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Walmart buys Vizio for $2.3B as retail media race turns to streaming
Retail media networks are shifting focus to areas like connected TV and streaming to increase their ability to reach consumers. Walmart has agreed to acquire TV maker Vizio for $2.3...
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Aldi debuts automated checkout tech at Chicago-area store
The retailer is working with artificial intelligence startup Grabango to offer the service for the first time in the U.S. at a location in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, Illinois....
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Amazon shifts from European roads to trains and boats
Amazon is increasingly using rail and sea transportation in Europe, with a 50 percent growth in utilization this year. According to the company, rail and short sea routes are not...
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Müller sells DTC business Milk & More to UK group Freshways
The dairy group made the decision to sell following a strategic review. Müller is set to sell its UK milk delivery business Milk & More to local dairy group Freshways...
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Minden várakozást felülmúlt idén az Anuga
A világ első számú élelmiszer- és italszakmai vására, az Anuga idén október 7. és 11. között adott találkozót az iparág vezető szereplőinek. A 200 országból érkező mintegy 140 000 látogatóval...
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Walmart is widening the gap with Amazon in grocery e-commerce
The retailer’s share of the online grocery market will expand to nearly 27% by the end of 2024, while Amazon’s slice of the business will slip to 18.5%, according to...
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Amazon’s packaging in Europe is now recyclable
All boxes, bags and envelopes used by Amazon for deliveries in Europe are now recyclable. The company also states that an increasing number of products are being sent to customers...
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Amazon sets the pace in grocery personalization, Dunnhumby finds
The e-commerce giant earned the top score in a report released Tuesday by the data analysis firm, followed by H-E-B, Kroger and Giant Eagle. Amazon outranks all other retailers in...
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One year of Amazon in Belgium: 1,200 partners, 5 million products
One year after its launch, Amazon‘s Belgian webshop is already selling products from 1,200 local businesses. The retailer still sees potential, as more than half of the 1.2 million Belgian SMEs...
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Amazon launches drone delivery in Europe
Amazon announced plans to use drones while delivering packages to customers in the United Kingdom and Italy starting next year, with services set to commence at undisclosed locations before the...
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Marketplaces generate 63% of cross-border turnover
Last year, the total online cross-border market in Europe generated a turnover of 265 billion euros. At least 63 percent, 167 billion euros, was generated by marketplaces. These data include...
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Hollandiában tervez disztribúciós központot nyitni az Amazon
Az Amazon 100 000 négyzetméteres elosztóközpontot tervez nyitni Hollandiában. Az e-kereskedelmi óriás 2015 óta működik az országban, és 2020 óta van holland online áruháza. Jelenleg a legtöbb rendelést a Schiphol repülőtéren...
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Amazon to launch pay-by-palm technology at all Whole Foods stores by year-end
Amazon will let shoppers pay with their palms at all Whole Foods stores by the end of the year, the company announced Thursday. Amazon One is a biometric technology that...
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BAT and Amazon under investigation in Italy about tobacco heater ad
British American Tobacco and Amazon are under investigation in Italy, because regulators claim one of their ads for the Glo Hyper X2 tobacco heater is potentially misleading. The regulator opines that the...
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Automation, private labels and veganism – international retail in 2022
Workforce shortage? Automation! This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2023/6-7. In 2022 the workforce situation in FMCG retail wasn’t any better than in the previous year: both...
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Amazon to hire 5,000 refugees in Europe
Over the next three years, ecommerce giant Amazon will hire more than 5,000 refugees in Europe. It pledged to do that, together with over 40 companies. Together, they will hire,...
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Ahold Delhaize reaches half a billion from ad revenue
Revenues from retail media are helping Ahold Delhaize keep prices low, CEO Frans Muller has revealed. The retailer has is “almost half-way” of its target of one billion euros in...
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Top 25 global retailers thrive amidst challenges to post 7.1% YoY revenue growth in 2022, reveals GlobalData
Despite the challenges of high inflation rates, labor shortages, and disruptions in the supply chain, the top 25 publicly traded global retailers* achieved a remarkable year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth of...
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Amazon increases fulfilment fees in Europe
Amazon has raised the costs of its multichannel fulfilment service. The new fees are in effect for European sellers from April. According to the e-commerce giant, the increase is the...
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Are health and wellness subscriptions the next frontier for grocers?
Hy-Vee and Amazon have recently ventured into memberships that bundle wellness services, and sources say other grocers will likely follow suit. Last week, Hy-Vee unveiled a health and wellness subscription...
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Supermarkets outscore Amazon in online grocery satisfaction poll
Supermarkets outscored Amazon as well as mass merchandisers Walmart and Target in a recent online grocery satisfaction survey conducted by The Feedback Group. Supermarkets scored 4.40 out of five points...
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Amazon Business to expand in Europe
Ecommerce giant Amazon is planning to expand its b2b division, Amazon Business, in Europe. It is unclear which countries it will target. The company is currently investing in its logistics,...
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Amazon Launches Programme To Identify And Track Counterfeiters
Amazon has launched its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an initiative to help retail stores label and track marketplace counterfeits as part of the e-commerce giant’s efforts to crack down on organized...
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Amazon closes eight Go stores to cut costs
Amazon will close eight of its Go stores in the USA, as it continues to leave physical retail to cut costs. They will shut two Go Stores in New York...
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Nike tops list of teens’ fave clothing, footwear brands
Teen self-reported spending was up 2% year over year, with males lead the growth in spending with an increase of 6%, according to Piper Sandler Companies 45th semi-annual “Taking Stock...
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Publix, Kroger, Fresh Market and Albertsons among ‘Most Trustworthy Companies in America’
Publix, WinCo Foods and The Kroger Co. took the top spots in the grocery/convenience store category in Newsweek’s “Most Trustworthy Companies in America” survey, which ranked 700 U.S. companies in...
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Revolut Launches 3% Cashback Service For Customers
Revolut, the global financial app, has launched a new way to shop, whereby customers earn cashback from their favourite retailers. The new service – Shops – lets users search and...
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Casino To Step Up Promotions As Cost-Of-Living Crisis Weighs On French Sales
French retailer Casino vowed on Tuesday to spend more on promotions this quarter to help cash-strapped shoppers after sales at its Géant hypermarkets in France fell sharply in the fourth...
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(HU) Nincs még meg az Amazonnak a szupermarketek sikerreceptje
Amazon.com Inc, the online retailer long feared to disrupt the grocery sector, believes it has fallen short. The company has paused expansion of its Fresh supermarkets and cashier-less convenience stores...
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Amazon Launches Air Cargo Service In India As Online Sales Soar
Amazon.com Inc has launched a dedicated air cargo service in India, Amazon Air, as it looks to expand and speed-up deliveries across one of its key markets amid fast-growing e-commerce...
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