Easter Fails To Provide Boost For Subdued Online Retail Sector
After a disappointing first quarter, Easter failed to deliver a boost to online retail sales, with April recording sales growth of just +5.2% Year-on-Year...
Ocado Set To Shed Hundreds Of Jobs Following Warehouse Fire
Up to 400 jobs are under threat at Ocado following the fire that destroyed its hi-tech distribution centre in Andover, Hampshire, in February.
The online...
Waitrose Sets Out Plan To Triple Size Of Its Online Operation
Less than three months after revealing the end of its partnership with Ocado, Waitrose has outlined plans to treble the size of its online...
UK Mobile Retail Spend Expected To Double In The Next Five...
As UK consumers increasingly turn to their smartphones for convenience, mobile will continue to be the fastest growing area within the UK retail market...
As Growth Slows, Suppliers And Retailers Need To Improve The Grocery...
FMCG suppliers and retailers need to improve the shopper’s online path to purchase in order to maximise the benefit of online as a grocery...
Amazon Linking Up With High Street Chains For New Click &...
Amazon has partnered with NEXT to launch a new click & collect service called Counter, which is claimed could help boost footfall for struggling...
eBay Opens First Store In The UK
Online retail giant eBay has opened its first physical store in the UK. The temporary pop-up outlet is based in Wolverhampton and features products...
Morrisons Eying Other Opportunities After Giving Up Capacity At Ocado CFC
Morrisons has agreed to temporarily suspend its use of Ocado’s new Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) in Erith, South-East London, to give the online grocer...
Unilever ‘On The Road’ To Building A Scale E-Commerce Business
Data published in Unilever’s latest annual report highlights the growing importance of e-commerce sales to the consumer goods giant.
During 2018, Unilever’s total e-commerce sales...
Tesco Seeks Online Sales Tax To Fund Business Rate Cuts
Tesco has urged the government to impose a 2% online sales tax to help pay for a cut in business rates for shops, saying the...