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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…

Online retail sales hit new records once again in February, growing 167.3 per cent as “positive signs” emerge for the sector.

Coronavirus drives US shoppers online

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March 11, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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…

Google is making it free for UK retailers to list their products on the ‘Shopping’ tab amid a range of new initiatives designed to help retailers accelerate recovery.

Google fight EU over €2.4bn fine for “abusing its dominance” in shopping search results

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February 12, 2020

Google is set to launch an appeal against a €2.4 billion (£2 billion) fine after it was accused of abusing its power by promoting its own shopping comparison service. The…

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

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January 23, 2020

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…

Samsung’s Whisk launches new app to simplify grocery shopping

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December 18, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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UK-based food shopping app Whisk has launched the first multi-platform app of its kind to simplify grocery shopping. Whisk was originally rejected at pitch level by Lord Alan Sugar after…

Google Shopping investigated by the Justice Department over antitrust concerns

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December 16, 2019

Google’s shopping comparison platform is being investigated by the US Justice Department over concerns its practices could squash rival companies. The Justice Department is understood to have held numerous meetings…

Google Shopping adds price tracking and local search amid redesign

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October 3, 2019

Google has introduced a range of new features to its shopping platform including price tracking and local searches amid a wider design overhaul. Google Shopping’s newly redesigned homepage, which launched…

Google launches new dedicated shopping page in Amazon challenge

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July 23, 2019

Google has officially launched its dedicated “Shopping” page in the US as it seeks to regain ground lost to Amazon. Having first announced it was working on the service in…

You can now buy items directly from Google Shopping amid major revamp

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May 15, 2019