How can supermarkets compete with digital natives?
Cognizant Europe VP and head of products and resources Rohit Gupta tells Retail Insight Network about how much of a threat online competitors pose to supermarkets and what supermarkets can...
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How can supermarkets compete with digital natives?
Multinational product led digital corporation Cognizant Europe VP and head of products and resources Rohit Gupta tells Retail Insight Network…
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Couche-Tard drops €16.2bn plan to acquire Carrefour
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard and European food retailer Carrefour have issued a joint statement on €16.2bn deal plan. The plan to takeover Carrefour has been dropped…
NRF says retail sales grew during 2020’s November-December holiday season
New data from the National Retail Federation (NRF) showed an unexpectedly high retail sales during the 2020 holiday season. Despite various restrictions in place due…
Next consortium seen as lead contender to buy Arcadia’s Topshop: Report
A consortium involving British high street retailer Next and New York-based hedge fund manager Davidson Kempner Capital Management is reportedly…
Amazon faces nationwide class-action lawsuit over e-book price fixing
E-commerce retailer Amazon is facing a nationwide class-action lawsuit for artificially inflating the prices of e-books. Law firm Hagens Berman…
China’s JD Daojia enters partnerships with over 20 regional supermarkets
Chinese on-demand delivery and retail platform Dada Group’s JD Daojia (JDDJ) has reached new partnership agreements with over 20 regional…
Aurora makes Great North exclusive representative of its brands in Canada
Legal cannabis provider Aurora has entered into an agreement with Canada’s legalised adult-use cannabis broker Great North for retail sales…
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View MoreHalfords facing difficult Q4 as cycling momentum slows
Halfords continued its strong FY 2020/21 performance as group revenue grew 11.5% over the 13 weeks to 1 January, overperforming an already exceptional 10.0% growth so far this financial year.…
Kingfisher’s momentum shows no sign of slowing
Kingfisher continues to benefit from high demand for home improvement as consumers across Europe stay home amid COVID-19, and as stores remain open over periods of lockdown. Group like-for-like sales…
Avoidance of a No-Deal Brexit means smaller, but still significant, changes for UK retail
While the trade deal stuck struck with the EU in December 2020 will greatly lessen the impact of Britain’s exit from the single market, UK retailers and consumers will still…
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The Very Group capitalised on the continued shift to online in the run up to Christmas
The Very Group has finished 2020 on a high, with retail sales rising 25.2% in the seven weeks to 25...
Advanced analytics and predicting market trends in FMCG
Knowing which way the wind is blowing – and which way it will blow in the future – is the kind of crystal ball information...
VR and AR in Consumer Goods: Consumer Trends
The consumer goods industry is saturated by the variety of items present on the supermarket shelves.
VR and AR in Consumer Goods: Regulatory Trends
Virtual reality (VR) remains unregulated, but standard fair use policies, copyright acts, trademark acts, and anti-dilution acts are being applied in the wake of disputes...
Dunelm’s strength online protects it during lockdown
Dunelm has reported a resilient set of results for the golden quarter, with group sales rising £38m to £360.4m as it successfully transferred shoppers online during the November lockdown. Though…