Kantar Retail Sound Bites

In Episode #12 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, hosts Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss the rise of VR and cutting-edge assortment technology. Also, get timely news and notes in retail, including Lowe's technology, McDonald's franchisee agreements, Canada's ban of single use plastic, and more.

This episode also features Kantar's Eric Stenbroten, senior director perfect category and Geoff Wissman, direct perfect category solutions, to discuss recent innovations in assortment and category management technology.

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News & Notes:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/21/canada-is-banning-single-use-plastics-by-the-end-of-the-year-.html

https://www.instacart.com/company/updates/expanding-with-walmart-canada-to-launch-a-new-virtual-convenience-store-powered-by-instacart-platform/

https://www.getthegloss.com/news/john-lewis-botox-injectables-tweakments-cavendish-clinic

McDonald's is toughening its franchise ownership standards (restaurantbusinessonline.com)

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/21/lowes-expands-into-the-metaverse-with-a-tool-to-help-visualize-projects.html

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In Episode #11 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, hosts Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss the rise and demand of healthy snacking occassions across retailers and restaurants. Also, get timely news and notes in retail, including drive-thru expectations, Apple's buy and pay later program, and retailers drowning in inventory.

This episode also features Kantar's Renata de Moura, senior director of Kantar's Shopper and Category Insights, to discuss recent innovations and shopper demands in terms of healthy snacking.

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News & Notes:

Fast-casual customers are starting to expect a drive-thru (restaurantbusinessonline.com)

Panera opens first digital-only restaurant | Restaurant Dive

Femsa plans hundreds new OXXO stores across Latin America (labsnews.com)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-goes-deeper-into-finance-with-buy-now-pay-later-offering-11654939801?mod=article_inline

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2022/06/07/too-much-of-a-goods-thing-retailers-are-drowning-in-inventory/?sh=688f872612fd

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/11/simon-property-ceo-aims-to-create-new-sales-event-as-inflation-surges.html

In Episode #10 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, hosts Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss the hottest club channel trends. Also, get timely news and notes in retail, including eBay's new brick and mortar sneaker store, quick delivery layoffs, and more.

This episode also features Kantar's leading industry experts Taylor Galland, club channel expert, as well as Julie Craig and Eleonor Thatcher from our Shopper Insights team, to discuss recent innovations happening in club.

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News & Notes:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/shoppers-are-fretting-stores-are-listening-11653710450

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/26/rapid-grocery-delivery-start-ups-getir-gorillas-slash-jobs.html

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/phew-costco-absolutely-positively-is-not-lifting-the-price-of-its-1-50-hot-dog-11653641402

eBay Is Launching a Sneaker Authentication Centre in Canada | Complex CA

In Episode #9 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, hosts Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss Kantar's just-released US retail forecast.

Also get timely news and notes in retail, including elevating online grocery, female CMOs, and Tesco meal deals.

This episode also features Kantar's leading industry experts Karl Berner, Amar Singh, Simon Johnstone, Celia Van Wickel, and Karen Kelso who discuss some of the trends driving Kantar's new five-year US retail forecast.

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News & Notes:

3 ways grocers are elevating online order picking in their stores | Grocery Dive

What retail gets right—and wrong—about Gen Z, according to a Gen Z investor (retailbrew.com)

Female CMOs overtake male ones for the first time, report says | Retail Dive

'This has pushed me over the edge': Workers' despair as Tesco puts price of £3 Meal Deal up by 50p | Daily Mail Online

Krispy Kreme finds that Twix can lift sales (restaurantbusinessonline.com)

To simplify resales, Samsøe Samsøe sews QR codes into its garments (trendwatching.com)

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Kantar's Top 10 Insights from NACDS 22' Blog

News & Notes:

Panera Bread expands its coffee subscription program to all beverages

Carrefour launches its first Bio store in Dubai

Tesco to delist products that fail to comply .. ..

Victoria's Secret is taking its beauty business to Amazon in its first-ever wholesale test

Facebook is opening its first showroom to sell VR headsets

Gopuff Does Deliveries in 30 Minutes or Less. It's Also Buying Time for Itself.

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Episode #7 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, Senior Retail Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights, explores the post-COVID retail landscape and effects on shopper dynamics. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including rising restaurant prices, Target and ThredUp partnership, lululemon expanding resale program nationwide, and more. Also, guest speaker Leigh O'Donnell, Head of Shopper and Category Insights, joins the conversation to discuss COVID's lasting implications on retail and shoppers. Have a topic you'd like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing [email protected] Barry's contact information: [email protected] Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: [email protected] Rachel's Linkedin Leigh's contact information: [email protected] Leigh's LinkedIn

Also, guest speaker Simon Johnstone, Senior Director of Retail Insights, joins the conversation to discuss lower income shopper behavior and retailers.

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In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including Starbucks CEO retiring, Aldi and Lidl growing faster than any other UK retailer, the co-created scalp care brand by Unilever and Walmart, and more.

Also, guest speaker Lauren Winkler, Vice President, Head of Category Insights, joins the conversation to discuss category leadership and the future of category management.

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Episode #4 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, Senior Retail Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights, explores macro influences to world-wide retail.

In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including inflation's affect on grain, Kroger's partnership with Ocado, and CVS's dive into the metaverse.

Also, guest speakers Doug Hermanson, Principal Economist at Kantar, and Julie Craig, Vice President of Shopper Insights at Kantar, join the conversation to discuss current inflation impacts on the global economy and North American shoppers.

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In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including YUM restaurants expansion, Recycle at Boots, and Baskin Robbins unmanned "flow" store in South Korea.

Also, guest speakers Dave Marcotte, Senior Vice President of Global Retail at Kantar, and Walid Benchama, Global Director, Shopper & Channel Insights at The Coca-Cola Company, join the conversation to discuss current trends and innovations influencing global shoppers.

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