by Rochelle Romeo | May 31, 2019 | Industry Perspective
Convenience Stores: “Gas, Smokes and Cokes” – No More One of many great memories is my family, packing up the car, and hitting the road for vacation. Dad would try to keep us from stopping but eventually we needed gas and we got a little hungry. Of course, we stopped...
by Rochelle Romeo | Jan 7, 2019 | Category Management, Industry Perspective
Omnichannel Merchandising In today’s retail environment, BOPIS—buy online and pick up in-store—has become mainstream. In fact, personalization and BOPIS are among key shopper expectations and drivers of customer satisfaction. Increasing digitization is opening...
by Rochelle Romeo | Sep 9, 2018 | Fresh, Industry Perspective
Blurring the Line Between Grocery’s Prepared Foods and Restaurant’s Fast Casual Meals Consumer trends are always changing and it should come as no surprise that Millennials and Generation Z are having a significant impact on the local neighborhood grocery...
by Rochelle Romeo | Apr 4, 2018 | Industry Perspective, Loss Prevention
How do you get . . . “All That! and a bag of chips?” with DSD? Let’s look at Direct Store Delivery (DSD) – traditionally, merchants have used DSD vendors to provide for high volume or specialty products that the merchant cannot themselves produce or obtain for...
by Rochelle Romeo | Apr 4, 2018 | Industry Perspective
The Digital Age of Retail The Digital Age of Retail is upon us, and the evolution of digital channels has revolutionized the way people shop today. Customers are shopping across all channels and are expecting a seamless experience; most retailers are responding...
by Rochelle Romeo | Jan 11, 2018 | Industry Perspective
Sustainability Sustainability. Webster’s dictionary definition of sustainability: capable of being sustained able to last or continue for a long time Everything you needed to know about sustainability of retail processes, programs or initiatives you learned as a...
