Videos

06/08/2020
We review the impact of COVID-19 on the five key trends which were set to shape the North American food retail market in 2020 and beyond.

Walmart presentations

Presentations

07/01/2021
This report covers the latest developments in food-to-go in large stores around the world, taking into account the impact of COVID-19 on innovation. It includes examples from retailers such as Kroger, Prisma, Asda, ICA, Walmart, Heinen, Ahold Delhaize, Grupo Éxito Wow, Coop Sverige, Central Food Hall, Colruyt and Mercadona.
07/12/2020
Walmart China is adding new self-service scales that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify fruits and vegetables to improve efficiency and consumers’ experience.
07/12/2020
The discount channel is evolving at pace in Latin America and this has sped up since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this report we look at each of the major discounters and highlight their latest developments. We explore five themes for how the channel is evolving and provide some hypotheses for how the channel could evolve further in the next five to 10 years. We also consider the opportunities and challenges for suppliers and manufacturers.
04/12/2020
Walmart is a partnering with GM-owned self-driving car company, Cruise, to pilot grocery deliveries in Arizona.
01/12/2020
Walmart Canada is expanding its partnership with San-Francisco based Focal Systems for the deployment of shelf-edge cameras. Building on a pilot programme, Walmart Canada will expand Focal Systems’ out-of-stock solution to additional stores next year.
18/11/2020
The hypermarket channel is perceived to be struggling to grow, whether in store or sales terms. However, on a global basis, this is not the reality. Retailers are finding ways to re-imagine the hypermarket format beyond grocery retail by applying seven strategies laid out in this report. This way hypermarket operators are able to enhance the shopper proposition and: - achieve more incremental growth - boost traffic to store - encourage more spend in-store - develop the omnichannel offer
13/11/2020
Walmart is the last remaining major foreign operator in China. In this report, we look at whether Walmart will also exit China, tell its story in numbers, discuss the key strategic areas in detail and showcase the latest high-tech hypermarket store in Shenzhen.
09/11/2020
The hypermarket channel is perceived to be struggling to grow, whether in store or sales terms. However, on a global basis, this is not the reality. Retailers are finding ways to achieve incremental increases in basket size and are developing their proposition to attract shoppers back to the format. In this report we show winning strategies by hypermarket and large supermarket operators from around the world.
27/10/2020
Blendid has opened its fourth robotic drink and food kiosk at a Walmart in Fremont, CA.
27/10/2020
Explore how retailers and suppliers in the UK and North America are offering innovative products and creative solutions such as Boo-Bags and reverse trick-or-treating to help celebrate Halloween in a COVID-safe way.