The rise of the Internet and E-commerce fundamentally changed society and disrupted all industries. Over the past 30 years traditional retail has struggled to adapt to the new distribution channels. Most retailers could not meet customers rising expectations and beat out competition without shrinking margins. Thus, traditional retail has been plagued by bankruptcies, consolidation, and store closings. Other sectors of retail, notably the grocery sector, are in earlier days of transformation. Today, grocery retailers face similar trends, competitive pressures, and evolving consumer behaviors as the overall retail industry. Through observing and analyzing past and current trends in the space, I predict a large future growth of grocery e-commerce. Consequently, three other fundamental changes will follow: omni-channel distribution, consolidation, and a different physical grocery store.Business Administratio
