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Embracing Modern Convenience: Responding to Shopper Needs

Recent reports from the NACS/Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council have examined the changing face of the convenience retail industry. With that in mind, the most recent council embarked on a study to better understand the evolving need states of the c-store...

North America NACS, 2019

The Store of the Future: An Exploration &

The weakening or collapse of traditional supermarket strengths was possibly the most chilling finding from Surviving the Brave New World of Food Retailing, a 2017 report from the Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council of North America....

North America, 2019

Small is the New Big: Understanding and Leveraging

Small self-service stores are growing in Europe. Between 2011 and 2017, 100,000 new small self-service stores opened in the 44 countries of Europe. The growth of small self-service stores is partly a response to five...

Europe, 2018

Small is the New Big: Understanding and Leveraging

Small self-service stores are growing across the 85 countries of Eurasia & Africa, with double digit rates of unit increase in Turkey and Russia during the past few years. The growth of small self-service stores...

Eurasia & Africa, 2018

Preparing for Success in the Omni-Channel World

The growing power of electronic commerce requires traditional retailers to examine how to best serve customer needs no matter which way they choose to shop. However, the omni-channel journey is extremely complex, requiring careful consideration...

Latin America, 2017

Surviving the Brave New World of Food Retailing:

Disruptive forces are forever changing the world of retail. Today’s shoppers—armed with new technologies and shifting personal needs and aspirations—are seeking entirely new solutions and customer experience from their stores. As a result, traditional strengths,...

North America, 2017

The Online Fresh Foods Opportunity in Asia Pacific

The Online Fresh Foods Opportunity in Asia Pacific examines why connected urban Asia Pacific region shoppers continue a disproportionate rate of purchasing fresh foods categories in stores. Examining original research with shoppers in 9 cities across...

Asia Pacific, 2016

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Science Fiction to Store Reality

July 17, 2019

As the future of retail approaches, what emerging technologies should retailers keep their eyes on?

The Evolving Definitions of Convenience

July 17, 2019

As convenience store shoppers have changed, so has the definition of convenience. Find out how retailers can adapt to this new meaning of convenience.

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Featured reports

Embracing Modern Convenience: Responding to Shopper Needs

The Store of the Future: An Exploration &

Small is the New Big: Understanding and Leveraging

Small is the New Big: Understanding and Leveraging

Preparing for Success in the Omni-Channel World

Surviving the Brave New World of Food Retailing:

The Online Fresh Foods Opportunity in Asia Pacific

Blog

Science Fiction to Store Reality

The Evolving Definitions of Convenience

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