Little Luxuries: A Surprising Demand Trend Impacting Category Managers
As I noted in my last blog, record inflation continues to be a significant concern for retailers — because it’s having an enormous and complicated impact on consumer behaviors. Even worse news for retailers? Stressed-out shoppers perceive inflation rates as higher than they actually are….
It’s a Great Day To Say ‘Thank You’ to Your Local Supermarket Workers
Thanks to The Food Industry Association (FMI), February 22nd is Supermarket Employee Day. If you find yourself at a supermarket today, please take the time to thank an employee before you leave. Supermarkets play a vital role in our daily lives, and it’s the employees…
The Future of Grocery: Enabling a Circular Supply Chain
The grocery industry is at a crossroads—either adapt and stay afloat or remain stationary and hope for the best. Changing consumer trends and expectations have made the traditional grocery retail model incapable of sustaining a successful business. And the pandemic has only sped up the…
The Impact of Assortment Management in the New Normal
We have witnessed, in front of our eyes, the changing of the new shopping experience. Grocers, beverage retailers, convenience stores, and other essential needs operations, controlling entry to the store, one person per aisle, rationing of products available for purchase, double-digit increases to categories deemed essential.
How Speed to Market Has Helped This 100-Year-Old Brand, An Interview with Driscoll’s CIO [Video]
Part-three of the Executive Exchange video series from JDA features Kiran Vankamamidi, CIO of Driscoll’s, who explains how this 100 years-plus company has embraced digital innovation to lead them to continued growth. As Kiran explains to JDA’s reporter Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, by using supply chain applications…
How JDA Software is Helping Fresh Retailers with AI [Video]
Supply chain planning and execution is critical to grocery store success. JDA’s GVP Solutions Strategy, Fab Brasca, provides insight on identifying problems and having practical and repeatable solutions that can help profit and customer satisfaction. In the video below, hear from Fab as he offers…
How Fresh Retailers Are Already Using AI to Reduce Waste & Boost Profit [Video]
While the human touch will continue to impact retail at large, human touch alone can’t strengthen store success. With the emergence of AI and MI, grocers benefit from the significant impact of these technologies. Grocers are able to deliver when managing fresh assortments and associate…
4 Challenges for Fresh Retailers and How AI Can Help [Video]
Customers are reshaping retail whether grocery merchants like it or not. They want more for less and on their terms – plain and simple. So how to grocers keep up? Using larger streams of data than historically available. JDA’s GVP Solutions Strategy, Fab Brasca, explains…
4 Reasons Sustainability is a Major Focus for Fresh Retailers [Video]
As sustainability becomes increasingly important to many consumers, grocery retailers are challenged with how to keep up with these modern customer demands. In the video blog below, Fab Brasca, JDA’s GVP Solutions Strategy, explains how buyer behavior can be better supported through machine learning and…
3 Ways Fresh Retailers are Helping the Planet
It’s official. Millennials are the largest consumer block and they’re moving the retail environment forward in a more sustainable way. Shoppers are focused on their core values and want to buy from the brands that are in perfect alignment with them. According to the National…