CD, DVD and video game sales drop 20% as streaming dominates
Streaming services continued to decimate CD, DVD and physical video game sales over the last quarter, according to new figures. CD, DVD and video game sales fell 19 per cent…
Uber to deliver groceries and convenience store items “soon”
Uber is set to begin delivering groceries and convenience store items locally as it ramps up investment into an “ecommerce moment”. It aims to expand its Uber Eats restaurant delivery…
Boots rolls out reverse plastic bottle vending machines
Its deposit return scheme (DRS), which is being trialled at stores in Perth and Glasgow, reward customers who deposit plastic, glass and metal drinks containers with Boots Advantage Cards points.…
Co-op latest supermarket to challenge Amazon Go expanding cashierless tech to 30 stores
Co-op is dramatically expanding its cashierless payment technology allowing customers to “pay-in-aisle” in stores across the UK from late August. The grocery retailer is expanding the technology into 30 more…
Sainsbury’s Deliveroo partnership could be “problematic” thanks to Amazon
Sainsbury’s recently announced tie-up with Deliveroo could cause problems for the grocer thanks to Amazon’s recent investment, according to analysts. Earlier this week Sainsbury’s launched a two-month trial with the…
Sainsbury’s: Tech and electrical goods will be hit hard by no-deal Brexit
Sainsbury’s has warned that a no-deal Brexit could have sever consequences for those shopping for tech and electronics over Christmas. Mike Coupe, chief executive of Sainsbury’s group which includes Argos,…
Amazon to overtake Sainsbury’s as UK’s biggest cooking & baking retailer
Amazon is set to become the largest seller of cooking and baking goods this year, overtaking rivals for the first time. According the data and analytics company GlobalData’s latest report…
Sainsbury’s to trial reverse plastic bottle vending machines
Sainsbury’s has become the latest UK supermarket to launch a trial of reverse plastic bottle vending machines in an effort to slash plastic waste. The UK’s second largest supermarket announced…
Jellyfish, lab-grown eggs and micro-nutrient patches – Sainsbury’s predicts future of food
Sainsbury’s has released a new Future of Food report exploring what high-tech solutions we will have to food in 2025, 2050 and 2169. The report, commissioned by the UK’s second…
As Sainsbury’s is under the microscope, is digitalising the way we shop the solution for bricks and mortar stores?
CEO & Founder of Ubamarket – Will Broome Following the Competition & Markets Authority’s decision to block the £10bn Sainsbury’s and Asda merger, Sainsbury’s is still struggling from this move.…