in depth – Page 12
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Comment and Opinion
Pushing Britain’s buttons: online grocery goes patriotic
A ‘buy British’ button would be fantastic news for British producers. It’s not that far-fetched, either
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Comment and Opinion
Lessons from this weekend’s ordering meltdown at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s handled the chaos well overall - but it could have done with being a bit more proactive
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon is quick to experiment but its expansion into UK grocery will be slow
Since it started pursuing the UK grocery market in 2015, Amazon’s every move has provoked prophecies of doom
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Analysis and Features
Do recipe box schemes stack up?
Recipe boxes are growing in popularity, but amid growing competition do they stack up financially and gastronomically?
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Comment and Opinion
Ocado is sure to get more sophisticated than the Peroni button
‘Push the Peroni’ may look like copycat technology, but it is a sign of things to come
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon’s c-store may be a novelty, but it shows its obsession with grocery
Jaws hit the floor this morning when the Wall Street Journal claimed Amazon is planning to open real-life grocery stores
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Analysis and Features
The apps that are changing the face of shopping
After years of talk and trials, the big four are rolling out smartphone apps designed for the shop floor
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Comment and Opinion
Sainsbury’s rolls out fourth ‘emergencies’ service with charming cycling scheme
Sainsbury’s has launched a brainwave of a money-spinner that doesn’t involve buying up 1980s high street brands
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Comment and Opinion
Online success begins with Favourites
Brands looking to launch NPD have to prioritise online Favourites lists, says MySupermarket’s Gilad Simhony
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Analysis and Features
Will Amazon’s new gadget push the right buttons for consumers?
Amazon’s push into grocery has the major players running scared. So how significant is its latest innovation?
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Comment and Opinion
What do Instagram’s new Business Tools and Stories features mean for brands?
Both launches have created new and easier ways for businesses to interact with customers, so what do they mean for fmcg?
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Comment and Opinion
Grocers are right to play the long game with new payment apps
In today’s smartphone-obsessed society, it’s hard to find a grocery retailer that doesn’t have an app
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Comment and Opinion
What are the essential components for online profitability?
How do you create an online future that delivers for consumers but also makes compelling business sense?
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Analysis and Features
Online shopping: how can supermarkets make money?
Delivery is popular, but supermarkets struggle to make money from it. So how can they start turning clicks into cash?
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Comment and Opinion
Potts’ Ocado deal clicks as a potential win-win for both parties
Ocado is setting to work on the store-picking model, which will allow Morrisons to provide an online grocery service across the country, while Morrisons won’t have to share its profits, and will pay less in terms of R&D costs
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Analysis and Features
Will the Amazon Dash wand take off in the UK?
Uptake in the US suggests limited appeal, so what’s the use case?
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Comment and Opinion
What Amazon’s personalised video ads mean for grocery retail
Video personalisation is a natural progression for the online ad marketplace, says Adam Smith of Dunnhumby
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Comment and Opinion
Mukbang: what on earth is social eating?
It’s food porn – but not as we know it. It’s from South Korea and it’s called Mukbang
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Comment and Opinion
Will Prime Day 2016 show Amazon’s Black Friday alternative is coming of age?
As well as the extra traffic to the site and money coming in, the real big deal for Amazon is Prime membership
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Analysis and Features
Could Amazon Fresh deliver a knockout blow to Ocado?
How the online rivals measure up on the key metrics