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Britain's Amazon Obsession Pushes Retailers To Breaking Point

The U.K. is leading the way into an online-shopping future, and that has the country’s traditional brick-and-mortar retailers fighting for their live...

Alibaba Leads $300 Million Funding For India's Top Online Grocer

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is leading a $300 million investment into India’s biggest online grocer Bigbasket, signaling that the region’s segmen...

Austria's Billa Sees Network Expansion In 2017

Austrian retailer Billa has said that it expanded its network of stores and services in 2017, while online sales were up by 40% compared to the previous ye...

Piotr i Paweł Anticipating Online Sales Of PLN100m By End Of 2018

Polish retailer Piotr i Paweł has said that it expects sales through its online channel to rise to as much as PLN 100 million (€23.7 million) by the e...

Global E-commerce Grocery Market Sees 30% Annual Growth

Grocery sales throughout e-commerce platforms grew by 30% in the 12 months to March 2017, according to a report by Kantar Worldpanel. The e-commerce cha...

Coca-Cola Bid For Amazon Shoppers Means Boosting Digital Lineup

Coca-Cola Co., facing a world where consumers fill up Amazon baskets instead of grocery carts, is trying to raise its tech game. The 131-year-old bevera...

Italian Food E-Commerce Sector Sees 43% Growth In 2017

The Italian food e-commerce sector is worth €849 million in 2017, or 4% of the total of the Italian digital commerce market, a new study has fou...

Whole Foods' Last Solo Numbers Quantify Amazon Effect: Gadfly

We have a better sense now of the Amazon effect on Whole Foods. Hint: It's pretty big. Whole Foods on Friday released its final financial report, which...