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M&S Tries To Tap Into Food Delivery Boom To Halt Decline

Britain's Marks & Spencer (M&S) will make the first deliveries through its new online food shopping joint venture on Tuesday, a cornerstone...

Japanese Shoppers Make The Move Online Amid Pandemic

The coronavirus has forced Japanese shoppers to abandon doubts about online grocery stores, sending retailers such as Aeon Co scrambling to meet a surge in...

Ozon Posts Record Growth, As Russians Flock To Online

Online retailer Ozon posted a 115% increase in gross merchandise value in the first quarter of its financial year, including a 200% surge in April, as Russ...

Surge In Demand For Online Grocery Likely To Continue, Study Finds

A surge in demand for online grocery services is likely to continue beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, a UK study has found. According to the HIM & M...

Pandemic Drives More Finnish Consumers To Buy Food Online: Study

The number of Finnish consumers engaging in online grocery shopping is on the rise with one-fifth saying they have used the medium, a study by Kaupan Liitt...

Coronavirus To Accelerate UK Grocery's Digital Shift, Says Sainsbury's Boss

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a digital shift in UK grocery shopping as Britons embrace home delivery, click and collect and technologies such a...

Online Shopping Sees Continued Growth In The European Union

Online shopping in the European Union continued to grow in 2019, driven by an increase in Internet usage, improved security standards, access to a wide ran...

South Africa's Woolworths Offers Drive-Through Service To Help Shoppers Avoid Stores

South African retailer Woolworths is expanding a click and collect drive-through shopping service, joining others in the sector forced to innovate during t...