All Technology articles – Page 69
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Next-day grocery delivery service Bother launches nationwide
The service launched in a limited “test and learn phase” in March
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Asda trials e-vehicles for home deliveries in Cambridge
The pod on the vehicles has capacity to carry 10 full totes of shopping
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Food waste app launches scratch and sniff ‘smell-by’ labels
Too Good To Go is seeking to educate consumers on when to throw food away, instead of relying on best-before dates
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M&S hires Next’s former digital trading boss
The retailer has hired Gemma Lumsden to lead its analytics, website optimisation and SEO teams
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Deliveroo widget allows customers to order from partner websites
Deliveries are still fulfilled by Deliveroo, with commission taken in the same way
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Analysis and Features
A greener future for food delivery?
An underground network of ‘delivery pipes’ might sound far-fetched, but it’s one of several bids to make food delivery a more sustainable proposition
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Holland & Barrett pilots pre-order app to minimise in-store queues
Shoppers can use the app in 10 branches to browse or search for products, and create a basket
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Ocado sued by AutoStore for alleged patent infringement
AutoStore claims Ocado’s Smart Platform system, which is used across Ocado’s highly automated warehouses, is based on it’s patented technology
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Central England Co-op offers eco-friendly delivery through Snappy Shopper
The trial in its Derby and Birmingham stores will see shopping delivered to local residents via an electronic vehicle
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M&S rewrites online product descriptions to boost e-commerce revenue
The retailer has partnered with a digital content agency to enhance its online content and SEO
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Southern Co-op partners with Snappy Shopper for delivery
The delivery service is being trialled in its stores across Chichester and Portsmouth
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Analysis and Features
How can brands and retailers utilise the reimagined vending machine?
As consumers seek lower-contact, convenient ways to buy food, the humble vending machine is going beyond snacking
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HyperJar’s ‘pay now, buy later’ app available to all retailers next month
The app turns the “turns the notion of buy now, pay later on its head” allowing users to put money into ‘jars’ that they can only spend at designated retailers
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Free-range egg producers to benefit from new price comparison tool
BFREPA said the pricing portal would improve transparency following concerns producers were being ‘short-changed’ for their eggs
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M&S Sparks app hits a million downloads in eight weeks
More than 240,000 shoppers installed Sparks in the first two days of its relaunch
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Central England Co-op trials staff body cameras in two stores
Following in the footsteps of the Co-op and Waitrose, the society has begun the trial in its Erdington and Great Barr stores
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Government appeals for businesses to sign up to new NHS test & trace app
Hospitality businesses are also being urged to ensure they have NHS QR code posters visible for customers
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Comment and 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
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Tesco to trial drone deliveries next month
Tesco said it is working with Irish tech company Manna on the project
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Tesco increases rollout of Krispy Kreme digital display cabinets
Tesco said the exclusive partnership had proved popular with shoppers