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The grocery delivery service sees the Big Game as an unmatched opportunity to boost brand recognition, notes CMO Laura Jones. After sitting out for three years, Taco Bell plans to make a Super Bowl splash with an interactive campaign that encourages customer participation.

Groceries and snacks are at the bottom of the list, though 45% of consumers are still open to the idea. What it means: Consumers are generally ready to let AI do the hard work for them, especially when it comes to travel-related purchases. But for other categories, particularly food and medicine, they may want more control over the purchase process.

Private labels make up nearly a quarter (23.8%) of total grocery units sold, according to July 2024 data from Numerator. While Aldi is the No. 1 private label retailer in the US, with private label representing 80% of its total units sold, Kroger鈥檚 Smart Way is the fastest-growing private label, increasing its unit volume 135% YoY, per Numerator.

Convenience and pricing mark the generational divide in grocery shopping. Gen Z鈥攖he second-largest group of digital grocery shoppers by generation鈥攋oined millennials in ranking same-day home delivery as the most valuable feature of digital grocery shopping, according to our digital grocery survey.

It's not the Korean grocery store? Sky Canaves (21:25):. Their focus is the little blind box toys. Suzy Davidkhanian (21:29):. Oh. Sara Lebow (21:30):. So Sky, why were you bullish on POP MART this year? Sky Canaves (21:34):. So it really taps into all of the talk we've been having about collaborations and keeping brands fresh with newness and limited editions.

I do kind of wonder though, the reason that people go to Asian grocery stores or to a very specific demographic grocery store, is they're usually run by people in that demographic and so they have a closer, I would assume, a closer connection to the brands, the foods, the type of products that people want.

They鈥檙e thought of as a channel to drive sales to other parts of the business, such as to drugstores or grocery stores. Many are now finding it difficult to justify medical clinics as worthy investments given the broader headwinds their physical stores are facing. Retail clinics were a go-to destination for COVID-19-related services, such as tests and vaccines.

Especially now, with all this uncertainty over what tariffs will mean for everything from grocery prices to car prices. Sara Lebow (10:33):. Zak? Zak Stambor (10:34):. Yeah. On the surface, I think this looks like a solid close to a solid year. But if you look a little bit closer, you see a growing split on the haves and have-nots within retailers.

JD.com鈥檚 revenues rose 5.1% YoY, slightly ahead of expectations, which CEO Sandy Xu credited to the trade-in program鈥檚 success as well as strong demand for its supermarket offerings. The company鈥檚 retail business grew by a healthy 6.1% YoY, helped by an uptick in active customers and order frequency. By contrast, Alibaba鈥檚 domestic growth was tepid: Taobao and Tmall Group grew just 1% YoY.

In addition to a proposed ban on price gouging, the Vice President said she would heighten scrutiny of mergers like Kroger-Albertsons and Mars-Kellanova that could result in higher grocery prices.

The grocery space, which in most markets has led the retail media revolution, is notoriously nondigital in Germany鈥攅commerce will account for just 2.7% of total grocery sales in Germany in 2024鈥攚ith notable brands like Aldi and Lidl operating largely outside digital.

Well, and I think part of the problem was also that consumers didn't even recognize Lidl as a grocery store, right, and that's part of why the campaign is around literally being a supermarket. It's very much starting from scratch, which is surprising for a retailer that has been in the US for, as Becky mentioned, quite some time at this point.

However, even though absolute prices for groceries are higher than they were pre-pandemic, steady wage growth means that on average, it now takes fewer hours of work to afford a week鈥檚 worth of groceries than it did in August 2019, according to a MarketWatch analysis.

Private labels are expected to account for 24% of grocery spending by 2030, up from roughly 20% today, per a report by the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group, as improvements in quality and product assortment鈥攏ot to mention their lower price point鈥攌eep shoppers from returning to national brands.

"DoorDash doesn't have the location data that Lyft does, and Lyft needs the kind of restaurant and grocery delivery data that DoorDash has,鈥� Feger said. 鈥淚 think that's going to really strengthen both of their ad networks.鈥�. These partnerships help address the fragmented nature of travel purchase journeys by connecting data on where customers are going with hyper-local market information. 3.

Kroger supermarkets with in-store clinics, for example, saw 43% more foot traffic in H1 2024 versus those without, Placer.ai research found. These types of integrations create a retail environment that drives more transactions, creates a better experience for the customer experience, and creates lasting lifetime value and loyalty. Watch the full 蘑菇AV Summit session with Placer.ai.

The FTC鈥檚 case against Southern Glazer鈥檚 could have profound implications for large retailers like Walmart and Costco: A successful suit could limit their ability to negotiate lower prices with suppliers, narrowing their advantage over smaller retailers.

Restaurant prices continue to rise faster than grocery prices. The most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) data shows that the cost of 鈥渇ood away from home鈥� is still rising faster than the cost of 鈥渇ood at home.鈥�. Prices are likely to keep rising in 2024. More than 61% of US restaurant operators said they will raise menu prices in 2024, per Restaurant365.

How it works: Sensei鈥檚 main product consists of readymade automated pod structures designed to help organizations such as supermarkets and hospitality companies operate more efficiently. The structures include compact stores, modular cabinets, and smart lanes that can, for instance, transition a buffet into an automated store during slow hours.