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08 January 2014
Netherlands-based Ahold has announced new initiatives to drive further growth in online grocery retailing in its home market and in the US. Retailer builds scale through Pick Up Points Ahold announced that it added its 120th Pick Up Point by the end of 2013, as part of its global target to triple online food sales by 2016. The majority of the points are in the US and co-located with its brand...
29 December 2013
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18 December 2013
In separate developments in its home market of the Netherlands Ahold is enabling shoppers to plan routes in-store through a tie up with Google Maps, while its chief financial officer, Jeff Carr, discussed its online strategy. Ahold to enable shoppers to plan routes in-store As part of the launch of Google Maps’ Indoor Maps database, which enables people to plan routes inside buildings, Ahol...
12 December 2013
In an interview with US-based Supermarket News, Ahold’s chief executive, Dick Boer, said that the retailer’s ‘Reshaping retail’ strategy was ‘progressing as planned’ despite economic headwinds. Online growing in importance Boer said that ‘ Connecting the customer is the most important thing supermarkets can do ’ and highlighted how Ahold was investing in online shopping, through its Peapod su...
29 November 2013
In two separate developments, Netherlands-based Albert Heijn has announced initiatives that will extend its online offer to potentially attract new shoppers. Retailer to trial Bol.com order screen in-store Albert Heijn is said to have begun a trial of a Bol.com touch screen ordering point, through which shoppers can purchase books. The retailer will enable shoppers to purchase from a large ra...
28 November 2013
Retail is changing. It is more fluid and shopping often starts in the kitchen, through an app. Journeys are no longer predictive. They are increasingly iterative and retailers work hard to offer a seamless experience. As boundaries blur, apps are becoming a key weapon in the elusive search for loyalty. Grocery apps do not just allow for one-to-one communication with shoppers, they exist to mak...
19 November 2013
The online channel has attracted a lot of attention in the Netherlands since Albert Heijn’s strategic move to add Pick Up Points in late 2012. Two developments highlight how the channel is growing in importance in the market. Albert Heijn launches online-specific advertising campaign Albert Heijn has launched an advertising campaign to encourage shoppers to try online shopping, under the tag ...
14 November 2013
Netherlands-based Ahold has announced third quarter sales, saying that it generated net sales of €7.4 billion, down 3.1% on the Q3 2012, although up by 0.6% at constant exchange rates, and that it had agreed the sale of its business in Slovakia. Performance by market is mixed In its home market, Ahold said that it had seen net sales rise by 1.4% to €2.6 billion ‘ despite a 0.9% negative effec...
23 October 2013
The director of Ahold-owned Bol.com’s operations in Belgium, Jan Huysmans, in an interview with Retail Detail has discussed the outlook for that market’s online growth opportunities. Belgium’s online sales suffering from a ‘slow start’ Huysmans highlighted how online sales had grown slowly in Belgium, suggesting that a lack of supply was the main reason for this, rather than a lack of demand....
21 October 2013
Albert Heijn has announced two developments of its in-store offer in its home market of the Netherlands. Albert Heijn trials in-store sushi bar… In the first development, Albert Heijn has said that it is testing a fresh sushi bar in one of its Albert Heijn XL hypermarkets. The retailer has said that it will employ professional Japanese chefs to prepare 40 different varieties of fresh sushi fo...