Retail Focus 10/17/21 – How Small Retailers Should Approach the Holidays in 2021; Center-Store Grocery Data

Our interview guest is Emily Grey, founder of the Flourish Market and a retail and brand consultant, who joins us to discuss (among other things) what small retailers can expect during Q4, adjustments such retailers have made during the pandemic, and how upstart brands can get their products on store shelves this holiday season. In news, we discuss new Supermarket News data regarding center-store sales in grocery (including what retailers say they are doing to differentiate offerings) and preview Wawa’s rollout of self-checkouts to select locations.