to have “no primary store.”
June 15, 2017
Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va., released its U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2017 analysis.
This report maps out a vision for the future of the physical grocery store, including the 10 critical considerations for retailers to ensure they are equipped to meet the demands of that future.
May 30, 2017
International grocery research organization IGD, France, and The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), Silver Spring, Md., reveals the 10 areas grocery retailers must focus on to ensure physical stores remain relevant for shoppers in an increasingly digital age.