The digital gold rush is over: shoppers force retail back to basics
E-commerce has stopped being retail’s automatic growth engine. Online spending is sliding back towards parity with stores, while cash-strapped shoppers are choosing price…
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Twinings launches ‘But First, Tea’ campaign to drive modern wellbeing positioning
Twinings has launched a major new brand campaign aimed at positioning tea as a more active wellbeing choice and creating new drinking occasions among younger consumers. The…
Zambrero appoints Greater London Development Agents to drive next phase of UK growth
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Thrift+ owner acquires Hirestreet
CTR Group, which owns secondhand fashion marketplace Thrift+, has acquired fashion rental platform Hirestreet with ambitions to scale its subscription rental model. The…
Vape duty could drive consumers to black market, UKVIA warns
A survey of almost 3,500 adults found half would return to smoking or turn to the illicit market once the duty comes into force
Morrisons sells off pharmacies as turnaround drive continues
Morrisons has reportedly begun selling off parts of its pharmacy estate as it looks to streamline and focus on its core grocery operations. The company has been seeking buyers for…
Morrisons sells off pharmacies as turnaround drive continues
Morrisons has reportedly begun selling off parts of its pharmacy estate as it looks to streamline and focus on its core grocery operations. The company has been seeking buyers for…
KEY PLAYER PROFILE How JLP is building a connected retail media ecosystem around first-party data
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) is tackling the challenge of finding customers in an increasingly fragmented market by treating its retail media offering not as an advertising…
Amazon Bets $3 billion On India's Fast-Delivery Boom
US e-commerce retailer Amazon will invest $3 billion to expand its India quick commerce business by 2030, two sources said, its biggest bet yet on the sect...
Britain's Tesco Invests In Venture Fund To Spur Food Innovation
Tesco has committed £20 million to a venture capital fund launched by Leon Restaurants co-founder Henry Dimbleby to help drive innovation across the...
McDonald’s pilots retail media network in billion-dollar advertising push
McDonald’s has been trialling a new media network in the States, as the fast-food giant looks to turn its digital and physical customer touchpoints into a new advertising revenue…
Instacart and DoorDash wrestle with online grocery’s growing affordability problem
Cost concerns have long challenged e-grocery, and addressing the issue is becoming more urgent as consumer price sensitivity rises, executives of the companies said.