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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury’s-Asda merger shows 'Amazon effect' in action
Amazon has been a huge catalyst for change in UK grocery, says Natalie Berg of NBK Retail. And it’s been a key driver of the Sainsbury’s-Asda merger
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Adjudicator to cover Amazon and Ocado within a year
The Competition & Markets Authority has written to a raft of retailers in the past week, as GSCOP looks set to expand the existing list of 10 supermarkets
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Comment & Opinion
Deliveroo sets a date to save the side salad
Salads were the fourth most ordered side just two years ago, but have fallen to 23rd
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Online grocery growth 'slower than expected' claims report
The average online basket was also four times bigger than the in-store one
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Quiqup plans grocery delivery service in Manchester
Quiqup began operating in Manchester earlier this month after raising £20m in private funding last May to fuel geographical expansion
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10,000 Co-op staff sign up to manage their shifts online
The Co-op introduced the new technology, known as Shifts on Sunday, after a ‘successful’ trial
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New Deliveroo website offers discounts to partner restaurants
The firm’s new support site also offers benefits for restaurant staff including savings on cinema tickets
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Analysis & Features
Cashless payments: can retailers keep up?
Late last year, Brunel University students became the first UK shoppers to pay for groceries with only a touch of their fingertips
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Booze retailer 31Dover moves into click & collect with HubBox partnership
It will allow shoppers to collect tipples from some 4,000 collection points across the UK
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Iceland online store to supply ambient food to China
Iceland is working with China’s second-largest e-commerce business JD.com
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Big-name spirits brands turn their backs on Twitter
Although their accounts remain online, many big booze players have not tweeted in over a year
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Sainsbury's trials UK's first cargo bike grocery delivery
Zero-emission bikes will deliver up to 100 online orders a day
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Morrisons boosts supplier transparency with online portal
The retailer said the move was a response to concerns from suppliers and followed other moves to simplify trading relationships in its supply chain
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Comment & Opinion
Wetherspoon’s social withdrawal may prompt brands to rethink their strategies
’The way most companies run social media is a total waste of time and money’, says one guru, but what to make of JDW’s bold announcement?
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Amazon files patent for 'voice sniffer' algorithm
The proposed ‘sniffer algorithm’ could enable Alexa to listen in on conversations and make product recommendations
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'Free' delivery must apply to all parts of UK, ASA rules
The ASA said some retailers had been ‘misleading’ consumers with unconditional UK delivery claims
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Analysis & Features
The dark side of digital: how will the Cambridge Analytica scandal affect grocery?
Grocery has always been reluctant to embrace online advertising, and now the Cambridge Analytica scandal has raised further questions about digital ethics. So how are brands and retailers reacting?
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News
Grocemania delivery startup seeks £100k from the crowd
The delivery platform wants cash in return for 13.3% of its equity
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BrewDog launches direct-to-consumer 'beer club'
Three new brews made at BrewDog’s Aberdeenshire base in small batches will be sent to subscribers very fortnight
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Asda partners with Google to offer voice shopping
Customers can now order by talking to a smartphone or speaker equipped with Google Assistant