more online retail news & analysis – Page 52
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AB InBev trials new online advertising tech from Playrcart
Banner adverts for Corona beer are now live, which allow internet users to select quantities of 18-bottle crates
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Deliveroo’s supermarket partners star in new ad campaign
Waitrose, Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Co-op star in the ad
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Comment & Opinion
How brands can take advantage of on-demand convenience grocery apps
Brands and apps such as Deliveroo have a golden opportunity to work together, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Former Morrisons chief joins robot grocery delivery company Starship
Starship operates robots that deliver groceries ordered via its app to customers’ doors. In the UK
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Butlers unveils new farmhouse cheese brand This is Proper
The new ‘purpose-driven’ range is made using traditional methods and uses the cheesemaker’s 100% recyclable packaging
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Ocado launches second biggest CFC, in Purfleet
Ocado Retail’s sixth CFC opening coincides with the one-year anniversary of its switchover from Waitrose to M&S
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Online boom sees nearly 50 ‘super shed’ warehouses created in 2020 across England and Wales
The space is about the same as that lost in physical retail this year
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Jiffy not for sale says co-founder, following spate of rapid grocery acquisitions
Vladimir Kholiaznikov said Jiffy would grow steadily, unlike competitors who were “blitz-scaling without a purpose”.
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City Snapshot: Delivery Hero revenues surge but losses edge upwards
German food delivery firm Delivery Hero posted surging sales in the first half of 2021, although its EBITDA losses remained at over €330m as it continued to invest in growth
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Just Eat to create 1,500 customer service jobs in UK
Just Eat’s new staff will be based in recently opened offices in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland.
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Zapp to operate on-site dark store at London music festival
The store will operate as an on-site click & collect service rather than couriering goods to festival-goers
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Boots partners with Deliveroo for on-demand deliveries
Deliveroo customers will be able to order food items as well as medicines for minor ailments
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Analysis & Features
Rapid delivery: where is the fast-moving sector going?
A raft of ‘q-commerce’ players have quickly established themselves. As the market matures, will they prosper or find themselves snapped up?
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Waitrose ‘only major retailer in growth’ as grocery sales slip
Sales at the retailer were up 0.6% in the 12 weeks to 8 August
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Food shortages ease… but worst is yet to come as HGV driver crisis continues
As changes to self-isolation rules mean fully vaccinated workers must no longer isolate, new research by The Grocer reveals food shortages have now eased
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Heinz and Deliveroo partner to take Beanz brand into delivery
It marks the latest in a series of plays from Heinz to take the Beanz brand outside its canned heartlands
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Analysis & Features
Cut: how Farmison & Co is bringing high-end luxury to the butcher’s
Tiffany’s was the unlikely inspiration behind Cut, Farmison’s first bricks & mortar store. The result is a luxury – yet accessible – shopping experience that combines online and offline
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Coca-Cola launches personalised cans on DTC site
The personalised cans cost £5 with free delivery in around five days
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M&S partners with British Corner Shop to offer food range to UK expats
Shoppers will now be able to buy more than 800 different M&S Food items via the export platform
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Poundland extends online delivery trial across Midlands and Yorkshire
The online service was quietly tested earlier in the year by 18,000 Poundland staff and selected guests