All Technology articles
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Promotional Features
Unlocking hidden profits: how brands are undervaluing loyalty
Loyalty programmes can struggle to demonstrate clear financial returns due to poor tracking and over-reliance on discounts. Read how data-driven strategies and financial accountability can unlock their full potential.
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Analysis & Features
New generation of rapid delivery apps compared
Since the demise of Gorillas, Getir, Weezy and the like, a new generation of delivery apps have surfaced to take their place
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Analysis & Features
Can rapid delivery services from Tesco and Co-op save our c-stores?
Scoot and Peckish are filling a gap left by the retreat and withdrawal of Getir, Gopuff, Gorillaz
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News
Media Bites 28 February: Ocado cuts jobs and seeks M&S payment
Ocado’s plans to scale back its research and development workforce have generated headlines this morning
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News
Ocado’s value tanks as investors tire of long wait for profitability
Ocado’s market value plunged by £600m this week as investors grew tired of waiting for jam tomorrow following another year of large losses at the grocery technology group
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Comment & Opinion
The wheels have fallen off B&M’s retail wagon – can it get back on track?
City patience is running out with B&M after it issued its second profits warning so far this year on Monday, at the same time CEO Alex Russo ‘fell on his sword’
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Job cuts: Ocado to slash headcount of R&D team as it eyes AI productivity gains
The move was ‘absolutely to keep a rein on costs and drive towards being cash flow positive’ CEO Tim Steiner said
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Co-op launches rapid grocery delivery app for independents called Peckish
The retailer is making a £1m investment into Peckish in its first year, and is hoping to sign up more than 1,000 stores in the next 12 months.
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Comment & Opinion
Bovaer uproar shows the perils of cutting-edge innovation
For hundreds of years, cultural scepticism of the unfamiliar has successfully infiltrated our groupthink, says Mario Creatura, director of public affairs at The MHP Group
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News
Labour accused of ‘GMO free-for-all’ ahead of new bill amendment
Labour published a new draft of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 on Tuesday
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M&S launches AI tool to help shoppers choose wine
The retailer says it wants to help shoppers navigate a category that can be confusing
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Tesco scraps Clubcard app pay at till feature
Until now, Tesco loyalty scheme members had been able to use the app to select ‘Pay in-store’ to pay for their shopping and collect Clubcard points
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Analysis & Features
Food waste apps say sharing is caring… but do they work?
Apps have helped slash the amount of food surplus going to waste. But do they really offer a ‘win-win-win’, or are they just shifting the problem to consumers?
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News
Defra aims to reset farming sector relations with raft of NFU conference announcements
The NFU’s annual conference will see the union look to reset the farming sector’s relationship with government following the Chancellor’s controversial budget
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Eye-tracking tech shows brand recall boost of convenience retail media spend
Convenience store retail media offers twice the visibility, and garners triple the attention and quadruple the brand recall of larger store campaigns, the Co-op study concludes
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Promotional Features
Risk vs reward: how brands and retailers can grow without the gamble in 2025
As the food and drink industry moves into 2025, brands and retailers continue to weigh up the opportunities afforded by innovation alongside maintaining a positive sales performance – and it’s a tricky balance to achieve. Discover why careful deliberation and the use of data and technology are vital to ensure sustainable growth.
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News
Pensioners launch campaign to fight ‘alienating’ self checkouts
The Bridgwater Senior Citizens Forum will campaign to highlight the ‘disadvantages’ of self-checkouts on service and jobs
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News
Sainsbury’s joins ChargeUK as EV ambitions grow
Sainsbury’s is on track to become a top five player in electric charging
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‘One bad experience puts aggregator app grocery customers off for good’
A survey of Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat users found 76% of them had ordered groceries via the apps