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Morrisons has partnered with delivery giant DPD to provide next-day delivery of its new food boxes for those struggling to secure home deliveries in lockdown.

Morrisons shuts app and imposes 3-item limit for all online orders

March 23, 2020

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Morrisons has imposed a three-item restriction on all items ordered online as it also turns off its app to help its website “work more efficiently”. All product ranges available on…

Amazon is banning its sellers in the UK and US from sending any non-essential items to its warehouses from April 5 as it struggles to deal with a surge in demand during widespread self-isolation.

Amazon sets out on 100,000-person recruitment drive to fulfil surge in online orders

March 17, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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Amazon will hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery drivers in the US to deal with the huge surge in online orders. With the spread of coronavirus, consumers are turning to online…

Ocado has seen it customer feedback ratings strongly decline during the coronavirus crisis as unprecedented demand leads to delayed deliveries and product substitutions.

Ocado and Waitrose face backlog of online orders

March 17, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies, Ecommerce

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Unprecedented levels of customers deciding to carry out their shop online instead of visiting the supermarket have left the UK’s online retailers backlogged with orders. Ocado has been resorting to…

Apple has scrapped a limit on bulk purchases after less than a week which it imposed due to supply chain constraints brought on by the coronavirus.

Samsung, Apple switch AGM voting and annual developers conferences online

March 16, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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Big tech firms will be putting their digital capacities to the test in the next few weeks as employees switch to working from home and social distancing measures. Samsung Electronics…

Ocado could reach £100 a share by 2030, according to analysts

March 13, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies, Ecommerce

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Shares in online-only grocer Ocado Group Plc could rise tenfold by 2030, according to analysts at Bernstein. As the supermarket prepares for a new joint venture with Marks & Spencer…

AllSaints enlists the help of bot protectors to bar malicious attacks

March 11, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies, Ecommerce, Security

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Fashion brand AllSaints has enlisted the help of bot management solution Netacea, in order to protect itself from unwanted web traffic. The East London brand will now use Netacea’s machine…

Online retail sales growth fell in February before the real impact of COVID-19 took hold, extending a weak start to 2020 for the sector.

Coronavirus drives US shoppers online

March 11, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Ecommerce

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The outbreak of coronavirus is already affecting two key e-commerce metrics in the US. As large tech firms begin to tell their staff to work from home and people choose…

Tesco’s online grocery app and website have left many customers unable to complete orders or receive deliveries after experiencing technical issues for over a day.

Tesco faces angry online backlash after its app and website fail

February 26, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, News

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Tesco’s online grocery app and website have left many customers unable to complete orders or receive deliveries after experiencing technical issues for over a day. Shoppers took to social media…

Drunk shopping accounted for £28.7 billion in sales in the UK in 2019, as more than half of Brits admit to shopping while under the influence.

56% of Brits shopped drunk last year wracking up £29bn in sales

January 23, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, News

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Drunk shopping accounted for £28.7 billion in sales in the UK in 2019, as more than half of Brits admit to shopping while under the influence. Fifty-six per cent of…

Amazon to open new Brazil distribution centre

December 13, 2019

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News

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Amazon on Thursday announced it will open a new distribution centre in northern Brazil, as it looks to step up its delivery time and logistics infrastructure in Latin America’s largest…

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Morrisons shuts app and imposes 3-item limit for all online orders

Amazon sets out on 100,000-person recruitment drive to fulfil surge in online orders

Ocado and Waitrose face backlog of online orders

Samsung, Apple switch AGM voting and annual developers conferences online

Ocado could reach £100 a share by 2030, according to analysts

AllSaints enlists the help of bot protectors to bar malicious attacks

Coronavirus drives US shoppers online

Tesco faces angry online backlash after its app and website fail

56% of Brits shopped drunk last year wracking up £29bn in sales

Amazon to open new Brazil distribution centre

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