Supply chain, delivery and fulfilment
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Analysis
How 44 retail leaders plan to re-engineer their businesses
The next five years will be marked by investment in digital, in-store tech and head-office staff as retailers re-engineer their businesses for future growth, a report from Retail Week has found.
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Analysis
Analysis: Ocado co-founders square up for online delivery battle
Waitrose has come out fighting in the looming online grocery battle with M S by linking with an unknown tech start-up launched by Ocado co-founder Jonathan Faiman. Will it give Waitrose the punching power to upset its soon-to-be ex-partner?
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Analysis
How Sainsbury's Coupe plans to accelerate performance
Despite being overshadowed by the CMA’s decision to block its planned merger with Asda, Sainsbury’s chief executive Mike Coupe insisted at today’s results that the future is still bright. We take a look at his plans to move the grocer forward.
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News
M&S plans to double food business following Ocado deal
Marks Spencer is aiming to double its food business to more than £12bn over the next five years after striking its joint venture with Ocado.
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Analysis
Retail Week Awards 2019: Amazon – the perpetual people’s choice
Despite Jeff Bezos warning ‘Amazon will fail’ one day, shoppers have given it the Hitachi Capital Consumer Choice Award
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Analysis
Analysis: Can Waitrose.com really woo Ocado shoppers?
Waitrose Partners’ owner, the John Lewis Partnership, reaffirmed its plans today to grow the upmarket grocer’s online platform as it prepares to split from Ocado.
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News
BRC: No-deal Brexit ‘sub-optimal’ after government defeat
The British Retail Consortium has reiterated that a no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic for retailers, after the government suffered another defeat in the House of Commons overnight.
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News
Ocado Andover depot roof collapses due to fire
Part of the roof at Ocado’s Andover depot collapsed overnight, as the fire that started yesterday continued to burn.
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Ocado deliveries affected by Andover depot fire
Deliveries from Ocado’s Andover customer fulfilment centre are currently suspended, due to an ongoing fire at the facility.
