Supermarkets stories

Canary IT warns pharmacies to modernise integrated retail tech and loyalty tools or risk eroding margins amid rising costs and competition.

Once a 400-store giant of CDs and DVDs, Sanity has shrunk to a regional chain as downloads, streaming and rising costs reshape retail.

Fashion and electronics see the sharpest online price swings, as Decodo data shows retailers repricing items every few hours worldwide.

Daikin launches DeVap evaporator range in Australia, targeting supermarkets, hospitality and cold chain sites with locally tailored designs.

Ethique founder Brianne West unveils Incrediballs, plastic-free effervescent tablets aiming to replace bottled soft drinks worldwide.

Retailers are racing from blunt discounts to AI-driven one-to-one offers, promising sharper margins and loyalty in APAC's crowded market.

Pricer launches Pricer Avenue, a modular, battery-free shelf-edge platform for targeted premium aisles and promotion-heavy store zones.

Australian holiday spending is set to rise 18% to AUD $969 per shopper, driven by price hikes and stress, with many using AI to aid gift buying this season.

Bunnings tops Australia's 2025 Retail Proposition Index, while Coles and Woolworths lag in value, fun and trust among shoppers, says OC&C survey.

Australian and New Zealand grocers are set to boost profits and engagement by adopting AI-driven personalisation and loyalty strategies in 2025/2026.

Eagle Eye and Ecrebo have partnered to blend personalised marketing with POS tech, enhancing retail promotions and loyalty programmes at store checkouts.

Mandalay Venture Partners has secured its first strategic investor as Malaysia's Segi Fresh joins its agritech portfolio to enhance fresh food supply chains.

Brisbane entrepreneur Alexa Stathakis has leveraged AI to rapidly scale her healthy drinks brand, securing over 1,000 school orders in just a week.

Australian businesses face an annual financial risk of AU$74bn due to poor customer service, reveals Qualtrics' study.

Meta and Zitcha are partnering to offer retailers access to a vast audience on Instagram and Facebook, revolutionising ad outreach on these platforms.

After significant growth in peak pandemic years, Australian consumer online retail spending has stabilised, according to the Australian Ecommerce Report 2023.

Cradlepoin has announced that the large Australian retailer, Coles Group is leveraging Cradlepoint's NetCloud with 5G wireless edge solutions.

New Eagle Eye research reveals how grocery retailers can win with customer loyalty standards and practices in light of the current economic climate.

The new Rittal Micro Data Centres are available worldwide and quickly to meet immediate data housing requirements.

The market is estimated to thrive between 2021 and 2031 on the back of healthy demand from retail, eCommerce, logistics and manufacturing facilities.