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Amazon Prime has been voted the most popular grocery delivery service, pulling well ahead of traditional grocers amid a spike in orders during lockdown.

Amazon Prime voted favourite online grocery service coming well ahead of traditional supermarkets

July 13, 2020

Amazon Prime has been voted the most popular grocery delivery service, pulling well ahead of traditional grocers amid a spike in orders during lockdown. Amazon scored an average of 4.47…

Online grocery shopping hit an all time high of £1.2 billion throughout April and May as the lockdown forced nearly 5 million new households online.

Vulnerable shoppers struggling to get delivery slots will now be redirected to local volunteer food hubs

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DEFRA food hubs government Online Delivery Supermarkets UK volunteer

April 27, 2020

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Vulnerable and elderly shoppers struggling to secure online grocery delivery slots will now be redirected to local volunteer shopping groups amid new government measures. All UK supermarkets will soon post…

Ocado, Tesco and Sainsbury’s have all warned shoppers that their delivery slots are in increasingly high demand as fears of a second lockdown spark a fresh wave of panic buying.

UK supermarkets to add 300,000 more delivery slots but it will “still not be enough to meet demand”

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Coronavirus delivery slots George Eustice Online Delivery Supermarkets

April 27, 2020

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Supermarkets across the UK will add an extra 300,000 delivery slots in the coming weeks, but this will “still not be enough to meet demand”. Environment secretary George Eustice told…

A new app has been released which informs shoppers about the size of queues outside their local supermarkets, enabling them to pick the best time to shop.

New Supermaket Check-In app shows you the size of queues and stock levels at your local supermarkets

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App queues stock Supermarket Check-In Supermarkets

April 21, 2020

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A new app has been released which informs shoppers about the size of queues outside their local supermarkets, enabling them to pick the best time to shop. Supermarket Check-In is…

Supermarkets could be a hotbed for infection according to new research which used supercomputers to simulate the airborne spread of COVID-19.

Supermarkets could be a hotbed for infection according to new supercomputer modelling

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Aalto University Coronavirus COVID 19 Finnish Meteorological Institute infection research Supermarkets University of Helsinki VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

April 9, 2020

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Supermarkets could be a hotbed for infection according to new research which used supercomputers to simulate the airborne spread of COVID-19. Finnish researchers studied how tiny airborne aerosol particles emitted…

UK supermarkets have warned that the shorter opening hours and social distancing measures could mean they will struggle to supply everyone with food.

“The numbers don’t work”: Supermarkets warn they could struggle to serve everyone with new social distancing measures

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Easter opening hours Social Distancing Supermarkets UK

April 7, 2020

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UK supermarkets have warned that the shorter opening hours and social distancing measures could mean they will struggle to supply everyone with food. Social distancing measures, introduced on March 23,…

UK supermarkets are increasingly converting shop floor space into areas for online order fulfilment in their largest branches as rents continue to rise.

Supermarket ‘dark stores’ dealing with online-only orders are “the future model of grocery in the UK”

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Big 4 Dark Stores Supermarket Income REIT Supermarkets

February 10, 2020

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UK supermarkets are increasingly converting shop floor space into areas for online order fulfilment in their largest branches as rents continue to rise. ‘Dark stores’, areas attached to supermarkets which…

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London Fashion Week: How IBM is supporting the British Fashion Council and the ‘Next-Generation’ of Retail

22/09/2020 1:31 PM

IBM is supporting the BFC by optimising the digital London Fashion Week experience, enabling designers to showcase their stories through multimedia content and ensuring an engaging user experience for the global fashion audience.

We are currently living in an altered world. COVID-19 has shown the fragility of businesses across all industries, but particularly in the fashion and retail sector. Whilst many companies had…

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