in depth – Page 14
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Comment and OpinionAmazon Fire TV offers opportunities to the fmcg world
It’s been a heady couple of days for Amazon Fire, launching its new ad campaign and rolling out new e-commerce capability on Fire TV
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Analysis and FeaturesClick & collect: as Asda slows development, what now?
Asda’s announcement that it would halt plans to roll out click & collect to 1,000 locations by 2018 represents a surprise
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Analysis and FeaturesFacebook and the art of selling through social media
Facebook’s latest e-commerce venture offers great opportunity for fmcg brands - if they get the user experience right
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Analysis and FeaturesAmazon for dummies... and a dummy run of its Birmingham trial
Last week, Amazon set grocery pulses racing when it bolted one-hour grocery delivery on to its Prime Now service
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Analysis and FeaturesIs Aldi on the road to setting up a full online retail offer?
Rivals can relax with a bottle. It’s very much wine only. For now.
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Comment and OpinionWill Poundland’s website prove worth the wait?
So Poundland has finally launched online. And no one could accuse it of rushing things. It started building its website in 2011, but it’s been stuck in development hell since. It came close to launching in 2013 and 2014, but CEO Jim McCarthy demanded further improvements. Today it went live, ...
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Comment and OpinionAmazon Fresh faces a tough challenge in the UK grocery market
Fresh food delivery isn’t just a question of logistics. It’s a question of, well, fresh food
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Comment and OpinionAmazon Fresh: why the supermarkets should be worried
When it comes to grocery right now, all the noise is about Amazon
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Analysis and FeaturesFresh and chilled brands a growing force in online
Coca-Cola is the biggest online grocery brand in the UK, according to a new report from CheckoutSmart
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Comment and OpinionRetailers need to wake up to the mobile shopping revolution
Remember when your customers used to panic when they reached the till and found out they had forgotten their wallet?
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Comment and OpinionAmazon Echo: what fmcg brands need to know
Matthew Knight of global media agency Carat looks at the implications of Echo for online grocery shopping
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Fresh speculation continues as Amazon remains tight-lipped
Fresh suppliers are getting nervous as rumours of the speedy grocery delivery service run rife
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Analysis and FeaturesOmnichannel retailing: how to make sense of it
Shoppers are spending money on groceries in a growing number of ways. So how do you make the most of a complex opportunity…
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Comment and OpinionOcado another growth story amid big Christmas for online grocery shopping
Could the fastpaced expansion of online grocery shopping see the UK get exciting new players like AmazonFresh?
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Comment and OpinionYouGov Profiles: there goes the afternoon
Most of us have a time sink somewhere on the internet. You load up the website in question to check one little fact…
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Comment and OpinionPoundshop.com reopens online battle
The online pound store wars have started again – with a truce, Poundshop.com has merges with rival outfit Hereforapound.com
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat does the Internet of Things have in store for grocery?
Designed to monitor heart rate and offer contactless payment, among other things, the Apple Smart watch made headlines…
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Analysis and FeaturesWhich fmcg brands are using Twitter and Facebook to the max?
Bold, irreverent and outspoken in tone, top performer Irn-Bru’s ranking was probably also helped…
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Analysis and FeaturesApps from supermarkets: how they perform
All the supermarkets have an app, but who has the best one…
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Comment and OpinionWhy smart retailers needs to think ‘omni-channel’
Grocery has never seen the same level of demand for online shopping as other retail sectors, but there is still a core demand for online, says Stuart Higgins.