DoorDash and Uber face stiff competition from Instacart, but they may be able to boost their market share by expanding their retailer partnerships and leaning into categories beyond food and beverage, such as health, personal care, and pet food. More like this:. Report: The Future of Last-Mile Delivery. Article: The state of CPG ecommerce in 5 charts.
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| Jan 6, 2023
They’re least willing to buy private label pet products, personal care and beauty items, and beverages. Consumers cited quality as their primary consideration for deciding whether or not to make the switch, while store label variety and selection also play a role in their purchasing decisions.
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| Sep 22, 2023
It’s a move that makes a lot of sense given Mars’ pet and confectionary-focused portfolio, said our analyst Sarah Marzano. 3. Olipop. The soda brand, founded in 2018, announced a deal with the LA Clippers Intuit Dome in California. “This is fascinating because so many stadiums in the US have exclusivity deals with either Coca-Cola or PepsiCo,,” said analyst Sara Lebow. 4. e.l.f.
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| Aug 30, 2024
Non-food categories with the biggest private label sales increases included cups and plates (18.3%), pet food (16.8%), and toilet paper (14.8%). Analyst take: Store brands traditionally proliferate when inflation or a recession leads consumers to spend more conservatively.
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| Feb 21, 2023
Roughly $14 of the $17 increase in per-person spending will stem from shoppers buying gifts for pets, friends and co-workers, along with classmates or teachers. Thirty-two percent of consumers plan to give the gift of an experience, up from 26% last year and the highest share since NRF and Prosper started asking the question in 2017.
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| Jan 26, 2023
Walmart teamed up with Pawp, allowing Walmart+ members to access 24/7 telehealth pet health services, as well as Disney, to bolster its retail media targeting capabilities. 2. Best Buy. Best Buy partnered with CNET to develop a new retail media model, combining ad inventories to enable broader reach.
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| May 30, 2024
Lemonade’s burning through its cash: US-based, digitally native Lemonade offers renters' insurance, homeowners' insurance, car insurance, pet insurance and term life insurance, as well as contents and liability policies in Germany, and the Netherlands and renters insurance in France. As of the end of Q2 2023, Lemonade reported a loss of $67.2 million, exceeding Wall Street expectations by $7 million.
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| Oct 27, 2023
I mean, Becky, you and I were just talking this morning about how people will spend any amount of money on their pets. By people, I mean Becky Schilling. No, but people will spend any amount of money on their pets. Being involved with a pet company makes a lot of sense.
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| Mar 13, 2024
A note about our digital grocery forecast: Our forecast includes the online sale of all items that consumers regularly buy from a grocery store, including food and beverages, pet food, household cleaning products, personal care products, and other household consumables.
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| Jan 10, 2024
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of DoorDash users are currently ordering consumables—which include groceries, alcohol, pet care, personal care, and household products—more often than they did last year, the company said. Convenience wins out: While cost concerns continue to inform shoppers’ grocery habits, convenience is also becoming a key purchase consideration.
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| Nov 6, 2023
The move, which dovetails with the brand moving into beauty in 2014 and its launch of pet and kids categories in 2022, is the latest step in its bid to become a “complete lifestyle luxury accessories player,” CEO Alexis Mourot told WWD. Does it make sense?
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| Feb 2, 2024
Retail includes mail order/catalog, restaurants/fast food, drugstores, retail stores, cosmetics stores, and merchants of apparel, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise.Less.
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| Oct 10, 2023
The ad format is an evolved version of TikTok Pulse, which guarantees ad placement along the app’s top 4% of trending content in 11 brand-friendly categories like pets, gaming, and sports.
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| Oct 17, 2023
Spot & Tango, a D2C pet food company, takes a similar approach. “If organic is working well, then should we put some paid behind it,” said Jacqueline Lin, vice president of growth at Spot & Tango. “And sometimes organic-feeling ads are very effective in converting.”. 2. Organic and paid serve different purposes for established and younger brands. For Wendy’s, organic is a “dialogue” with consumers.
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| Jun 8, 2023
Dollar General is expanding its selection of private label candy, snack, pet food, perishable, and healthcare offerings to give shoppers more value (and lift margins). Domino’s is revamping its Piece of the Pie loyalty program to “add more value and rewards” for both delivery and carryout customers, said CEO Russell Weiner, during the company’s earnings call.
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| Apr 28, 2023
The issue highlights over 120 items that have been tested by Real Simple editors, from kitchenware and home decor to beauty and pet products. This complements Pinterest’s strategy to build out the platform’s lower-funnel capabilities, including ad formats like direct links—which take users to an advertiser's product page in just one click—and shopping ads.
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| May 15, 2024
Likewise, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy noted that customers are “trading down on price when they can and seeking out deals”—a trend the retailer is hoping to capitalize on with a series of category-specific sales events, including Pet Day, Gaming Week, and its latest offering, the Amazon Book Sale.
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| May 9, 2024
“Many of our supplies, like the pet food companies, are selling to other mass merchants, so they’re already knowledgeable about retail media,” said Lockton. “They’ve been the ones most aggressively investing in it.”. Other suppliers require education.
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| Apr 17, 2024
In addition to using Prime Day discounts to shop pricier categories like consumer electronics and appliances, consumers have begun to use the shopping event to stock up on more CPG products, including household essentials, grocery, and pet care items, per Numerator data.
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| Oct 2, 2023
Dollar General plans to beef up its private label candy, snack, pet food, perishable, and healthcare offerings to offer shoppers more value (and lift margins). The retailer will also double the number of pOpshelf stores this year in a bid to attract wealthier shoppers. Five Below said it would convert 400 stores into its higher-priced Five Beyond concept this year.
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| Mar 17, 2023
For Kroger Precision Marketing, personalizing ads looks like adjusting copy and imagery based on whether an ad is targeting pet owners, eco-friendly shoppers, or health-conscious consumers. Generative AI can be used to adjust campaigns based on contextual data like location. For example, the same ad for beer could be adjusted from one state to another to feature a different football team’s fans.
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| Jul 8, 2024
“Over time, you will also see us fully integrate multiprice merchandise more into our stores so our shoppers will find $5 bags of dog food next to our traditional $1.25 pet treats and toys, and our $3 bags of candy will be found in the candy aisle,” said Drieling. The retail lesson: There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to product assortment and pricing.
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| Mar 19, 2024
Food and beverage is the primary driver of digital grocery gains, but subcategories like pet food, household cleaning products, and personal care products are also contributing to growth, per our US Digital Grocery 2024 report. 2. Grocer platforms dominate over third-party delivery intermediaries.
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| Apr 9, 2024
Target has more than 45 private label brands across apparel, grocery, pet, and home furnishing. Target’s commitment to “newness” is one of the reasons why it’s had such success with its private label business, Target’s executive vice president and chief growth officer Christina Hennington told Store Brands.
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| Jun 13, 2023
So the study found that people with pets may experience poorer sleep compared to non-pet owners. While the study does assert that there are numerous benefits of owning a pet... Sure, okay. Having a dog was more likely to be associated with sleeping disorders and general trouble falling asleep while cat owners were more likely to experience leg jerks.
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| Mar 23, 2023