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Shelf Talk: 3000 Amazon supermarkets, Wegmans in Brooklyn, Walmart grocery delivery, and He-Man's tiger
Amazon and Grocery Retail When Amazon bought Whole Foods two years ago, it seemed to most that Whole Foods' 500 stores would be Amazon's path into brick…
October 2019
Shelf Talk: Food and tariffs, changing Chinese tastes, industry stats, and more
Food & International Trade "A 15-year fight over airplane subsidies is going to raise the cost of Parmesan cheese, French wine and Scotch whisky." The…
Shelf Talk: Bonsai brands, Freakonomics on supermarkets, hacking Amazon rankings with cash, and more
Brands (and symbiosis with retailers) Small brands are steadily chipping away at share from large brands. (That is, until they get acquired by the big…
September 2019
Shelf Talk: Future of grocery retail, Costco in China, private label growth, and bear taste testing
Grocery Retail Saving your grocery store: A long article on challenges in grocery retail -- and some ideas for solutions. And a long-ish summary…
August 2019
July 2019
Shelf Talk: Costco stats, Target tech, a personal story + 2 more blurbs
Some of what I've been reading since I was last in touch, plus a remembrance at the end. Costco “On first impression, Costco makes no sense. “It is a…
June 2019
Shelf Talk: Peapod at 30, Amazon Prime at 15, the raisin mafia, + 9 more
Some of what I've been reading since I was last in touch: Grocery E-commerce Grocery e-commerce dates to 1989, when Peapod started. Despite hitting a…
April 2019
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