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Citizens Advice Coronavirus courier crimewave Delivery ecommerce essential issue lockdown online supply chain

November 16, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

New research by Citizens Advice finds 47 per cent of adults in Britain had issues with parcel delivery since the first lockdown in March. The report found complaints about parcel…

Charged’s Top 5 Stories of the Week – John Lewis’ virtual Christmas tree and Ocado’s patent woes grow

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November 6, 2020

You can read all these stories below: Lush to offer same-day delivery through lockdown via Stuart partnership Lockdown 2.0 to cost UK retailers £2bn a week Ocado says patent infringement…

Ikea has launched a range of contactless click & collect and online delivery services as it shrugs off the second national lockdown in the UK.

Ikea launches raft of contactless click & collect services as it shrugs off second lockdown

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November 6, 2020

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Ikea has launched a range of contactless click & collect and online delivery services as it shrugs off the second national lockdown in the UK. Despite being forced to close…

Retailers are set to lose as a whopping £8 billion over the next month as the UK enters its second national lockdown.

Lockdown 2.0 to cost UK retailers £2bn a week

Industry

November 5, 2020

Global-e lockdown non-essential

Retailers are set to lose as a whopping £8 billion over the next month as the UK enters its second national lockdown. Non-essential retailers will have to close their doors…

Non-essential online retailers remain confident about their businesses as they look to international sales to offset losses from the upcoming second national lockdown.

67% of non-essential retailers confident of future despite looming national lockdown

Industry

November 4, 2020

Advertising Companies Ecommerce

Non-essential online retailers remain confident about their businesses as they look to international sales to offset losses from the upcoming second national lockdown. According to new research from Global-e, 67…

Amazon forced to withdraw Black Friday discounts in France due to lockdown

Amazon forced to withdraw Black Friday discount advertising in France due to lockdown

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November 3, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Amazon has been told to withdraw its advertising for pre-Black Friday discounts in France after the government decided it was unfair for small shops who had been forced to close.…

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

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November 2, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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…

Co-op is rolling out a “transformational” IT programme across all stores

Co-op expands online delivery across Scotland to help those under new lockdown restrictions

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October 21, 2020

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Co-op is significantly expanding its online grocery delivery service in Scotland to help customers unable to get to stores amid fresh lockdown restrictions. Co-op has enlisted the help of delivery…

Morrisons has launched a new subscription service for its food boxes ahead of what many fear will be a second UK lockdown.

Morrisons launches food box subscription service as 2nd lockdown fears send demand skyrocketing 56%

Delivery / Supply Chain

September 25, 2020