more online retail news & analysis – Page 81
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Online delivery firms failing to ID-check teenagers over booze and fags orders
The proportion of teenagers being asked for ID at the doorstep after buying cigarettes and booze online has fallen 15% since April
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Blind people given access to supermarket priority delivery slots
An RNIB survey found only half of blind and partially sighted people who shopped independently before lockdown were still doing so
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Pret a Manger launches click & collect in London stores with Deliveroo
Customers are able to order and pay remotely through Deliveroo’s app and collect from a designated point in store
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Waitrose reaches milestone of 150,000 online orders in a week
The retailer is also adding 150 new delivery vans to its fleet to give a boost to the number of delivery slots available
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Booths links with Deliveroo for delivery in Lancashire and Greater Manchester
Booths plans to expand the delivery offer to five additional stores in July, giving access to 400,000 households
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Buymie targets 15 cities as it secures €5.8m funding
The latest funding round takes Buymie’s total capital raised this year to over €8m
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Amazon pushes ahead with Ultra Fast Fresh grocery delivery in the UK
Amazon told the suppliers that it “plans on building a more robust customer facing platform for grocery” online
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Grocery delivery boom ‘here to stay’ after lockdown, research suggests
Demand for online grocery delivery services has not waivered despite lockdown easing, Him and MCA Insight said
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My Food Shop launches online grocery delivery to support London foodservice suppliers
The platform’s aim is to work with as many suppliers and producers as possible to support the industry
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Aldi extends Deliveroo trial to London
A trial launched from eight Midlands stores last month has been a success, according to Aldi, and its extension to London could be followed by a rollout across the UK later this year
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Dash Water lands US distribution deal with Iris Nova
Dash will sit alongside brands such as Dirty Lemon on Iris Nova’s DTC platform
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Analysis & Features
Is Ocado right to bet big on the online grocery shopping boom?
There is no doubt the pandemic has sent digital grocery sales surging. But is Ocado right in assuming this shift will be permanent?
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Ocado’s £1bn fundraise announcement: What the analysts say
Here’s what the experts have had to say about Ocado’s fundraising plans
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Heinz gets personal with customisable labels on new DTC channel
Heinz is offering personalised versions of six products through its direct-to-consumer channel Heinz to Home
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Comment & Opinion
What are the consumer trends emerging in online searches during lockdown?
Trying to understand which new shopper behaviours will be fads and which will sustain is a huge challenge, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Cybercriminals capitalise on online grocery boom with slew of fake sites
Cybersecurity firm Mimecast found 30 spoofed Tesco websites, 11 for Asda and 10 for Amazon in its most recent analysis
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Analysis & Features
The Power List 2020: online shopping
Demand for online grocery shopping has soared under lockdown. Our power list looks at who’s managed growth best, and the challenges they now face, from retention to profitability
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Guide for SMEs: how to pivot your business model
To find out how to pivot we spoke to Faversham’s Macknade food hall, which introduced its first delivery service while in lockdown to keep the tills ringing
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The questions online grocery’s power players need to be asking and answering
If the current situation is ‘the largest ever global online grocery trial’, it’s a highly favourable offer – even better than free champagne
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Cook speeds up online delivery rollout to meet surging demand
The retailer told The Grocer it had added 14 vans to its existing fleet of 36 over the past two months