Dan Berthiaume
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/4/2026
Albertsons launches ChatGPT plug-in for Safeway shoppers
Albertsons Companies Inc. is connecting the shopping experience of one of its banners to a leading next-gen artificial intelligence engine. - 8/4/2026
CVS Health eases GLP-1 medication access via Eli Lilly partnership
CVS is collaborating with a pharmaceutical giant to provide a mobile app consumer touchpoint to purchase GLP-1 weight loss drugs. - 8/3/2026
Ahold Delhaize USA connects recipes to digital shopping carts
Ahold Delhaize USA is letting shoppers add items to their carts from recipes on CPG partner websites, brand product pages and store locator tools. - 8/3/2026
Harris Teeter adds prescriptions to third-party delivery option
A Kroger banner is letting customers order prescriptions and groceries together when utilizing a specific online delivery service. - 8/2/2026
Best Buy names veteran Nordstrom exec as new CFO
Best Buy Co., Inc. is tapping an experienced C-level executive whose experience includes Nordstrom as its next finance chief. - 8/2/2026
Target to debut first-ever Good & Gather cookbook
Target Corp. wants to inspire customers to purchase its private label grocery brand products by offering a collection of recipes. - 8/2/2026
Domino’s incentivizes customer feedback on new site, app
Domino’s Pizza Inc. is making it worth its customers’ while to let them know what they think of the pizza giant’s new digital consumer experience. - 8/2/2026
Walmart brings drone delivery to Florida
Walmart is following through with plans to deliver online orders via drone in a major Florida metro market. - 8/2/2026
Morrisons first U.K. grocer to deploy AI-enabled Instacart smart carts
The fourth-largest U.K. supermarket chain is now the first grocer in that country to deploy Instacart Caper Cart smart carts. - 8/2/2026
Walmart Canada forecasts weather disruptions with proprietary AI tool
Walmart Canada leverages an artificial intelligence-enabled “storm rerouting agent” to monitor potential transportation disruptions at scale. - 7/23/2026
Younger consumers are more open to AI search
Traditional search engines are still more popular than artificial intelligence, but that gap is closing among younger shoppers. - 7/23/2026
Buy now, pay later usage climbs among back-to-school shoppers
A flexible payment option is becoming an increasingly popular way to offset the cost of back-to-school items.
