Christmas

Christmas ecommerce front line workers me-gift notonthehighstreet online sales trends

Morrisons will deliver easily-forgotten Christmas essentials such as sticky tape, batteries, gravy and even a turkey until Christmas Eve, for customers who may have missed them off their list this…

Sales in ‘me-gifting’ surge with 4.1m Brits expected to treat themselves this Christmas

Sales in ‘me-gifting’ set to surge with 4.1m Brits expected to treat themselves this Christmas

Companies Ecommerce

December 22, 2020

Christmas Delivery Sainsbury's union Unite

After a year like no-other, many Brits will be adding their own names to their Christmas shopping gift list, as research from notonthehighstreet finds 4.1 million people will be ‘me-gifting’…

Sainsbury’s outsourced delivery drivers have cancelled plans to hold strike action which threatened to cause chaos for the grocer over Christmas.

Sainsbury’s avoids delivery strikes threatening Christmas chaos at 100 stores

Delivery / Supply Chain

December 15, 2020

Companies Delivery / Supply Chain

Sainsbury’s outsourced delivery drivers have cancelled plans to hold strike action which threatened to cause chaos for the grocer over Christmas. A group of delivery drivers which are hired by…

Morrisons launches Christmas Dinner boxes available to order via telephone for vulnerable shoppers

Christmas Deliveroo Food Box Morrisons telephone

December 9, 2020

Companies Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce

Morrisons has launched a new Christmas Dinner box enabling vulnerable shoppers to order Christmas favourites using its popular phone service. Morrisons’ £18.36 Christmas Dinner box, containing staples including peeled potatoes,…

Deliveroo has seen its market valuation rocket to $7 billion after its latest round of funding as it prepares for its blockbuster IPO.

Deliveroo teams up with Co-op and the Felix Project to deliver 20,000 meals to families in need

Christmas Co-op Deliveroo food Marcus Rashford Sheringhams the Felix Project

December 8, 2020

Body Cameras Christmas Superdrug violence

Deliveroo has announced a new collaboration with the Felix Project to deliver surplus food including fresh food and vegetables to frontline charities and food banks. The food delivery company has…

The pandemic has driven a rise in abuse towards shop workers, but it has also forced retailers adopt new technologies which can be used to help empower staff.

Superdrug to issue body cameras as it prepares for “even bigger spike” in violence this Christmas

Security

December 1, 2020

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce

Superdrug is planning to issue its staff with body cameras as it prepares for a further surge in violence towards its staff during the Christmas shopping period. The health and…

40% of UK will choose online for Christmas food shop this year

2020 Christmas Christmas shopping list Coronavirus e-commerce ecommerce festive food grocery lockdown Peak second lockdown Shop Shopping UK

November 2, 2020

Amazon Christmas Morrisons Seasonal workers

New data has found 39 per cent of UK shoppers are set to buy their groceries online this Christmas, according to a YouGov survey for The Grocer. Of nearly 1,000…

Amazon is set to hire 100,000 temporary workers this Christmas, just half the number it hired last year.

Amazon to hire 100,000 seasonal workers bringing pandemic total to over 400,000

Companies

October 28, 2020

Christmas Covid high street Office for National Statistics online shopping ONS ParcelHero

Amazon is set to hire 100,000 temporary workers this Christmas, just half the number it hired last year. The online giant has launched its fifth major recruitment drive so far…

Online retail sales skyrocketed 52.2 per cent throughout December as lockdown restrictions decimated in-store sales.

Online spend to overtake high street sales this year in first ever “truly digital Christmas”

Ecommerce Industry

October 28, 2020