Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer, has seen sales growth fall in the face of more intense competition and a struggling economy, but still remains positive about the future. The company, which is the market leader in the grocery sector in the UK, reported overall sales growth of 11.7% in the third quarter, but this was largely due to their international expansion - which some have credited with taking their focus away from their primary market. The company did note their food and grocery sector... ...Read more »
Online grocery retail has proven incredibly successful in the UK in recent years and has already been touted as an environmentally-friendly option - as it could reduce traffic on the road. Waitrose, however, has taken the next step by becoming the first major UK retailer to use bicycles to deliver groceries to the homes of its online customers. Employees from the food shop’s branch in Cambridge branch will be ‘saddling up’ to make deliveries using an eco-bicycle and trailer. The move... ...Read more »
Woolworths has announced that they are to extend their HomeShop service to areas in the south of Queensland. Woolworths set-up their HomeShop business, which provides home delivery of groceries, in February 1998. At the moment the business only operates in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne but they are now extending to Brisbane, Ipswich and the Gold Coast before the end of the year. The news comes in the wake of a UK report by Verdict Research indicating that grocery retail is set to overtake... ...Read more »
Food and grocery is set to overtake electricals as the number one sector in e-retail in the UK, according to retail experts Verdict Research. The news comes following research, commissioned by Australian consultancy firm Leading Edge, establishing that Australians are particularly concerned about buying fresh produce on-line due to the perception that quality will be compromised. Online retail in general has been experiencing rapid growth with figures from last year showing a 35% increase... ...Read more »
Woolworths is now looking for ways to capitalise on the success of social networking websites in their endeavours to improve online shopping options for their consumers. The news comes in the wake of research last month into online shopping in Australia by market research firm The Leading Edge, which indicated the comparative lack of success of online retail in Australia compared to other countries like the US and the UK. Australians cited concerns to do with delivery costs and difficulty... ...Read more »