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Grocery store
Stores

What to expect for the year ahead in grocery

Many themes from 2024 will continue their momentum, though the new administration could upend segments of the industry.

Erin Cabrey | about 6 hours ago
Walmart storefront
Stores

Walmart boosts discretionary spending as Target sees ‘more of the same’

Rival big box chains offered different signals around discretionary signals in Q3 and for the rest of the year.

Alex Vuocolo | Dec 2, 2024
Young woman Black Friday sale shopping
E-Commerce

How e-commerce sales are shaping up ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Online sales are slated for year-over-year growth across the holiday season and Cyber week, per Adobe.

Erin Cabrey | Nov 21, 2024Sponsored Infobip
A ballot box with a cannabis leaf symbol on the side, illustrating a vote on marijuana legalization.
Stores

Voters rejected recreational cannabis in three states, and the industry is regrouping

Trump has voiced support for federal cannabis reforms. One lobbyist plans to “hold his feet to the fire.”

Andrew Adam Newman | Nov 14, 2024
CVS Pharmacy in-store retail media screens with ads
Retail Media

Pharmacies are ready to get more mileage as retail media networks

The rise of pharmacy chains scaling their ad business with retail media is starting to take shape.

Vidhi Choudhary | Nov 6, 2024
Tostitos display in a supermarket.
Marketing

Tostitos’ bonus bags are being called a reversal of shrinkflation. They’re not.

PepsiCo has made no shrinkflation-response claim, but media accounts lean into the angle.

Andrew Adam Newman | Oct 25, 2024

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