Early attempts to persuade Target failed, and Whole Foods may now have to concede certain Amazon initiatives – such as lockers where customers can pick up goods ordered online – if it wants the location…READ MORE
KEEP READINGBillionaire Radhakishan Damani just entered Jeff Bezos’ turf. His supermarket chain D-Mart is running a pilot that allows customers to order online, and have everything from staples to shampoos either delivered at neighbourhood kiosks free or at their doorstep for a fee…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWalmart’s Jet.com will launch a higher-end grocery line targeting millennials, just over a year after Walmart spent more than $3 billion for the fast-growing online retailer amid more intense competition from Amazon…READ MORE
KEEP READINGAmazon, which acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in August, is working to reshape the way Americans buy, and each of its individual stores sells, groceries…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWal-Mart Stores Inc is testing a service to stock groceries directly to customers’ refrigerators as it seeks to take on e-commerce giant Amazon.com…READ MORE
KEEP READINGAmazon is banking on multiple levers to expand its reach. Hence, retail as well as FMCG players will see much more action in the coming days as the offline-online partnership gathers momentum…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWhole Foods will change the way companies can sell and market their products in stores beginning next year, one of the biggest moves yet in its continuing push to operate more like a traditional market…READ MORE
KEEP READING“Trent plans to shut its smaller format Star Daily, which will help them cut costs in rentals and at the same time serve those catchment areas through online,” said one of the officials…READ MORE
KEEP READINGKohl’s says it will open up Amazon shops in 10 of its stores, making it the latest department store operator to make a deal with the e-commerce giant…READ MORE
KEEP READINGAmazon is exploring a technology first developed for the U.S. military to produce tasty prepared meals that do not need refrigeration, as it looks for new ways to muscle into the $700 billion U.S. grocery business…READ MORE
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