Online Sales

UK Retail Sales Fall 1.3% In June: BRC-KPMG

Retail sales in the UK registered a 1.3% decline in June 2019 compared with a 2.3% increase during the same period last year, latest data has revealed....

Boxing With Giants: Italy's Packing Robots Are Not Just Cardboard Cutouts

Amazon's new recruit comes from a medieval walled town in central Italy and can box and seal at least 600 items of different shapes and sizes every hour. T...

E-Commerce Set To Grow Steadily In Europe In 2019: Study

The European online retail sector will grow steadily in 2019 and register around a 14% year-on-year increase in turnover, to €621 billion, the Europea...

Online FMCG Sales See 20% Boost In 2018

Global online FMCG sales rose by 20.3% last year, with e-commerce now accounting for 5.1% of grocery sales worldwide, new data from Kantar has found. Gr...

French Q1 Online Retail Sales Rose 11.9%: Fevad

Online retail sales in France rose by 11.9% to €24.9 billion ($27.7 billion) in the first quarter, said the French e-commerce Federation (Fevad), refl...

Target Quarterly Results Trounce Estimates On Higher Online Sales

Target Corp's same-store sales and profit for the first quarter beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, benefiting from higher online sales and an increas...

Lidl Netherlands Removes Wine From Its Online Assortment

Discounter Lidl has removed wine from its online offerings in the Netherlands, reports Distrifood.nl. Lidl Belgium will also stop selling wine on its we...

Walmart's Q1 US Comparable Sales Rise, E-Commerce Slows

US retailer Walmart Inc on Thursday reported an estimate-beating jump in first-quarter US comparable sales, but overall revenue growth and online sales slo...