The lower barrier for entry to market for startups and emerging brands created by the surge in online grocery shopping early in the pandemic is creeping back up as consumers increasingly return to brick-and-mortar stores for the bulk of their shopping...
The rapid expansion of online grocery shopping is set to continue post pandemic to become a driving force in consumer loyalty, according to Ocado CEO Mel Smith.
Finnish online food delivery platform Wolt has raised over $500m from global investors in news that illustrates continued growth in home delivery for food and drink products is set to be one of the biggest trends of this year.
Trade buyers and private equity funds are flush with funds and eyeing interesting players to invest in, says a bullish Andreas Kulcsar, Executive Director at investment bank DC Advisory.
Practising 'truth and transparency' is one of Mintel's top trends for 2018. We take a look at how online retailers are achieving this from e-commerce behemoths like Amazon to small coffee specialists.
New product information describing PepsiCo and Unilever brands are not being accurately represented in major grocer listings, with oversights particularly evident on e-commerce platforms.
General Mills, Kellogg, Unilever and Coca Cola Co. outline their plans to win in e-commerce, a channel tipped for growth in Europe where brands over-index.
Online impulse purchasing is about knowing your shoppers and making an offer that “would speak to them at exactly the moment that they’re on that webpage," says Mondelēz’s global e-commerce director, Neil Ackerman.
Online grocery shoppers tend to prefer navigating to product pages rather than searching for specific products, according to a study funded by the European Research Council.
Internet grocery shopping is growing at a phenomenal rate across Europe and is set to double in several countries over the next five years, according to market research from IGD ShopperVista.
Australian confectioner Darell Lea has partnered with online experience retailer RedBalloon to encourage domestic consumers to buy local products over Easter.
British supermarket Tesco reported a successful Christmas in the
six weeks up until January 6th, like for like sales rising by 8.3
per cent during the quarter.
The European e-tail sector is likely to grow 186 per cent by 2010,
but supermarkets should work to maximise market share by tackling
consumer barriers such as stock availability and allocated delivery
times, says analyst.
The prices charged by the leading UK grocers for their
Internet-based delivery service are being investigated by the
Office of Fair Trading, a probe which has prompted fierce denials
of wrongdoing by the major supermarket groups....
Trail blazers in e-commerce UK retailer Tesco announced this week
that for the first time ever booming online grocery sales have
reached more than £10 million (€15.6m) in a week - an encouraging
portent for yuletide spending.
Swedish food retailer Axfood AB took the decision this week to
discontinue the Axfood Group's e-commerce operations. The company
claims that the decision is made against the background of a weak
customer flow, where the trend...
The US online grocery sector will reach a market value of $26.8
billion by 2005, according to a recent survey by market research
company Datamonitor....
