Retailers in December 2024 focused technology efforts in areas including AI-based customer engagement, delivery drones, and celebrity-driven cannabis e-commerce.
Albertsons Companies has moved to terminate its merger agreement with The Kroger Co. and has filed a lawsuit suing the grocery store giant for breach of contract.
In a major win for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a federal judge temporarily blocked The Kroger Co. from acquiring rival Albertsons in a deal that would have created the largest supermarket chain in the U.S.