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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...

JD.com Posts Surprise Profit As New Products Draw Shoppers

JD.com Inc., the operator of China’s second-biggest online mall, reported a surprise quarterly profit as investments in logistics and new arenas such...

Alibaba Generates $25bn Worth Of Sales On 'Singles Day'

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has said that it generated approximately $25 billion (€21.5 billion) worth of gross merchandise volume on the annual '...

Coop Sweden Takes Saluhallen 'Market Hall' Range Online

Coop Sweden is adding its Saluhallen ('market hall') range to its online shopping portal. Saluhallen offer a fresh range of products in an in-store...

ESM TV Meets... Wijnand Jongen, Author, 'The End of Online Shopping'

ESM: European Supermarket Magazine meets Wijnand Jongen, founder and CEO of Thuiswinkel.org, a group representing online retail and e-commerce businesses i...

Ocado Taps Amazon's Alexa For Voice Ordering In Convenience Push

U.K. online grocer Ocado Group Plc is teaming up with Amazon.com Inc. to let shoppers top up their baskets using the U.S. e-commerce giant’s voice-re...