The store is most important in grocery categories. Roughly half of shoppers who purchased a new brand or product in food and beverage (50.8%) or household supplies (48.6%) discovered it while shopping in-store. In-store discovery is also highly relevant in categories where “touch-and-try” shopping is popular.
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| Nov 7, 2023
Vague moralizing about BNPL, like The Motley Fool Ascent’s advice to “just say no to BNPL—unless you really have no choice,” or disparaging using BNPL for groceries as the “height of personal desperation,” may be keeping consumers away.
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| Apr 15, 2024
More Chart of the Day:. 9/7 - Influential social spend. 9/6 - Retail media closes the deal. 9/5 - Beauty researchers bypass department store. 9/1 - Gen Z’s big grocery search. 8/31 - Our Amazon power rankings. Note: Respondents were asked, "How much are you planning on relying on attention-based metrics in your media strategy in 2023? Attention metrics will be part of:..."
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| Sep 7, 2023
The partnership will see targeted ads and messages delivered to the grocery chain’s ecommerce customers across 11 portfolio brands, such as Safeway, ACME Markets, Vons, and Jewel-Osco. Moreover, Albertsons will expand its brand messaging across Rokt's network of ecommerce retailers, which includes prominent names like Kohl’s, Uber, AMC Theatres, Grubhub, and Ticketmaster.
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| Jun 7, 2024
Retail sales got a 17% bump from wallet users, and digital wallet grocery sales were up 4%. Digging deeper: Demographic trends played a big role in boosting digital wallet transactions. Digital wallet users skew toward the better-off: While only 49.4% of US consumers reported using digital wallets in the survey, nearly 55% of consumers making more than $100,000 annually said they used digital wallets.
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| Mar 18, 2024
More Chart of the Day:. 9/1 - Gen Z’s big grocery search. 8/31 - Our Amazon power rankings. 8/30 - TikTok's time takeover. 8/29 - Instagram remains king. 8/28 - Digital commerce’s pay day. Methodology: Data is from an August 2023 PowerReviews report titled "Health and Beauty Shopping Trends in 2023." 26,340 US adults were surveyed during May 2023.
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| Sep 1, 2023
The double-digit growth in US consumer packaged goods (CPG) digital ad spend will come to a halt next year and hover around just 6% through 2026, per our forecast.
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| Oct 17, 2024
But more families felt worse financially due to expensive childcare and grocery costs. ĢAV 11% of parents with young children experienced hunger within a month of taking the survey. Parents are getting hit with late fees:. ĢAV 37% of US consumers were charged at least one late fee over a 12-month period, per Nerdwallet’s 2024 State of Consumer Credit Report.
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| May 31, 2024
Both of those are great points because if you are going through Instacart for Costco, you're probably going through Instacart for grocery as well. But yeah, that's a great point, Zak. If you're going through Instacart to buy something at an Albertsons, that's for ease. You'd probably buy then your groceries at Albertsons rather than resorting to Costco for that.
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| Oct 18, 2023
Restaurant prices continue to rise faster than grocery prices. The most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) data shows that the cost of “food away from home” is still rising faster than the cost of “food at home.”. 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.
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| Apr 25, 2024
Our analysts will be covering the future of in-store retail media alongside experts from Colgate-Palmolve and Grocery TV. This isn’t a new topic for us, but with a projected 36.6% growth in US in-store retail media ad spend next year, it’s something advertisers (and retailers) need to be paying attention to.
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| Oct 13, 2023
More Chart of the Day:. 9/5 - Beauty researchers bypass department store. 9/1 - Gen Z’s big grocery search. 8/31 - Our Amazon power rankings. 8/30 - TikTok's time takeover. 8/29 - Instagram remains king. Note: Respondents were asked, "Which of the following types of ads do you pay the most attention to on retail platforms?
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| Sep 5, 2023
B2B ecommerce is particularly enticing to Walmart given that it offers high margins that could help offset its growing low-margin grocery business. The big takeaway: There’s plenty of opportunity for Walmart to find a niche within the B2B ecommerce market. While B2B customers have different needs from B2C, Walmart is well-versed in delivering value and service.
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| Jul 19, 2023
This may help Sezzle expand into new categories where splitting purchases into two payments is more practical than splitting into four payments over six weeks or even longer plans—like groceries or monthly subscriptions. Pay-in-2 can lead to more frequent use, growing payments volume and building loyalty among consumers. This should help Sezzle grow income and maintain its profitability path.
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| May 17, 2023
CEO and founder Zak Ringelstein wants Zigazoo to be a mainstream healthier alternative to social media, akin to Whole Foods among supermarket chains. “We’re not going to be in a world where social media doesn’t exist,” says Ringelstein. “But we need to come up with something that is healthier, safer, and protects adolescents from toxicity, bullying, and too much screen time.”.
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| Apr 7, 2023
“People will see that they are an advertising company, not a grocery delivery company,” said Lipsman. “That’s the source of their value, the high-margin ad business that they are growing strongly.”. 3. Walmart will partner with Paramount+ to power its connected TV ads. Last year, Walmart added Paramount+ to its Walmart+ offerings.
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| Jan 5, 2023
And one touch I've really appreciated, and I'm surprised by how rare it is, is getting a sample in an order like a curbside or home delivery grocery order. It's happened a few times with a little note or coupon. And it does have the ability to surprise and delight and possibly inspire later purchase, even a digital coupon or a QR code that could then spur an online purchase.
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| Nov 20, 2024
This not only serves to keep in-store shoppers from seeking deals elsewhere, but also gives a boost to Amazon Fresh stores at a time when the company’s grocery business is struggling to find its identity. 4. Be where your customer is. Brands of all kinds have struggled to find the right mix between wholesale and D2C commerce.
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| Jul 28, 2023
In January, Douyin delved deeper into the grocery business by launching an in-app supermarket. These moves have intensified the competition between Douyin and local services platforms Meituan, Ele.me, and Freshippo, the latter two owned by Alibaba. Some newer product categories are growing briskly on Douyin.
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| Sep 14, 2023
The survey also flashed a clear warning sign: Sixty-two percent of consumers prioritize “good value for money” when buying grocery or household items, which suggests companies need to tread carefully as they continue to pull the price hike lever.
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| May 5, 2023
Examples of in-store retail media sellers include GSTV, Cooler Screens, and Grocery TV. Digitization is transforming retailers’ ability to provide advertising at store shelves, end caps, cooler doors, and checkout aisles. In-store retail media will account for one-tenth of US DOOH ad spending in 2024. This reflects the expanding ad inventory available in physical stores.
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| Aug 3, 2023
One way they’ll do so is to differentiate by focusing on rich product assortments or specific categories (such as grocery), higher levels of customer service (including speedy delivery), product quality, and/or values such as sustainability.
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| Dec 29, 2023
Put it into action: Following a successful three-year test, Kroger just recently expanded its partnership with grocery tech media company Cooler Screens, bringing its digital cooler screens to 500 stores across the US. But it’s not for everyone. Cooler Screens is suing Walgreens for ending their agreement early.
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| Aug 28, 2023
This included pivoting rewards from travel toward everyday spending categories like groceries. Many also introduced rewards that catered to pandemic-era consumer trends, like at-home fitness programs and streaming services. Why it matters: Now, issuers are spending more than ever on card benefits, even as consumer spending growth wobbles.
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| Apr 10, 2023
I mean if your TV stops working, you don't necessarily need to buy a TV right away versus if your groceries expire, you kind of need to buy new groceries right away. Sky Canaves:. Or even just a lot of the upgrading that takes place is not necessarily because your product is broken and needs to be replaced, but you feel like, "Oh, computer's slowing down a little.
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| Apr 11, 2023