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The Retail Trust partners with SAI, as SAI strengthens its safer stores mission, aiming to break the cycle of retail crime through education and innovation.
London, UK — The Retail Trust has teamed up with SAI, the leading active intelligence solution for stores, which has become an official partner of the charity as part of SAI’s work to support...
Why Would Hackers Target Supermarket Fridges? The Hidden Technology Behind the Fresh Food Aisle
Why Would Hackers Target Supermarket Fridges? The Hidden Technology Behind the Fresh Food Aisle The cyberattack on French supermarkets has exposed a little-known side of modern grocery retail. Refrigeration equipment is no longer simply...
Albertsons’ $9.3 Billion Claim Against Kroger Puts US Supermarket Consolidation Under Pressure
The fight over the famous merger attempt raises wider questions for grocery retailers about store , buying power and the risks of pursuing large-scale possible consolidation in an increasingly competitive market. Albertsons is seeking...
RETAIL TECHNOLOGY PREDICTION: WHY ELECTRONIC SHELF LABELS COULD BECOME A MUST-HAVE FOR SUPERMARKETS
ISN believes electronic shelf labels will be one of the leading retail technology investments of 2027, as supermarkets look for better ways to manage prices, promotions, stock and the customer experience. There is a...
Sensormatic Solutions predicts the UK’s busiest 2026 Christmas shopping days
The Saturday of Black Friday weekend (28 Nov) is forecast to be the busiest in-store shopping day of the festive season in the UK, surpassing Super Saturday Discount-driven shopping is set to top...
Agentic expectations: inflated product perceptions set by AI risk driving a new wave of retail returns, MACH Alliance research warns.
London, UK — As AI use extends across greater parts of consumers’ buying journeys, expectations set by AI within search and discovery could risk creating a new wave of retail returns, new data from...
The Perimeter Defense: How The Fresh Market Defeated the Discount Moat
Merchandising Correspondent, ISN If you listen exclusively to the corporate earnings calls of the major players, you would think the only way to survive in modern American grocery is through raw, unadulterated scale or...
The Death of SKU Proliferation: Why PepsiCo is Shrinking the American Aisle
By Elena Rostova, Supply Chain Editor, ISN For three decades, the primary metric of success for a consumer goods brand was shelf-space dominance. If a brand could introduce twenty different flavors of a single...
The Ashes of Albertsons and the $1.65B Giant Eagle Pivot: Kroger’s New Frontier
By Riad Beladi Since the very first whispers of the ill-fated Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger echoed through corporate boardrooms years ago, International Supermarket News reporters have been on the ground. We stood in the humid corporate...
Better Shelf Availability Could Be Worth More Than Another Price Promotion
US dairy supplier reports a 6% sales increase during a touchless retail trial Supermarkets spend a great deal of time looking at prices, promotions and advertising when trying to increase sales. But there is...