Amazon trials food retailing with its offer of free deliveries
Amazon is trialling the online grocery delivery service with free delivery on orders over £40 to Prime members in 300…
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Retail sales bounce back: Is it time to be optimistic?
UK retail sales bounced back, close to pre-Covid-19 levels, revealing the desire for British consumers to get back to business…
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Wickes’ performance hampered by late store reopenings
The pandemic continues to throttle Travis Perkins as group sales declined £704m to £2,780m in H1 2020, dragged down by…
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Amazon looks to expand UK food retail operations
Amazon will offer UK Prime members free delivery on groceries as it seeks to establish a foothold in the food…
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Covid-19 lockdown boosts online direct-to-consumer opportunities for small grocery businesses
Among the casualties of Covid-19 have been small grocery businesses, many serving local foodservice markets. These have faced a sudden…
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FMCG companies need to openly address problematic racial stereotyping in branding
The impact, both in the United States as well as internationally, of the Black Lives Matter movement, the wider prevalence…
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Strong Kingfisher results show consumers yet to tire of home improvements
Kingfisher reports a strong performance for its Q2 to date (11 weeks to 18 July), boosted by ongoing elevated demand…
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Imperative store sale endangers EssilorLuxotica acquisition of Grandvision
EU demands apply extra pressure on the already beleaguered merger amid pandemic. Regulatory clearance for...
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Bensons to sleep more soundly now it is free of tired Harveys
Harveys & Bensons were the latest dominos to fall in the challenging furniture market, both...
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UK consumers will favour online marketplaces for second-hand purchases following COVID-19
Shoppers are still happy to purchase second-hand despite hygiene concerns following the outbreak of COVID-19....
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