in depth – Page 9
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Morrisons boxing clever or is Amazon deal suicide?
In signing a supply deal with online giant Amazon has Morrisons just admitted a Trojan horse inside its walls?
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Comment & Opinion
Grocery needs a ‘big data’ revolution
Grocery has been uninspired in its use of data so far. It’s time to change that
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Comment & Opinion
David Potts' deal with Amazon is an accomplished move
David Potts has shown his skill, expertise and experience in extending Morrisons’ ecommerce reach…
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Analysis & Features
Goodbye middleman?
The online shopping revolution is bringing fmcg brands and consumers closer together and threatening to cut middlemen out. How worried do retailers need to be?
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Analysis & Features
The gig economy: what can online grocery learn from Uber?
Is there a way for the gig economy to help online grocery become more profitable? Or is it more trouble than it’s worth?
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Comment & Opinion
Suppliers selling directly to consumers is a disruptive tactic retailers must watch keenly
‘Disrupt yourself before someone else disrupts you.’ It’s the kind of maddening advice you read a lot in consultancy white papers on the…
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Analysis & Features
Can Amazon lure more than shoppers in their prime?
Bridgethorne research explored the appeal of Amazon in grocery
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Analysis & Features
Can Argos match Amazon in service, speed and cost?
The Grocer carried out four sample shops and found Argos’s store network may give its click & collect a real advantage
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Comment & Opinion
Is Ocado’s confidence misplaced or will Amazon Fresh provide fresh stimulus?
CEO Tim Steiner has been talking up the prospects of a much-vaunted deal
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon delivers another headache for the UK mults
Another day, another delivery from Amazon arrives
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon 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 & Features
Click & 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 & Features
Facebook 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 & Features
Amazon 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 & Features
Is 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 & Opinion
Will 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 ...
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon 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 & Opinion
Amazon 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 & Features
Fresh 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 & Opinion
Retailers 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?
