more online retail news & analysis – Page 56
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Grocemania goes direct to customer with dark store rollout
The first dark store opened this week in Kingston, with a second to folllow in Twickenham in July
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Superdrug rolls out ‘Store Insider’ to connect online shoppers with store staff
The ‘Superdrug Store Insider’ service aims to provide online shoppers with the same level of customer service and advice they could expect when visiting a shop
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Naked Wines’ share price falls on annual loss while analysts point to bigger picture
Covid drove a step-change in the growth of Naked Wines, but it failed to have a similar impact on its bottom line
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Sortedfood discussing ‘auto-filling’ online shopping baskets with major supermarkets
‘We expect this sort of functionality to be in place within the next few months,’ Sortedfood told The Grocer
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Comment & Opinion
The key digital trends that will shape grocery this Christmas
The festive period is more unpredictable than ever, but one thing is for sure: digital will play a much greater role this year, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Gordon Ramsay tops list of UK’s most powerful food influencers
Gordon Ramsay has a combined 42.8 million followers on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok and has the potential to earn £22,949 per post, according to analysis
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Amazon’s London expansion continues with Camden store
The e-commerce giant launched its first physical retail site outside North America in Ealing in March
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Uber Eats adds dedicated pet store to delivery service
It’s understood to be the first time a dedicated pet store has partnered with an on-demand delivery app
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City Snapshot: Just Eat Takeaway.com ties up £5.8bn Grubhub acquisition
Just Eat Takeaway.com has announced this morning it has finally completed the US$7.3bn (£5.75bn) deal to acquire Grubhub US food delivery rival Grubhub
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Staycations see French product sales soar on Ocado
British consumers purchased 34% more French produce on the Ocado site from January to May this year compared with the same period last year
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CMA ‘won’t speculate’ on possibility of Amazon marketplace investigation
It follows a newspaper report the competition watchdog is planning a formal investigation into Amazon
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City Snapshot: Naked Wines pre-tax losses double despite sales surge
Booming online sales of wine helped propel Naked Wines’ annual revenues up 68% year-on-year, but the company remains loss-making as it continues to invest in new customers and growth.
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Deliveroo riders to be trained to spot domestic abuse, drug dealing and human trafficking
The food courier platform will offer riders free Metropolitan Police-verified online courses
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Product discovery platform RangeMe launches in UK
Buyers from British retailers using the platform will be able to source more than 750,000 products globally
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Comment & Opinion
Is on or offline shopping better for the planet? Let the battle commence
If every home in the country replaced their dinners made from supermarket bought ingredients with meals from Gousto for a year, 10.3 million tonnes of CO2e could be saved
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Ocado expansion plans dealt major blow by High Court
Ocado took Islington Council to court over opposition to its new delivery spoke in the area
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Analysis & Features
Biggest energy uses when shopping in-store vs online
A delivery fleet can produce 73% of an online-only grocer’s total emissions, and the energy consumption of physical stores constitute 60% of emissions for a traditional retailer, but which is greener?
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Analysis & Features
Is online or in-store food shopping better for the planet?
Amazon says online wins the battle. But factors including refrigeration, packaging and journey type all add complexity to the food delivery model
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Comment & Opinion
Could Amazon really be bigger than Tesco within four years?
Amazon has yet to truly threaten grocery’s incumbents but has two aces up its sleeve
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Can Cook My Grub capitalise on the ordering apps boom?
The home cooking premise has won investors – but can it deliver?