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Online delivery slot shortages have provided a significant boost for local shops that have begun listing products online in their droves.
According to new data from NearSt, 6.3 million shoppers…
Read MoreOcado chairman Stuart Rose warns retailers must stay open for good after this lockdown
Ocado’s chairman and retail veteran Stuart Rose has warned that retail must remain open for good when the UK emerges from its current lockdown.
The former Marks & Spencer chief…
Read MoreLockdown fuelling £2.4 billion returns crisis
Unreturned items with a total value exceeding £2 billion have built up across the UK as shoppers are “struggling to return goods during the current restrictions and lockdown”.
UK shoppers…
Read MoreIceland contacts 150,000 vulnerable customers to offer priority delivery slots “on an ongoing basis”
Iceland has reached out to 150,000 vulnerable shoppers to offer them priority delivery slots as the UK settles into its third national lockdown.
The supermarket’s managing director Richard Walker announced…
Read MoreOnline purchases now account for up to 70% of John Lewis sales
Purchases made online accounted for up to 70 per cent of sales at John Lewis this year, as the retailer reported back on its Shop, Live, Look consumer report for…
Read MoreNovember set to be “record-breaking” month for online sales
Online retail sales skyrocketed 61 per cent in the first week of November suggesting it “is well on track to be a record-breaking month”.
According to the latest figures from…
Read MoreHalf of British shoppers experienced delivery issues during lockdown
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…
Read MoreCharged’s Top 5 Stories of the Week – John Lewis’ virtual Christmas tree and Ocado’s patent woes grow
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Lush to offer same-day delivery through lockdown via Stuart partnership
Lockdown 2.0 to cost UK retailers £2bn a week
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Read MoreIkea launches raft of contactless click & collect services as it shrugs off second lockdown
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…
Read MoreLockdown 2.0 to cost UK retailers £2bn a week
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…
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