All articles by George Nott
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NewsJD.com CEO reveals European ambition: ‘Consumers are entitled to better’
The Grocer gained rare access to Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com’s CEO Sandy Xu to discuss the company’s appetite for growth beyond China’s borders
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Comment & OpinionIMRG Takes On… fun podcast examines potential of World Cup damp squib
Andy Mulcahy and Tom Jacobs of UK e-commerce association IMRG manage to unearth some World Cup opportunities
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NewsSelf-checkouts increase store losses by 22% in first year, major study finds
The study found that ‘nudges’ to the customer that ‘the system is paying attention’ were hugely effective in stemming the shrinkage
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NewsHelloFresh launches AI-powered social media recipe extraction tool
It allows users to share any video from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or external websites to create a recipe of the content
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Comment & OpinionMarketing Business Lunch: trends, threats and the big debate
Dan Holt opened The Grocer’s Marketing Business Lunch with a stark stat: 80% of brands in the UK could disappear and people would not care
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NewsTesco rolling out electronic shelf labels to 3,000 stores
The supermarket has signed a multi-year deal with Chinese ESL manufacturer Hanshow, which will see the devices rolled out to stores over the next two years.
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NewsSainsbury’s rolls out AI safety cameras across online delivery fleet
During an earlier trial the cameras prompted a 77% reduction in “safety incidents” and a 57% reduction in harsh braking
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NewsJD.com’s Joybuy to open up to third-party sellers in marketplace model move
The full-category e-commerce site and app owned by China’s biggest retailer by revenue, JD.com, is planning to sell products it doesn’t own as stock, from both European and Chinese brands
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy food subscriptions are back on the menu
DTC food & drink boomed in lockdown, then came crashing down. Now subscriptions are back, with brands shifting strategy to offer their customers community, exclusive products and special treats
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Comment & OpinionGreggs’ great work of art pays homage to the sausage roll
Greggs commissioned royal embroider Hawthorne & Heaney to create the eight-metre-long ‘Ta-Pastry’
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s behind the Asda-Ocado tie-up and will it work?
Asda is to adopt Ocado’s Smart Platform technology. What does the deal entail and will the new partnership work?
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NewsAmazon to expand its rapid delivery service Amazon Now to Manchester and Birmingham
The 30-minute delivery time is the fastest Amazon has offered in the UK
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NewsAmazon customers can now add fresh groceries to same-day delivery orders
Previously, fresh food could only be bought and delivered as part of a separate basket via the Amazon Grocery section of the site and app.
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NewsRapid grocer Gopuff launches in-app AI with Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI
‘Today, we believe the greatest friction left in commerce is not delivery or instantaneous access to the essentials customers need. It’s the moment before: the thinking, the deciding, the remembering’
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NewsEasyGroup makes marketplace play with OnBuy
Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s sector-spanning brand is ‘entering mainstream online retail’
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NewsBrits don’t believe food prices are Europe's cheapest, YouGov poll
Despite the case made by the sector that UK grocery prices are the cheapest in western Europe, consumers don’t buy it
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Comment & OpinionWorld’s Biggest Curry Restaurant: engaging look at Stockport mega-eatery
Some 10,000 customers a week who visit Pakistani Indian restaurant Royal Nawaab in Stockport. This documentary shows how
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NewsMiddle East meal delivery player Calo exits UK
Calo is ‘refocusing on its core markets and expansion into new verticals’
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NewsLipton to expand ‘social hub’ global content and creator network following pilot
The hubs, which ‘operate as an extension of the brand’s in-house team’, have already been rolled out across France, Turkey, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland
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NewsJust Eat pilots AI-powered WhatsApp ordering
The company claimed it to be ‘Europe’s first food and retail ordering journey on WhatsApp’