All articles by George Nott – Page 51
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NewsSame-day personal shopper service Buymie secures £6m funding boost
Notable investors in the latest round include Keith Weed CBE, former marketing chief for Unilever, and Eamonn Quinn, former deputy chairman of the Superquinn
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Analysis & FeaturesAs online slows, is the race for e-commerce space over?
Amazon’s slowdown has spooked the City. What happens now?
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NewsDeliveroo signs ‘historic’ recognition agreement with GMB Union
The Voluntary Partnership Agreement gives rider members of GMB rights to collective bargaining on pay and consultation rights on benefits
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NewsRapid grocer Jiffy launches fresh cooked pizza delivery in London
The ultra-fast delivery player has forged a partnership with Miguel’s Pizza to serve as an “on-site supplier”
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NewsOnline surplus stock supermarket Motatos to launch in UK next month
The company was founded in 2014 in Sweden – where it is known as Matsmart – and later expanded into Denmark and Finland
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NewsMeal planning and shopping platform Lollipop secures £5m in seed round
The latest fundraise, led by Octopus Ventures, follows a pre-seed round carried out in December 2020
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NewsTesco online chief joins Google after ‘most intense period of my career’
Poad, MD of online at Tesco since October 2019, led the supermarket’s online teams as they tackled soaring lockdown-induced demand
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NewsRecipe box players HelloFresh and Gousto expand distribution footprints
Gousto is to launch a 295,000 sq ft fulfilment centre at St Modwen Park Burton, in Staffordshire
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NewsOne Stop strikes delivery deal with Uber Eats for 500 stores
More than 100 stores have gone live on the Uber Eats app over the last month
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Analysis & FeaturesDo Just Eat’s US woes point to trouble for takeaway in the UK?
JET’s acquisition of Grubhub hasn’t gone well. As takeaway delivery investors start demanding returns, is the market in trouble?
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NewsSustainable ready meal brand Wild Hare secures Ocado listing
Wild Hare said the deal was significant for consumers seeking sustainable products
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NewsOcado launches second Zoom by Ocado depot for one-hour delivery in London
The 13,957 sq ft warehouse space is located in Canning Town, Newham, east London, and offers customers a range of 10,000 products
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NewsTesco taps Uber Eats rider network to deliver Whoosh orders
The partnership launched today from an initial 20 stores in Edinburgh, Bradford, Portsmouth, Norwich, St Albans and Letchworth
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Analysis & FeaturesCan THG Ingenuity fend off Amazon and WPP’s new e-commerce services?
THG Ingenuity has seen solid growth over 2021, but faces new competition
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NewsSupermarket TV ads drive online sign-ups more than physical footfall, analysis finds
A breakdown of Asda new web customers found 55% had been converted from shopping in store at Tesco
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NewsRapid grocer Jiffy price-matching Tesco.com on 150 products
Price-matched items will be branded and sit across all categories. Matching will be done weekly
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NewsBritish Corner Shop opens Netherlands base to bypass Brexit import issues
The online retailer initially established an EU base in the Netherlands with a third-party distribution centre in July last year
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NewsVertical farm tech business backs farm-in-a-shipping-container startup
The extended partnership will see Vertical Future invest in the company, as well as offer a building and commissioning service
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NewsAd giant WPP launches end-to-end e-commerce service for fmcg brands
Everymile would be offered on a “transparent revenue share commercial model” WPP said
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Analysis & FeaturesAre independent fast food outlets Britain’s obesity blind spot?
Restaurants and takeaways are key pillars of Britain’s plans to tackle obesity. So why is the local kebab shop excluded?