by - May 5, 2019 5:38 pm
Retail realities are shifting, and many categories from apparel to pets are moving online. But that does not negate the importance of brick-and-mortar that continues to pay the bills for…
by - April 28, 2019 10:24 am
Retail commerce continues to transition into an omnichannel business with retailers like Walmart investing heavily in online and in-store pickup and e-commerce giant Amazon also looking at more brick-and-mortar stores…
by - April 21, 2019 6:02 pm
Retail closures in the U.S. continue to accelerate through the first quarter of 2019, far outpacing the same period in 2018, according to Coresight Research and its CEO Deborah Weinswig….
by - April 14, 2019 3:42 pm
Food retail and food suppliers were active in mergers and acquisitions last year, and the trend is expected to continue, said David Schoeder, principal with The Food Partners in suburban…
by - April 10, 2019 2:12 pm
Amazon is the undisputed digital commerce king in the United States, but its foray into grocery has been challenging, even after it acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion….
by - April 2, 2019 12:41 pm
Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran recently said if the retail giant can’t get its orders on time from suppliers then nothing else it does works. Speaking to the investment community…
by - March 27, 2019 4:02 pm
While retailers and suppliers are focused on the unique shopping behaviors and attitudes of the mega Millennial generation, the up and coming Generation Z (ages 18 to 22) has its…
by - March 19, 2019 4:23 pm
LeeBob Willingham and his business partner Trevor Jensen may seem like an unlikely tandem, but their combined passion for dogs, ingenuity and business savvy has landed their product — Bullibone…
by - March 17, 2019 2:57 pm
A majority of retailers (85%) have not yet completed the digitization processes needed to give them full control and transparency of their supply chain, according to a recent survey of…
by - March 6, 2019 4:17 pm
Wisconsin-based Artemax Inc. is one of Walmart’s Open Call success stories in the retailer’s efforts to grow and support U.S. manufacturing jobs. The wristband manufacturer based outside Milwaukee employs about…
by - February 25, 2019 3:33 pm
“Elevating the everyday” is the mantra of Fayetteville-based Field Agent, which continues to harness data from an army of 1.4 million consumers around the globe. The crowdsourcing machine is the…
by - February 20, 2019 1:00 pm
Consumer households spend an average of $10,500 annually on food and consumables, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While that comprises a big part of household spending, it’s also…
by - February 18, 2019 12:54 pm
Walmart’s big sustainability push known as Project Gigaton was announced in 2017 in partnership with the Sustainability Consortium. The milestone project involves Walmart’s removing 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse…
by - February 8, 2019 4:44 pm
January was National Soup Month, and consumers across the country had a new fresh option as Walmart unveiled Marketside soups in its deli department. The new product launch is part of…
by - February 6, 2019 10:36 am
Jesse Wolfe, CEO and founder of O’Dang Hummus, is a foodie at heart, but he stumbled into the food manufacturing business somewhat unconventionally. Several years ago while in college, Wolfe…
by - January 28, 2019 4:55 pm
Crossmark, a marketing and merchandising services firm, announced a new alliance with Fayetteville-based WhyteSpyder designed to provide clients with immediate digital merchandising solutions to grow online sales. David Newman, chief…
by - January 16, 2019 1:11 pm
Online grocery is slowly growing its share in the U.S., but in the next five years, analysts expect e-commerce food sales will be a $59.5 billion market, a compound annual…
by - January 3, 2019 3:41 pm
In early 2019, consumers across Northwest Arkansas will be among the first in the country to eliminate clunky coin change using digital piggybank software developed by Bucket Technologies. Bringing the…
by - January 1, 2019 1:34 pm
Italy-based Colavita, a longtime Walmart food supplier, embraces the challenges of balancing online commerce and subscription-based meal kits with expanding its brick-and-mortar presence. It’s not often a family-owned business based…
by - December 27, 2018 8:24 pm
The most expensive part of e-commerce delivery lies in the so-called “final mile” to the customer. Amazon spends about $7.5 billion annually on shipping costs for its 54 million Prime…
