Ninety-five percent of consumers want to be left alone while shopping, unless they need a store associate’s help, according to a new consumer survey by HRC Retail Advisory, Northbrook, Ill.

Grocery-anchored centers continued to be an attractive property type for investors in 2017, with sales volumes increasing by 5.3%, according to Grocery Tracker 2018, a report released by JLL Retail, Chicago.

A survey commissioned by Revionics, Austin, Texas, and conducted by Forrester Consulting, Cambridge, Mass., explored shoppers’ behaviors and experiences with retail pricing and promotions.

ReFED, a multi-stakeholder, non-profit committed to reducing food waste, launched the Retail Food Waste Action Guide, which finds that food waste represents an $18.2 billion opportunity for grocery retailers.

Around the globe, 2017’s more volatile economy has taken effect on retail trends. Inflation curbs, increasing wages and Brexit’s globalization movement are some of the major influencers this year, according to the latest edition of “What’s in Store 2018,” produced by International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA), Madison, Wis.

Today’s food marketplace is a bit like the warring factions on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” All of the parties in this channel-blurred landscape—drugstores, c-stores, dollar stores, grocers, e-tailers, discounters, you name it—are locked in bloody, hand-to-hand combat.