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MissFresh 'Sells Cheap' Its Convenience Purchase Business, but Is Unmanned Retail About to Make a Comeback?
MissFresh's convenience purchase business was acquired for 30 million yuan, a stark contrast to its previous funding of $197 million. The acquisition has sparked debate about the future of unmanned retail, which faces challenges like theft and poor consumer experience despite its potential.
锌刻度Four Approaches to Solving KA Store Execution Issues
Despite declining offline foot traffic, offline channels remain crucial. To maintain a competitive edge, companies must focus on meticulous management and professional execution. This article outlines four strategies for addressing KA store execution problems: improving communication to solve individual issues, institutionalizing problem-solving through regular business reviews, optimizing operational processes to systematically resolve common issues, and enhancing the quality of planning to prevent execution failures.
曹扬Geoffrey CaoA Fruit and Vegetable Supplier's 2022: Supermarkets No Longer the Relied-Upon Sales Channel
As winter approaches, the fruit market faces historically low prices due to oversupply and weak consumer demand, forcing suppliers to diversify from traditional supermarket channels to community group buying and direct-to-consumer sales. The economic downturn and pandemic uncertainties exacerbate the challenges, prompting a strategic shift towards cost control and survival.
十里Genki Forest Goes to the Countryside: Who's Crying?
Genki Forest is expanding into lower-tier markets, posing a potential threat to local beverage brands. However, local brands may not need to worry as consumers in these markets are tolerant of multiple brands, and some regional brands are successfully going national by leveraging nostalgia and innovation.
市场风向标Why Are Young People Losing Interest in Near-Expiry Food?
Near-expiry food stores, once a hit among young consumers due to low prices and discounts, are now facing a shakeout as competition intensifies and consumer interest wanes. Brands are pivoting to private labels and membership models to survive, but the industry still lacks a dominant leader.
王慧莹A Dying Mom-and-Pop Store in a Third-Tier Town
Mom-and-pop grocery stores are being squeezed out by chain snack retailers. This article tells the story of Old Zhang's store in a third-tier city, which has seen a 40% drop in revenue and faces an uncertain future.
五环事务所Why is Hema Determined to Go All-In on Supply Chain?
After the first half of new retail marked by breakneck expansion, Hema is shifting focus to profitability and supply chain efficiency. The company is leveraging its supply chain centers and private brands to drive growth, while acknowledging the need to balance online and offline operations.
兰滨胜Discount Retail's Small Players Begin to Exit: Boom Boom Mart Prepares for Bankruptcy
The emerging discount store sector is experiencing its first major industry reshuffle. Boom Boom Mart, a discount store brand that went viral during the pandemic, is preparing to apply for bankruptcy after just two years of operation, reflecting the broader crisis facing small players in the industry.
晴山The New Story of Mom-and-Pop Stores
As the internet continues to permeate the retail industry, new concepts emerge endlessly, from new retail, borderless retail, and smart retail to the current hot topic of instant retail. Since last year, the concept of instant retail has sparked heated discussions. Recently, reports from CCTV.com and People's Daily Online have brought instant retail back into the spotlight, indicating that the market has further affirmed the trend of convenience stores joining food delivery platforms. According to a CCTV market research report, the average frequency of using instant retail per person in the first half of 2021 was 6.4 times. This year, the new business format of instant retail has continued to show new momentum.
顾久Hema Continues to Create Waves in the 'Craft Beer Era'
Craft beer is gaining popularity in China, and Hema (Freshippo) has been expanding its own craft beer line since 2018, with its 28-day fresh beer series boosting monthly beer sales by 600% year-on-year. This article explores Hema's strategy in the craft beer market, including its supply chain advantages and multi-scenario retail approach.
窄播出品The Difficult Road to 10,000 Stores: How Can Bianlifeng Overcome Its Imminent Challenges?
Bianlifeng, which once expanded rapidly, is now reportedly closing stores across the country. Since March, netizens have posted about shortened hours or closures at their local Bianlifeng stores, with some locations completely shut down. The company attributes temporary closures to pandemic-related logistics issues, but experts note that its self-operated model and challenges in lower-tier markets hinder its goal of 10,000 stores nationwide.
燃次元工作室Genki Forest's 'Cooler Defense War' That It Cannot Afford to Lose
In 2020, Genki Forest's management held an internal discussion on how giants could destroy the company, foreshadowing intense competition. Over the following two years, Nongfu Spring and Coca-Cola led a crackdown, and in 2022, Genki Forest shifted from an internet-plus beverage company to a traditional food and beverage enterprise, aggressively deploying coolers and offline marketing while facing slowed revenue growth.
袁喜乐Entering Beijing Doesn't Necessarily Mean 'Yue' for Every Household
Jiajiayue faces significant challenges in the Beijing market. Its second store in Beijing opened in Panjiayuan, but residents have noted higher prices compared to nearby supermarkets, and the company's aggressive expansion has led to goodwill impairment and losses.
晴山How Should Distributors Plan for the Second Half of the Year?
Many distributors are feeling anxious this year due to the ongoing pandemic and global uncertainties. Key data points include a 0.4% GDP growth in Q2 and a projected population peak in China, signaling structural changes. Distributors should focus on stabilizing their core business, optimizing costs and efficiency, building organizational capabilities, and embracing technology to survive and grow.
赵波Bringing the BBQ Stall into the Supermarket: Is Hema Entering the Night Market Arena?
Hema has launched its 'Hema Night Market' initiative, transforming its Freshippo stores into vibrant night food stalls from 5 PM to 10 PM, offering a wide range of freshly grilled BBQ, crayfish, seafood, braised snacks, and craft beers. This innovative approach not only enhances the shopping experience but also boosts sales, with bakery items up 41% and craft beer sales expected to exceed 10,000 tons.
程三月Three Major Supermarkets' Secret War: Yonghui Goes Left, Walmart Goes Right, RT-Mart Wants Both
Cold is the collective feeling of physical retailers this summer. National Bureau of Statistics data shows that from January to May 2022, total retail sales of consumer goods were 17,168.9 billion yuan, down 1.5% year-on-year. Among them, online retail sales nationwide were 4,960.4 billion yuan, up 2.9% year-on-year, while offline retail sales declined even more severely. According to incomplete statistics from Yilan Business, in the first half of 2022, nearly 2,500 offline stores across multiple physical retail formats announced closures, including 67 supermarkets. Clearly, facing severe conditions, transformation, adjustment, and contraction have become common choices for physical retailers. Notably, at this moment, the top three domestic supermarket chains—RT-Mart (Gaoxin Retail, hereinafter RT-Mart), Walmart China, and Yonghui—while competing with each other, have taken different paths.
柳丁是Big News! ChouBao Luosifen Enters Sam's Club, Multi-Channel Interaction Boosts Distributors' Business
For distributors, is luosifen a good business? Some say yes, some say no. Let's look at the data: According to the Liuzhou Municipal Commerce Bureau of Guangxi, in 2021, the sales revenue of the entire Liuzhou luosifen industry chain reached 50.16 billion yuan, of which packaged Liuzhou luosifen sales revenue reached 15.197 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.23%. Despite the siege of traditional instant food categories, its development momentum remains the 'top trend' in the instant food category, and the answer is self-evident. In 2022, the luosifen market is still in the industry development period, with more and more brands joining this camp, which will inevitably dilute distributors' attention in product selection. How should distributors choose their ideal business partner from the many brands? Today we recommend a new brand in the luosifen track - ChouBao Luosifen.
高级研究员 海游After the Capital Tide Recedes, What Exactly Is the Moat of New Retail?
New retail formats represented by Hema, once market darlings as disruptors, are now collectively in trouble as the wave recedes: Alibaba's Hema has seen its valuation shrink significantly, Yonghui's Super Species has returned to offline retail, JD's 7Fresh has reduced its store count, and Meituan's Xiaoxiang Fresh has ceased operations. Whether online or offline, Hema struggles to break even. A Hema membership store, covering retail, dining, and warehousing, spans about 3,000 square meters with upfront costs up to 30 million yuan.
李欣彤New Retail Hits the 'Seven-Year Itch'
From food safety crises to fundraising at a 40% valuation discount, Hema Fresh, the flagship of new retail, has fallen from grace. This signifies that the once-vibrant new retail movement may be ending in disappointment. Yonghui Superstores, Hema's most formidable follower, plans to return from new retail to traditional retail after massive losses.
徐霁Acquiring Carrefour Taiwan, Uni-President Group's Second 50-Year Growth Momentum Has Been Launched!
Uni-President Group announced on July 19 that it has spent NT$29 billion (approximately RMB 6.554 billion) to acquire all shares of Carrefour Taiwan, with Uni-President holding 70% and President Chain Store holding 30%, expected to complete the deal by mid-2023. This move solidifies Uni-President's dominance in Taiwan's retail sector and marks a key step in its second 50-year growth strategy.
New Distribution7-ELEVEN in the Post-Bubble Era: 'Quality' Matters More Than 'Low Price'
In the post-bubble era, while hard discounters rose in Europe and the US, convenience stores benefited in Japan. This article explores how 7-ELEVEN navigated the shift from a seller's to a buyer's market by prioritizing quality over price, leveraging private brands, and evolving into a 'life infrastructure' for Japanese residents.
元气资本消费组Where Have the 1-Yuan Ice Creams Gone?
The article explores why ice cream prices have risen and where affordable ice creams have gone, attributing it to multiple distribution layers, high cold-chain logistics costs, and the shift towards premium products in convenience stores. It highlights the case of Xuelian, a 0.5-yuan ice pop that went viral but still struggles to reach consumers due to lack of profit margins.
胡楠楠6 Months, 15 New Stores: Why Is Community-based New Retail at Your Doorstep Promising?
Community business models, which provide daily consumer goods and home services within a 1-2 km radius, represent a huge opportunity, especially amid the pandemic. Li Bin, founder of Keke Select Community Retail, has opened 15 community group-buy convenience stores in six months by optimizing product mix, supply chain, and consumer radius, blending the strengths of community group buying and retail.
田静Is the 'Fruit + Snacks' Format a New Way Out for Physical Retail?
Amid the decline of physical retail due to e-commerce, a new 'fruit + snacks' store format is booming in Hunan. These stores combine high-quality fruits, trendy snacks, and local specialties at competitive prices, attracting large crowds and achieving high sales and profitability.
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