March 18, 2024

Video: eGrocery Insights - February 2024

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Mark Fairhurst from Mercatus Technologies Inc, and David Bishop put eGrocery's performance for February 2024 into context for regional grocers who want to understand and strengthen their online businesses.

This month's video, they discuss Walmart's push into Delivery, the impact of Subscriptions, why it is good to look at fees based on speed of fulfillment vs. order size and much more!

Video Chapters

0:00 - Introduction 

0:40 - February 2024 eGrocery Sales: The Topline, the Headline, and the Takeaway 

1:18 - Third-party Marketplaces: Delivery Investment and Incentives 

2:31 - Are you seeing economic trends that impact the February numbers? 

3:51 - What is happening at the mass, large, and national retailer levels? 

5:19 - Mass Merchant Strategy: What do you see Walmart doing right, and continuing to do? 

7:29 - Do you anticipate that delivery will outpace pickup at Walmart? 

8:23 - What prevents grocery retailers from incentivizing repeat purchases effectively? 

16:37 - Pricing Tactics: Fees based on Spend Level vs. Fulfillment Speed