Co-op is set to work with Walmart Commerce Technologies to implement its online fulfilment technology, ‘Store Assist’, to support the convenience retailer’s quick commerce growth ambitions.
The new technology is designed to support Co-op’s growth ambitions of reaching more than one third share of the QComm market.
Walmart Commerce Technologies Store Assist is designed to digitises and streamlines online order fulfilment workflows. The app allows retailers to manage pickup, third-party marketplace, ship-from-store, and last-mile delivery orders all in one place.
Additionally, the technology helps enhance in-store processes and operations, removes the need for colleagues to switch between QComm apps or different devices, and allows for faster delivery times.
George Hayworth, Co-op head of online development, said: “Growing our share of the quick commerce market is our focus through both our own online shop and with strategic partners. Our approach is centred on ease, speed and convenience from our local stores, which are well placed in the heart of communities.
“We are pleased to work closely with Walmart Commerce Technologies to implement the new technology that is easy to use and supports our continued growth, while further enhancing the quick and reliable service that is important to our member-owners and customers, whenever and wherever they choose to shop with us.”
Learn more about Co-op’s online growth strategy and how its Media Network fits into that in a Key Player Profile.
The spotlight, in the newly published Retail Media Report 2024, looks at how targeting the convenience grocery sector and leveraging its co-operative nature, Co-op Media Network stands
out from the crowd.
Also read an exclusive interview with Dean Harris, head of retail media at Co-op, on the challenges and opportunities of delivering effective retail media proposition for the UK’s leading grocery convenience retailer.
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