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Walmart Tests Service Delivering Groceries To Customers' Fridges

US retail giant Walmart has announced plans to test a new home-delivery service that brings groceries straight into customers' fridges, as it looks to expa...

Eroski Expands 'Click & Collect' Online Shopping Services

Spanish retailer Eroski has extended its online order picking service, which includes Click & Drive and Click & Collect, to 49 points in th...

Albert Heijn Adds 'Intelligent Shopping List' To Online Service

Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has introduced personalised grocery lists to its online shopping portal, ah.nl, to make the service quicker and more convenient...

Amazon Sells More Beans, Turkey Online, Thanks To Whole Foods

Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods is paying off in more ways than one: the e-commerce giant is seeing a surge in online grocery shopp...

Alibaba's Sales Beat Estimates On Surging Consumer Demand

Alibaba Group’s quarterly revenue beat analysts’ estimates, powered by Chinese consumers’ thirst for cheaper and higher quality goods onl...

Aldi May Face 'Uphill Battle' In US, Despite Instacart Partnership

With Aldi set to kick off online deliveries in Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles later this month, following its partnership with Instacart, market-research...

Alibaba And Tencent Looking Riskier And Placing Bigger Bets

Alibaba and Tencent can count themselves among the world’s costliest technology companies after a stellar run. To justify those lofty valuations, Chi...

Amazon Sales See Growth In Q2, But Shares Fall

Online retail giant Amazon has announced its financial results for its second quarter, ending 30 June 2017, with the company reporting a net-sales inc...