As consumer shopping preferences have begun to normalize in a post-COVID retail marketplace, an increasing number of retailers and consumer brands have come to recognize that eCommerce and legacy brick & mortar retail are increasingly becoming complementary platforms to serve and engage shoppers rather than…
Every month, one of our partners from our global alliance of retail and brand consulting firms, Ebeltoft Group, will share an innovative case from their country. This month it was our turn. Amanda Lai, Director at McMillanDoolittle, visited Chicago based grocer Dom’s Kitchen & Market to…
As always, our team is here to help you understand the leading trends shaping retail, breakout brands across categories, and white space opportunities to catalyze your company’s growth. With 2022 coming to a close, we are taking a break from our typical content to highlight…
Back when 10-minute delivery startups were surging, we predicted these “rapid delivery” players would struggle or even perish unless they diversified their revenue streams or joined a larger ecosystem. Today’s economic conditions are exacerbating their challenges. Read on for our take on the current landscape…
Trend Spotlight from RI 2022: Foxtrot’s Modern Stores Redefine Convenience Retailing This week we are highlighting an elevated convenience concept from our recently published Retail Innovations 2022 report under the Efficiency-out-of-store theme. This section includes companies that offer innovative and convenient solutions that save people…
Ultra-fast delivery startups have emerged as key investment trends among today’s venture capitalists. Startups promise to deliver goods to the consumer in less than 20 minutes. Alongside the pandemic-fueled acceleration of Ecommerce adoption, the rapid DtC Ecomm space has become fertile ground for institutional investment….
As I’ve written several times before, there are multiple reasons why the grocery category is well under-penetrated relative to other e-commerce categories. Multi-temperature products, awkwardly sized and shaped products, product and SKU proliferation, delivery challenges, combined with razor-thin margins have kept e-commerce penetration today to…
Food delivery startups gained popularity among Venture Capital investors around 2010, leaving Blue Apron and other large players to pioneer the industry with high valuations and encouraging more new competition to enter the market. While there has been a remarkable diversity of proposed solutions, from…
Last week, Uber announced the roll-out of a new UberEats service in 10 cities, ranging from Washington D.C., Denver, Seattle, Atlanta, Houston and Dallas to some of the larger cities like New York, San Francisco and Chicago, where they’ve been testing a version of the service for some…
