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Big Y: Capturing Value In-Store and at Other Retailers

The Amherst, MA, Big Y store exemplifies some of the major trends RetailNet Group has been tracking recently, including tiered loyalty, personalization, and Health & Wellness. The supermarket demonstrates how introducing more complex loyalty features can lead to a higher degree of personalization and a world where shelf price only matters to the lead loyal [...]

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When Self-Checkouts Checkout, Mobile Payment Options Check-in

One of store-based retailers’ biggest challenge in the battle with the trend towards e-commerce is inefficiencies in-store.  The question that needs to be asked is: How do we make the shopping experience easier, faster, and more efficient? While self-checkout is checking out of large chain retail stores like Kroger, Big Y, and Safeway, other companies [...]

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Self-Checkouts Leave Big Y Stores After 8 Year Stint

While it seems automation is the way of the future, some automation is proving difficult to perfect in some supermarkets.  In the retail world, automation shows consumers that the retailer is progressive and ready to keep up with the fast pace of the digital age.  That said, while we are seeing many more retailers with [...]

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