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Analysis and Features
The gig economy: what can online grocery learn from Uber?
Is there a way for the gig economy to help online grocery become more profitable? Or is it more trouble than it’s worth?
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Comment and Opinion
Suppliers selling directly to consumers is a disruptive tactic retailers must watch keenly
‘Disrupt yourself before someone else disrupts you.’ It’s the kind of maddening advice you read a lot in consultancy white papers on the…
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Analysis and Features
Can Amazon lure more than shoppers in their prime?
Bridgethorne research explored the appeal of Amazon in grocery
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Analysis and Features
Can Argos match Amazon in service, speed and cost?
The Grocer carried out four sample shops and found Argos’s store network may give its click & collect a real advantage
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Comment and Opinion
Is Ocado’s confidence misplaced or will Amazon Fresh provide fresh stimulus?
CEO Tim Steiner has been talking up the prospects of a much-vaunted deal
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon delivers another headache for the UK mults
Another day, another delivery from Amazon arrives
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon Fire TV offers opportunities to the fmcg world
It’s been a heady couple of days for Amazon Fire, launching its new ad campaign and rolling out new e-commerce capability on Fire TV
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Analysis and Features
Click & collect: as Asda slows development, what now?
Asda’s announcement that it would halt plans to roll out click & collect to 1,000 locations by 2018 represents a surprise
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Analysis and Features
Facebook and the art of selling through social media
Facebook’s latest e-commerce venture offers great opportunity for fmcg brands - if they get the user experience right
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Analysis and Features
Amazon for dummies... and a dummy run of its Birmingham trial
Last week, Amazon set grocery pulses racing when it bolted one-hour grocery delivery on to its Prime Now service
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Analysis and Features
Is Aldi on the road to setting up a full online retail offer?
Rivals can relax with a bottle. It’s very much wine only. For now.
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Comment and Opinion
Will Poundland’s website prove worth the wait?
So Poundland has finally launched online. And no one could accuse it of rushing things. It started building its website in 2011, but it’s been stuck in development hell since. It came close to launching in 2013 and 2014, but CEO Jim McCarthy demanded further improvements. Today it went live, ...
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon Fresh faces a tough challenge in the UK grocery market
Fresh food delivery isn’t just a question of logistics. It’s a question of, well, fresh food
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon Fresh: why the supermarkets should be worried
When it comes to grocery right now, all the noise is about Amazon
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Analysis and Features
Fresh and chilled brands a growing force in online
Coca-Cola is the biggest online grocery brand in the UK, according to a new report from CheckoutSmart
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Comment and Opinion
Retailers need to wake up to the mobile shopping revolution
Remember when your customers used to panic when they reached the till and found out they had forgotten their wallet?
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon Echo: what fmcg brands need to know
Matthew Knight of global media agency Carat looks at the implications of Echo for online grocery shopping
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Comment and Opinion
Fresh speculation continues as Amazon remains tight-lipped
Fresh suppliers are getting nervous as rumours of the speedy grocery delivery service run rife
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Analysis and Features
Omnichannel retailing: how to make sense of it
Shoppers are spending money on groceries in a growing number of ways. So how do you make the most of a complex opportunity…
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Comment and Opinion
Ocado another growth story amid big Christmas for online grocery shopping
Could the fastpaced expansion of online grocery shopping see the UK get exciting new players like AmazonFresh?