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Kroger’s comps slide to near zero as cyclospora outbreak eats into produce sales
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (456+ words) Multiple factors, including reduced spending on fresh food stemming from the public health crisis, hurt the grocer’s Q2 sales growth, executives said. Kroger’s sales growth was moving in the right direction until late in the quarter, when shoppers reacted to the…...
Kroger Q2 Profit Rises, Backs FY26 Adj. Earnings View, Cuts Sales Growth Forecast; Stock Drops
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (343+ words) Supermarket chain Kroger Co. reported Friday higher profit and sales in its second quarter, while Identical Sales growth was slower than the prior year. Further, the firm maintained adjusted earnings outlook for fiscal 2026, but trimmed growth view for identical sales…...
Ecommerce Trends: How Lowe's is using AI
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (561+ words) Lowe’s Companies Inc. made artificial intelligence (AI) a priority in a wave of new Lowe’s executive promotions for September. Its list of changes included adding AI to the formal title of Seemantini Godbole, Lowe’s chief information officer. And the value…...
Ollie???s Bargain Outlet Holdings Drops 5.7% After Citigroup Maintains Buy
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (352+ words) Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Drops 5.7% After Citigroup Maintains Buy AlphaStreet AlphaStreet Newsdesk powered by AlphaStreet Intelligence Ollie’s Bargain Outlet plunged 5.7% on Wednesday as a wave of five Wall Street analysts slashed their price targets by an average of 8.8%, citing concerns…...
UNFI is under pressure but still turning a profit
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (418+ words) The grocery distributor and retailer posted positive net income for the third straight quarter during its latest financial period. As United Natural Foods, Inc. strives to return to sales growth after posting multiple quarters of declines, the company has already…...
AI Shopping Assistants Debuted By Instacart, Shipt
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (391+ words) Instacart and Shipt both launched AI assistants on Sept. 9, giving shoppers a conversational shopping tool to help them build their grocery carts. Instacart also named the first grocers to go live on a white-label version retailers can brand as their…...
Coca-Cola???s AI Just Solved Retailers??? Inventory Headache
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (313+ words) Perfect Basket uses AI to tell retailers what to order and how much, and 83% of participants followed its suggestions across 39,000 Malaysian outlets. Every extra case ordered ties up cash until it sells. This is really a working-capital decision disguised as…...
UNFI’s natural sales rise as conventional segment declines
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (495+ words) The grocery distributor saw a net sales decline of about 1% during its latest quarter but remains on track to return to growth in 2027, its CEO said. UNFI’s Q4 results reflected the continuing rise of grocers with “differentiated value propositions,” including natural…...
Campbell’s to promote Rao’s, launch broths in 2027
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (254+ words) CAMDEN, NJ. —The Campbell’s Co. plans to invest in marketing for its Rao’s brand and launch soups with broth in efforts to boost the company’s Meals & Beverages business in fiscal 2027. Rao’s sauce consumption increased 8.9% in the fourth quarter and 9.4% for…...
Loyalty360 Reads: William Sonoma is Using AI to Strengthen CX Without Replacing Humans, Best Buy is
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (131+ words) Williams Sonoma is treating AI as an extension of great customer service, using it to make interactions faster, more personalized, and more effective while keeping human expertise at the center of the experience. Best Buy is demonstrating that a stronger…...