more online retail news & analysis – Page 75
-
News
Ocado suffers ‘no loss of customers’ following M&S switchover
Ocado Retail CFO Duncan Tatton-Brown told The Grocer any movement from Ocado.com shoppers to rivals had been ‘very, very low’
-
News
City snapshot: Ocado sales surge by 52% ahead of M&S switch
Ocado’s retail revenues soared by 52% in the 13 weeks to August due to sharply rising demand for online groceries - plus, growth slows in August as more meals are eaten out according to the latest grocery market share figures.
-
Comment & Opinion
Why click & collect makes more sense for Aldi than Deliveroo tie-up
Aldi is trialling a click & collect service at a Manchester store
-
News
Aldi launches first click & collect trial
The trial has been launched initially for staff but is set to be extended to customers within weeks
-
News
M&S ends partnership with Deliveroo to focus on Ocado venture
M&S said the Deliveroo deal was designed to get groceries to customers during the peak of the lockdown period
-
Analysis & Features
Social media boycotts: how has fmcg faced up to Facebook?
Fmcg brands have reacted strongly to Facebook’s failures to address hateful content. How has Facebook responded? And has it made a difference?
-
News
Brands furious as Ocado asks for ‘offensive’ terms reduction
It comes after CEO Melanie Smith told suppliers at an Ocado Retail conference in July she was “shocked” at how low Ocado’s profit margins were
-
Range Preview
Range preview: Ocado Christmas 2020
From a profiterole tart to chocolate and cherry venison, here’s what Ocado has planned for Christmas this year
-
Comment & Opinion
Gimmick or not, Tesco’s drone trial shows supermarkets are looking to get delivery right
Tesco and Morrisons are both investing in innovative (and traditional) delivery solutions
-
Comment & Opinion
Ocado-M&S and Waitrose must refine their offers in a complex online grocery world
It is wrong to assume the pair are competing for the exact same slice of the market, says Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar
-
News
Iceland links with Uber Eats for 20-minute delivery amid major online expansion
Iceland is also looking to launch same-day delivery more widely, MD Richard Walker said as the supermarket revealed its online expansion had created 3,000 new jobs
-
News
Morrisons to provide doorstep deliveries to retirement communities
It has joined forces with retirement community provider McCarthy & Stone on the scheme
-
News
John Boumphrey appointed new Amazon UK country manager
Boumphrey will take over from Doug Gurr, who is due to step down in November
-
Grocer 33
Delivery driver of the week: Daryl Snyman, Tesco, Rugby
“We got so much recognition from the customers. Some of them would stand at the window after we had delivered and hold up signs saying thank you.”
-
Comment & Opinion
It hasn’t been a dream start to the Ocado-M&S alliance. Can they turn the tides?
Ocado had all the tools to make the M&S switch a success but it hasn’t been smooth sailing, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
-
Comment & Opinion
The Ocado-M&S switch will reveal how hard – or easy – it is to break shoppers’ habits
Consumers are averse to changing how they eat and shop, but Ocado is forcing a change upon its shoppers, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
-
Whitepapers
What is driving the growth of UK coffee sales?
The UK is a nation of coffee lovers. Whether it’s soluble, capsules or roast and ground, coffee is often the first drink of the day for millions of Brits every morning. Now, approximately 30 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the UK each year, 70% of which was bought at retail and consumed at home. And with in-home worth £1.6bn, growing +9.8% YTD and bought by 87% of UK households, coffee still has great potential to stimulate retail sales.
-
News
Waitrose to lower minimum spend for online orders to £40
The supermarket is lowering the threshold from £60
-
Videos
On the Frontline with Oppo ice cream co-founder Charlie Thuillier
When lockdown started Thuillier decided to kick off a charity ice cream delivery service. Here he tells us why he did it and how he pulled it off.
-
News
Ocado to restart plastic bag recycling scheme
It is encouraging customers to retain any plastic bags they have accumulated over lockdown ready for the restart of its recycling initiative