All articles by George Nott – Page 96
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NewsWaitrose issues customers with first coupons for John Lewis stores
Waitrose has started issuing customers with coupons for money off products at John Lewis. It is the first time the supermarket has offered coupons at the till for its John Lewis Partnership stablemate and comes after the launch in October of a ‘Future Partnership’ plan, which merged ...
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NewsSainsbury’s offers cheaper products in Nectar Prices promotion
The discount has been rolled out to lines of own brand fresh fruit & vegetables, selected Taste the Difference meals and a wide range of branded items
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NewsMolson Coors taps E.fundamentals analytics to help boost online sales
The brewer will receive a “continuous report” on the performance of its beers online
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NewsOcado results reveal legal fees of £1.3m and M&S range growth plans
The total cost of the litigation action is likely to increase as the court battle rolls on, with Faiman denying allegations and counter-suing the company
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Analysis & FeaturesFailure to deliver: the trouble with grocery deliveries and how to tackle it
Rural homes, high-rise flats and even customers not answering the door pose problems for online grocers. Is there any way to eliminate the issue?
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NewsWaitrose selects XPO for national DC operations
XPO will also take on operational responsibility for the supermarket’s Brinklow regional DC
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NewsM&S extends checkout-free smartphone shopping to 44 more stores
Customers use the M&S Mobile Pay Go app to scan barcodes as they walk around the stores, pay in the app and leave
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NewsUK firm to develop Coop Sweden grocery AI assistant
Warwickshire AI firm EBI.AI has been selected to develop the virtual shopping assistant
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Comment & OpinionCrazy Delicious: Heston Blumenthal phones it in as show fails to wow
Contestants pick ingredients from an edible set and create ‘wacky’ dishes
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NewsAmazon and Deliveroo accuse CMA of ‘speculative’ competition claims
In a joint submission, the two companies said the CMA had ‘mischaracterised’ the restaurant and on-demand grocery delivery markets
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Comment & OpinionShould Sainsbury’s win such acclaim for its carbon reduction commitment?
The ‘Sainsbury’s saves the planet’ spin from the company feels a bit over the top
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NewsMartin Rohleder joins food waste app Olio as sales director
Rohleder joins from Staples Solutions in the Netherland
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NewsDeliveroo launches health-focused delivery-only restaurant brands
Deliveroo will create the brands from scratch and license them to restaurants operating from their own kitchens
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Comment & OpinionCMA interest in Just Eat's £5.9bn acquisition by Takeaway.com deal should not be a shock
It is likely to approve the deal, but the Competition & Markets Authority is right to take a look at it
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NewsTesco teams up with Ocado tech partner for warehouse robots
The supermarket is working with Swisslog on an automated pallet retrieval and storage system
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Analysis & FeaturesIs this the beginning of the end for the checkout?
Checkout-free technology is advancing quickly. But what challenges remain – and could these ‘miracle’ stores soon be commonplace?
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NewsAmazon boosts presence in north with new Manchester office
It is the e-commerce giant’s first corporate site in the north of England
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NewsGoogle acquires retailer online inventory startup Pointy
Pointy builds websites for small and medium-sized stores, optimised to top search rankings
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NewsKarma unveils plan to introduce 50 surplus food smart fridges to UK
The smart fridges – of which there are more than 30 in operation across Sweden and one in Paris – are filled with surplus and unsold food from either the store they are situated within or from wholesalers when placed in public place