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Quick Commerce Opening Up New Opportunities For Retail: Barclays

'Quick commerce' or 'rapid delivery' grocery firms have been on the rise in retail over the past year, with operators such as Getir, Gopuff, Gorillas, Flin...

Battle Lines Being Drawn As Amazon Moves On Bricks and Mortar Retailers: Analysis

With Amazon eyeing its entry into the bricks and mortar retail market in the US, Craig Summers, UK managing director, Manhattan Associates examines what th...

Yandex.Lavka's Maxim Avtukhov Talks To ESM

Express grocery delivery is the buzzword in European retail at the moment, and few operators have set the bar as high as Russia's Yandex.Lavka, which promi...

Up To A Third Of Physical Store Space Could Be Dedicated To Online Fulfilment: Study

As much as a third of physical retail store space could be dedicated to online fulfilment in the future, a new study by Edge Retail Insight has found, as e...

JBS' Ransomware Challenges Highlight Larger Cybersecurity Issue In Food And Retail

The ransomware attack on meat processor JBS has highlighted the larger issue of cybersecurity in retail and food and beverage, and firms should take steps...

E-Commerce Could Account For 40% Of All Retail Trade In Sweden By 2030: Study

E-commerce could account for as much as 40% of all retail trade in Sweden by the end of the decade, according to a new study by Svensk Handel, the retail a...

Food, Grocery Delivery App Usage Continues To Rise, Even As Lockdowns Ease

Even as lockdown restrictions ease around the world, the use of food and grocery delivery apps continues to rise, new data has shown. According to App A...

Some 15% Of Shoppers Expect To Do 'Most' Or 'All' Shopping Online Going Forward

Some 15% of European shoppers plan to do 'most' or 'all' of their shopping online going forward, a new survey on e-commerce habits by UPS has found. The...