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NewsCircular online grocer launches refillable, ‘return by post’ sister brand
Weekly.Shop has launched a sister brand – Refill.Shop – to make ‘reusables as easy and attractive as single-use’
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NewsNutrition brand Zoe smashes crowdfunding target
The total raised has exceeded £3m, with more than 3,300 investors participating
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NewsStarship urges clearer regulations for its pavement roaming robots
‘It would be a real missed opportunity if our sector was held back by laws from the 1800s’
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NewsTikTok Shop offers £750k to UK SMEs looking to ‘harvest demand for homegrown goods’
British businesses that focus on selling locally produced goods of all types are eligible to apply to the scheme, “whether they are a bakery, fishmonger or farmer” TikTok said
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NewsFix’s ‘original’ Dubai chocolate hits UK through Harrods tie-up
The viral trend is thought to have been inspired by Fix’s Can’t Get Knafeh of It bar
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NewsOnline food shop returns to Covid-era popularity
Online now has its highest market share since March 2022
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NewsTHG delivers strongest quarter in four years
THG returned to the FTSE 250 last month after an upgrade by JP Morgan
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Promotional FeaturesWhy grocery’s one-stop shop evolution matters now more than ever
Repositioning supermarkets as multi-service hubs creates convenience, boosts footfall and incremental spend. With tighter household budgets, added services like parcel lockers offer a compelling reason to visit and spark impulse buys that might otherwise be missed.
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NewsGousto scraps subscription tech spin-off Bento
Bento offered existing and aspiring subscription-model businesses a full tech platform as well as artificial intelligence modules and consultancy services
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Promotional FeaturesFour areas retailers can optimise with accurate warehouse data
The retail sector is at a pivotal moment. Technology adoption is accelerating, customer expectations are higher than ever, and economic pressures continue to mount. Winning in this environment does not begin with the latest AI tool or an expensive new platform. It begins with data accuracy, says Dexory.
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NewsTesco migrating to new marketplace platform
Mirakl’s marketplace tech is the same used by B&Q, Carrefour and Superdrug
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NewsNew Deliveroo CEO named after Doordash acquisition
One of six founders of Wolt, which was taken over by Doordash in 2022 – will take up the Deliveroo CEO role, in addition to his existing role as head of international at DoorDash
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NewsNutrition brand Zoe launches crowdfund campaign
Zoe has a million microbiomes and £1m in its sights
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NewsKitchen assistant app launches RemyCoin to ‘turn sustainability into a game’
Remy – which claims to be ‘Europe’s first AI Kitchen Assistant’ – has launched RemyCoin
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NewsIceland teams up with Stuart for store to door same-day delivery service
‘This service combines the in-store shopping experience with the convenience of home delivery,’ Stuart said
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NewsTesco to push ahead with robotic warehouse system trial despite creator Attabotics’ demise
The supermarket said it would work with the buyer of Canadian warehouse tech company Attabotics to evaluate an automated storage and retrieval system called The Studio
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NewsTesco launches ‘thousands of extra delivery slots’ in run-up to Christmas
Tesco is urging customers to sign up for a Delivery Saver plan to secure early access
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Comment & OpinionAmazon Fresh is finished, but it’s still a formidable force in food
Amazon said its Just Walk Out technology would ‘push the state of the art forward’ and ‘redefine retail’ – which, of course, it didn’t
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NewsAmazon to keep pitching Just Walk Out tech to retailers despite UK Fresh store closures
The checkout-free, till-less technology has been adopted by more than 300 third party retailers and venues globally
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NewsAmazon to close all its 19 UK Fresh stores
The company plans to focus its UK grocery offer purely on delivery, including fresh groceries for arrival the same day