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Discover insights from Grocery Doppio’s second "Annual AI in Grocery Event," exploring consumer behavior dynamics, the role of AI, and advancements in digital technologies. Learn how grocers are leveraging AI to enhance personalization, improve customer experiences, and address privacy concerns, with expert insights from industry leaders.

This article delves into the benefits and advanced technologies driving this transformation, including AI-powered robotics, real-time inventory management, and automated picking systems.

Costco's sales rose by 9.1% last quarter, with high membership renewal rates reflecting improved customer loyalty and increased consumer spending.

AI revolutionizes supermarket inventory and pricing with real-time data, enhancing stock management, reducing waste, and boosting customer satisfaction and profitability.

The retailer reported increased sales due to its investment in membership models and e-commerce capabilities.

Explore how Stibo Systems is transforming grocery retail with innovative data management. CEO Adrian Carr shares their unique approach focusing on data acquisition, management, and sharing, enhancing customer experiences and addressing key industry challenges.

Guy Mordoch, CEO of Cust2mate, sheds light on the distinctive approach his company takes, leveraging digital technology to elevate customer experiences in the dynamic realm of smart carts within the grocery sector.

Shopic’s CEO, Raz Golan, Unveils Innovative Smart Cart Solution: Transforming Shopping Experiences with AI Integration. Discover how Shopic’s “Shop-E” clip-on device turns carts into smart companions, elevating in-store experiences to an e-commerce level. Read more in our exclusive interview with Grocery Doppio.

In this exclusive interview, Jan Zizka, CEO and co-founder of Brightpick, shares insights into warehouse automation and its impact on achieving e-grocery profitability. Discover the strategies and innovations helping grocers meet the growing digital demands while optimizing costs and enhancing customer satisfaction.

Grocery Doppio spoke with Blutag CEO Shilp Agarwal about the company's revolutionary generative AI conversational intelligence platform and its ability to optimize cart sizes for grocers while harnessing the potential of impulse purchases.

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Target Corporation is among the top 10 retailers in the United States of America, with an FY2021 total revenue of nearly $106 billion.

Headquartered in Arkansas, United States of America, Walmart Inc. generated USD 572.8 billion in total revenue in the fiscal year 2022, comprising primarily USD 567.8 billion in net sales.

Tesco, based in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom is one of the biggest grocery shops in the UK with revenue of £57,887m in the 2021 Fiscal year.

Headquartered in Issaquah, WA, Costco is a membership warehouse club, dedicated to bringing our members the best possible prices on quality brand-name merchandise.

Big Lots, Inc., a community retailer with more than 1,400 Big Lots stores across 47 states, is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

H1 grocery sales were $458 billion, up 3.8% compared to H1 '23. Digital sales at $61 billion were up 2.4% compared to H1 '23. Prices are high, even as price increases have reduced, and the average digital shopper baskets have dropped.

Prepared food sales have risen, with 63% of grocers noting an increase over the past six months, and 69% of them view their prepared food options as a competitive differentiator. The primary drivers of these purchases are convenience and cost.

In Q1 2024, grocery sales remained strong at $230 billion, with digital sales increasing to $31.4 billion and 72% of grocers reporting improved inventory performance compared to the same period last year. Larger retailers, in particular, have seen better inventory availability.

81% of grocers prioritize personalization for competitiveness, yet 92% of shoppers find their grocery shopping experience lacking in personalization compared to their overall digital experience.

Digital sales were flat in January. Overall sales continue to be robust and third party sales fulfillment follow the same trend line at around 15%.

The report examines the significant and transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the grocery industry, highlighting its increasing importance for future competitiveness through key findings.

Uncover key 2023 digital grocery trends, AI impacts, and shopper behaviors in Grocery Doppio's detailed report

This report delves into a comprehensive analysis of shoppers' omnichannel shopping behaviors, preferences, and the challenges faced by them.

Delve into the challenges grocers encounter in utilizing technology for sustainability and uncover the key use-cases where grocers can leverage AI to achieve their eco-friendly objectives.

Discover how digital innovation is reshaping the grocery workforce and its critical role in enhancing customer experiences.

In this month’s Doppio 5, we explore personalization, Wynshop’s latest acquisition, Kroger selling its specialty pharmacy business, self-checkout, and Q1 digital grocery performance.

Explore NRF 2024's highlights in Doppio 5, featuring innovative grocery tech like electronic shelf labels, smart carts, AI, food service innovations, and Rock and Roll Underground.

Explore the top trends for digital grocery in 2023 including omnichannel shopping, impact of inflation and third-party sales.

Dive deep into grocery’s current state of sustainability, Whole Foods’ Top 10 Food Trends, grocery’s digital maturity, and the tech-powered workforce.

In this exclusive video, Grocery Doppio offers valuable insights into the unique taste intelligence platform developed by Halla

Learn about the decrease in grocery price, Wakefern’s new sampling tech, New York’s ongoing wine debate, Trader Joe’s new CEO, and AI in Grocery.

Explore Shoptalk 2023 recap, grocery Q1 digital performance, Giant Eagle's CEO change, grocers' ongoing sustainability efforts, and much more.

In its pursuit to serve its customers better, Walmart has hit many milestones in the past year. Here is a look at some of Walmart’s major milestones.

Private brands are key to modern grocers’ growth strategies. Ongoing success, however, requires an overhaul of traditional digital marketing approaches.

Discover grocers’ ChatGPT plans, Rhode Island’s proposed self-checkout restrictions, how to boost your private brand digital marketing, and much more.

This is the first in a series of short monthly videos designed to get you up to speed on the top five grocery news items from the past month.

In this webinar, we will detail key data points around the performance of the grocery industry for the first half of the year and will highlight significant trends.

In today's omnichannel environment, seamlessly changing prices in real-time has become an operational necessity. This session explores the importance of real-time price changes and how AI is helping grocers predict individual product price elasticity.

Retail Media Networks are leading the way in operational changes through AI-driven automation. This session highlights the strategic importance of AI-driven automation in enhancing digital commerce and operations for CPG companies.

Orchestrating the demands of the modern grocery enterprise, its stores, and consumers is unachievable without AI. This session delves into the critical capabilities required for an AI-powered supply chain in the grocery industry.

Digital grocery customers expect personalized shopping but only a small percentage of grocers can personalize the majority of the shopper journey.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is touted as a $113 billion opportunity for grocers, promising a new era of productivity and growth. But will it truly deliver? This session answers all.

In this webinar we discussed the key insights from the Grocery Doppio’s Q1, 2024 digital performance report.

In this webinar, we will highlight the key data points around the performance of the grocery industry for 2023 and the outlook for 2024.

In this session, we will detail key data points around the performance of the grocery industry for first 9 months and share some new research on the state of sustainability.

In this webinar, we will detail key data points around the performance of the grocery industry for the first half of the year and will highlight significant trends.

This session presents insights on how to use the power of reliable, competitive intelligence data and accurate product matching for assortment management.

Having in-demand products in stock has become table stakes — miss on this grocery tenant, and failure is guaranteed. But grocers must go beyond just meeting demand; they must provide an assortment that connects and surprises shoppers with invigorating discovery.

This session shares valuable insights on leveraging AI to redefine operations & personalize the entire shopper journey.

It is no longer enough to provide consumers with well-stocked shelves and competitive pricing; today’s grocers must provide a memorable shopping experience tailored to individual preferences to retain customers.

This session showcases how AI automation and robotics can reduce labor dependence and unlock new opportunities in the grocery industry.

As grocers struggle to build a motivated workforce, they increasingly turn to AI-powered automation and robotics to help lessen their dependence on human labor.

This session showcases the unique ways generative AI can revolutionize operations and elevate the customer experience.

Headline-grabbing generative AI solutions are all the rage, but are there real-world grocery applications? Our panelists respond with a resounding: Yes!

In this webinar we will discuss the key insights from the Grocery Doppio’s Q1, 2023 digital performance report.

Join Grocery Doppio, Wynshop, and FMI for an informative webinar on the current state of private brand growth in the US grocery industry. During this webinar, our panelists will discuss the key challenges and opportunities facing grocers in growing their private brand business,

In this session, we discussed detail key data points around grocery industry performance in 2022 and will highlight significant trends including digital performance, shopper behaviour and grocer investments.

In this webinar we give a walkthrough of the findings of the State of Digital Grocery Performance Scorecard for Q3 2022.

In this session, we detail key data points around the performance of the grocery industry for the first half of the year.