Hershey has launched the Hershey Insights Network, which provides solutions for its retail partners to engage shoppers and enhance their overall experience both in-store and online.

Candy Club, a monthly subscription service, has been delivering sweets and smiles to candy lovers’ doorsteps since 2015 — but now the company is offering consumers a specialty candy experience where they shop.

We’ve heard it endlessly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: This coronavirus era has created a “new normal” for every aspect of life. But what does that mean? And how could it apply to food retail?

Amazon's new Dash Carts, launching alongside Amazon Go Grocery stores this year, offer more opportunities for impulse sales and collecting consumer purchasing data.

From retail business models to shopping behaviors and travel, everything is already different, and more change is coming.

ECRM has developed a dynamic technology platform, utilizing the latest in virtual communications technologies, for facilitating face-to-face virtual meetings between buyers and suppliers.

IT’SUGAR has opened its 22,000-sq.-ft. candy store, which features branded shops and a three-story Statue of Liberty covered in 1.5 million Jelly Belly beans.

A new report from Zebra Technologies Corp. shows 70 percent of Millennials believe self-checkouts provide an improved customer experience. Editor Crystal Lindell disagrees.

Mars Wrigley and Standard Cognition have partnered to help retailers move into a new world of autonomous checkout by integrating seamless technology and impulse category sales. 

Thanks to the abundance of health and wellness information available online — and food manufacturers’ efforts to increase ingredient transparency — consumers have the opportunity to make individualized decisions about their diets and overall health.