Tesco makes “Scan as you Shop” system cashless sparking customer outrage
Tesco has announced plans to make its “Scan as you Shop” system cashless sparking outrage among many customers across the UK.
Its Scan as you Shop system allows any Tesco…
Amazon accounted for more than 30% of all UK online sales in 2019
Amazon accounted for a over 30 per cent of all ecommerce spend in the UK this year, more than three times its nearest rival.
The UK’s ecommerce market, which is…
UK’s biggest supermarkets to ban black plastic by end of 2019
Black plastic will be entirely removed from the shelves of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Asda by the end of the year.
Morrisons announced last week that it had banned all…
Will Amazon Go change the way Brits pay for their shopping?
There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Amazon Go ever since the first checkout-free store opened its doors in Seattle in 2016. Now that the retail giant is planning to…
Sainsbury’s scraps UK’s first cashierless grocery store admitting “not all our customers are ready”
Sainsbury’s has scrapped the UK’s first ever cashierless grocery store after a three-month trial admitting “not all our customers are ready for totally till-free” shopping.
The UK’s first till-free grocery…
Sainsbury’s to accept glass bottles in reverse vending machines in “landmark trial”
Sainsbury’s is expanding its reverse vending machine technology, which will now begin accepting glass bottles. The supermarket will become the first in the UK to trial the new reverse vending…
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…