Last Mile Grocery Round-Up: Walmart, Target, Kroger and Amazon
Amazon continues to be the online grocery leader in the US, but more people purchase groceries in-store/online from Walmart than other leading food retailers and supermarkets, according to Packaged Facts. 59% of grocery shoppers have purchased groceries from Walmart...
Amazon to Focus on Grocery, Alexa: Webcast Recap
Amazon today (Feb 1) announced its financial results for Q4, 2017 and full year 2017. Net sales increased 38% to $60.5 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with $43.7 billion in fourth quarter 2016. For the full year of 2017, net sales increased 31% to $177.9...
Amazon’s Fresh Grocery Strategy: Beyond Whole Foods
A new report by OneClickRetail states that Amazon’s grocery sales exceeded $ 1.5bn in 2017. The report attributes much of the growth to Amazon’s June 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods Market. We would like to point out some other aspects of Amazon’s...