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WHAT’S

HOT in

Retail and

CPG?

May

2018

THE HOTTEST TOPICS

FROM THE MOST

IMPORTANT BUSINESS

MAGAZINES and

MANAGEMENT JOURNALS

WHAT’S

HOT?

May

2018

INTERNATIONAL

PRESS

The agreement announced could rev up Starbucks’ roughly

$2 billion business selling packaged Starbucks coffee,

Teavana tea and other products through grocery stores and

other retailers. The alliance could strengthen Nestle’s

position as the world’s biggest coffee company in a fast-

changing landscape.

Link to the article

May 2018,

Reuters

Baertelein

and Geller

NESTLE &

STARBUCKS

NESTLE AND STARBUCKS

STRIKE $7.15 BILLION COFFEE

LICENSING DEAL

Costco’s e-commerce offerings are complementing

store visits and building sales among a very loyal

and affluent customer base. The Company is

expanding through CostCo Grocery and Instacart.

Link to the article

May 2018,

Food Dive

J. Wells

COSTCO

COSTCO POSTS ROBUST 43%

E-COMMERCE JUMP IN APRIL

India poses some serious challenges, which all e-

commerce players have struggled with for years. Of

the $16 billion Walmart spent, only $2 billion will be

funneled into Flipkart’s business.Walmart’s best bet

would be to marry its own strength—brick-and-

mortar–with Flipkart’s stronghold on e-commerce

Link to the article

May 2018,

Quartz

India,

A. BhattachayaWALMART

BUYING FLIPKART WAS THE

EASY PART. THE REAL TEST

FOR WALMART STARTS NOW

It’s a huge structure populated entirely by robots.

Their job is to be cheaper and more efficient than

humans, and they are very good at it. All their actions

are all coordinated by a central computer.

Link to the article

May 2018,

THE VERGE

J. Vincent

OCADO

WELCOME TO THE AUTOMATED

WAREHOUSE OF THE FUTURE

The plan would be likely to:

- increase fulfillment capabilities and flexibility

- reduce shipment to the smallest possible size

- e-commerce continues to grow and the retail

environment gets more competitive

- eliminate overhead and reduce wasted space

Link to the article

May 2018,

Business

Insider,

G. MaganaTARGET

TARGET IS TESTING OUT NEW

FULFILLMENT STRATEGIES

Walmart announced it will sell its UK business, Asda,

to J Sainsbury in a £7.3 billion ($10 billion) deal. The

combined company would beat out Tesco to become

the largest food retailer in the UK .

Link to the article

May 2018,

Market Insider,

L. Fu

WALMART

WALMART'S NEW $10 BILLION

DOLLAR DEAL IS FACING A BIG

ROADBLOCK (WMT)

As Walmart drops Scan & Go, Amazon is doubling

down on its own version of the technology with

the expansion of its cashierless store, Amazon Go. But

the failure of Scan & Go highlights a key challenge for

Walmart in its battle with Amazon: getting Walmart's core

customers to adopt new technologies.

Link to the article

May 2018,

Business

Insider,

H. PetersonWALMART

WALMART JUST ABANDONED

CASHIERLESS CHECKOUT, AND IT

REVEALS A HUGE CHALLENGE IN ITS

BATTLE WITH AMAZON

The company is trying to protect the Amazon experience

for all shoppers and prevent long-term abuse of its

return policy. Many companies have embraced TBYB: if

Amazon does not adopt this policy, it might begin to get

a reputation for being less open to returns, they may see

sales drift toward their competitors.

Link to the article

May 2018,

Business

Insider,

G. MaganaAMAZON

AMAZON IS BANNING

CUSTOMERS WITH TOO MANY

RETURNS

The investments have aimed to help the company develop its

New Retail concept, a term coined by the Alibaba founder Jack

Ma that means the fusion of physical retail and e-commerce. The

fresh-food-focused supermarket offers customers the ability to

shop in-store or on its app, see the origins of its products, have

food delivered for free or prepared for pickup within 30 minutes,

and pay with facial-recognition technology.

Link to the article

May 2018,

Business

Insider,

H. JacobsALIBABA

ALIBABA'S FUTURISTIC

SUPERMARKET IN CHINA IS WAY

AHEAD OF THE US, WITH 30-MINUTE

DELIVERIES AND FACIAL-

RECOGNITION PAYMENT

Their platform dynamically builds intelligent, triggered

campaigns that can be run across email and social media

channels, or can be used to optimize search engine

marketing. At the heart of the solution sits an AI-driven

decisioning engine that determines the timing and content of

the next-best campaign to send to individual shoppers..

Link to the article

June 2018,

HBR,

D. SuttonVINEYARD VINES

HOW VINEYARD VINES USES

ANALYTICS TO WIN OVER

CUSTOMERS

The article stresses the way Sephora is making

digital innovation to follow customers technology

trends. Plius, it describes the beauty industry.

Link to the article

June 2018,

Alison Denisco

Rayome

SEPHORA

HOW SEPHORA IS LEVERAGING

AR AND AI TO

TRANSFORM RETAIL AND HELP

CUSTOMERS BUY COSMETICS

Many features customers were looking for haven’t

been introduced yet:

- Cashier free cash out

- Lower prices- Amazon in-store pickup

- Improve grocery delivery

Link to the article

June 2018,

Business

Insider,

D. KeyesAMAZON

AMAZON AND WHOLE FOODS,

A YEAR LATER

Takeaways:

-Nearly 75% of consumers already expect retailers to offer

an AR experience;

- Retailers in certain segments have been the first to jump

on the mobile AR bandwagon through their own apps;

- Social media is emerging as a prominent channel for

retailers to reach consumers through mobile AR experiences

Link to the article

June 2018,

Business

Insider,

R. Hollander

THE MOBILE AUGMENTED

REALITY OPPORTUNITY IN

RETAIL

MOBILE AR IS ONE OF THE MOST

COVETED TECHNOLOGIES FOR

IMPROVING THE DIGITAL SHOPPING

EXPERIENCE AMONG CONSUMERS.

Segnali di una inversione di tendenza negli US?

June 2018,

Business

InsiderSHOP ONLINE vs IN

STORE

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