All articles by George Nott – Page 2
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NewsOrganised retail crime busting unit makes 237 arrests, resulting in 118 years of jail time
The organised retail crime team within Opal – the police force’s national intelligence unit for serious organised acquisitive crime – has identified 605 offenders since it launched in May 2024
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Analysis & FeaturesWill suppliers get on board as Amazon takes on the mults?
Amazon is undercutting the supermarkets in a major grocery push. But it lags its rivals in the GCA’s rankings, so suppliers may be wary
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Analysis & FeaturesGetting personal: the next frontier for supermarket loyalty schemes
AI is turning supermarket loyalty schemes from a ‘blunt instrument’ into a one-to-one marketing tool. But can retailers get the balance right?
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NewsCo-op launches national digital screen advertising proposition
Co-op’s network of more than 1,000 digital advertising screens on the front of its stores makes it the fourth-largest digital screen estate in the UK
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NewsDeliveroo launches Bundles feature, to ‘recreate high street shopping experience’
‘We want to emulate a trip to the shops on your local high street through the ability to order from multiple stores in a single order’
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NewsOcado launches rewards programme for Smart Pass holders
Customers can choose as many offers as they like from a selection of 15 featured deals that are on offer at any one time
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Comment & OpinionAI slop YouTube accounts take unwatchable aim at UK grocery
Clickbait headlines and hysterical tone, most of these unconvincing accounts’ views come from bots
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Grocer 33Ocado supply chain director Tim Walker on same-day delivery and dynamic aisles
‘We’re finding an increasing number of shopping missions need to be supported in different ways’
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NewsCCEP trialling fully electric HGV to deliver to convenience and wholesale
CCEP is working with its logistics partner Maritime on the trial, which commenced in January
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NewsSuperdrug rolls out Just Eat partnership nationwide
The health and beauty retailer struck an exclusive partnership with the aggregator app in November last year
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NewsDeliveroo drops on-time delivery promise from Gold tier membership
Another perk – 10% credit back on restaurant orders over £30 – has also been pulled
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NewsAmazon opens global delivery network to all for the first time
The e-commerce giant likened the new Amazon Supply Chain Services to its cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services – something it built for its own purposes before being opened up to other businesses
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NewsMany c-stores and vape shops linked to organised crime, Trading Standards report suggests
Up to a third of American candy stores, and one in four fast food takeaways in some areas are thought to be fronts for crime gangs by enforcement officers, a CTSI report found
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NewsOcado signs exclusivity deal with Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm
As part of the deal, both Ocado and Diddly Squat are making a commitment to co-fund outdoor learning and land-based skills via the Ernest Cook Trust.
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News‘Modern slavery risk’ at UK supermarkets in wake of French delivery courier study
Wage withholding, confiscation of identity documents, threats of being reported to authorities, and blackmail to be rife among riders for the platforms in France, according to new research
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NewsZoe gut health app losses swell as it slashes membership price
Zoe has appointed mobile game giant Lior Shiff as director
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NewsCDS distribution centre becomes one of UK’s largest solar installations
The newly completed 2.5MW rooftop solar installation at its Avonmouth warehouse is now exporting surplus power into the wider energy network
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NewsMars rolling out Gemini AI to all employees in expanded Google Cloud partnership
The company has announced a major expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud
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NewsAnnual cost of shopworker abuse as high as £1bn, analysis finds
‘Retail abuse is often discussed in terms of its human impact, but the cost to employers is substantial’
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NewsAsda deploys AI within legal team to speed up contract reviews
The supermarket has partnered with London-based legaltech company Definely, whose AI product is designed to ‘automate document review, identify inconsistencies, and ensure accuracy’