AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI in Retail Payments & Ordering: Toast expanded its Google Maps integration, letting diners use Ask Maps to pull a Toast menu and place an order end-to-end from the discovery moment. Beauty Retail Partnerships: Heathrow relaunched “Redefine Your Beauty” across terminals with Avolta, adding brand activations and travel retail offers including Dr Barbara Sturm. Brand Expansion in India: Thomas Scott (India) won an exclusive long-term license to bring Dockers into India, starting with a digital-first A/W 2026 bottomwear rollout before expanding into more categories and retail formats. Grocery Merchandising: FMI says grocers should reorganize beverage aisles around “need states” like hydration, protein and low/no sugar—especially as GLP-1 users seek functional drinks. Retail Tech for Stores: Asterisk/AsReader marked 20 years and highlighted RFID POS tech aimed at faster item identification at checkout. Food Safety Watch: A study found high antimicrobial residues in poultry meat samples from Bangladesh, India and Vietnam, with retail exceedances above EU limits. Property & Retail Footprint: Oppidan broke ground on “Marketplace at Cedar,” a $20M Lakeville retail destination anchored by Aldi and other national tenants. Retail Macro: Eurostat reported eurozone retail sales fell 0.3% in June, while Bulgaria posted strong retail trade growth (+7.1% y/y).
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