Supermarket delivery slots: Which grocers offer home delivery amid UK coronavirus outbreak? June 3, 2020 UK supermarkets are racing to increase capacity as the demand for home delivery services soars amid the coronavirus pandemic. All UK supermarkets are prioritising home delivery slots for those who are vulnerable, elderly, disabled or self-isolating. Many have introduced special in-store shopping hours dedicated to key workers. The surge in demand following the coronavirus outbreak [...]
November 2020 a month full of takeaways November 23, 2020 It’s now over a week since Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US 2020 elections. The uncertainty leading up to 3rd November was palpable and pervasive and placed a ceiling on significant capital gains. However, the week of the election was superb for risk markets, even as votes were counted. The S&P 500 [...]
Ethereum 2.0 staking, a worthwhile investment? January 19, 2021 Background The Ethereum network today is overrun with traffic, causing transaction fees to spike to levels that are not affordable for many use cases. This is partially due to the success of DeFi projects, where users don’t mind paying the high transaction fees because of the financial value of the transactions being made. (In Ethereum, [...]
Post Cambridge Analytica: Four opportunities for a new deal on personal data March 27, 2018 The way information is being collected and sold on the internet is creating stark new power imbalances in our societies. The Cambridge Analytica revelations remind us how easy it now is for unaccountable actors to capture personal data, and abuse that power in ways that could have a profound influence on the outcomes of democratic [...]
A driverless shuttle has hit London roads for the first time to be tested out by the public April 5, 2017 A driverless shuttle has made its way to the capital. That’s right folks, members of the British public are getting their first extended trial of a driverless bus and over the next three weeks around 100 people will travel in a prototype on a route in Greenwich. Read more: Daimler and Bosch announce tie-up to [...]
Sainsbury’s and Tesco ditch Transport for London’s Tube station Click & Collect scheme June 17, 2015 It seems the retail revolution is still a little way off, after supermarket giants Sainsbury's and Tesco ditched a scheme introduced by Transport for London (TfL) to let shoppers collect their groceries at Tube stations. Read more: TfL given the green light to turn its HQ into flats The scheme, introduced amid much pomp and [...]
Waitrose trials chilled click-and-collect lockers October 17, 2014 Waitrose is trialling a new click-and-collect service that will allow customers to have groceries delivered to temperature controlled lockers in Tube stations and Gatwick Airport. The high-end supermarket has launched the lockers in two Tube stations – you'll have to make the trek to Chorleywood or Ickenham if you want to be among the [...]
Majestic to roll out Naked Wines click and collect service in stores July 28, 2015 Majestic Wines said yesterday it will launch a Naked Wines click-collect service in stores across the UK following its £70m acquisition of the younger crowdfunding business earlier this year. The wine retailer said the service had proved a hit with Naked Wines customers after a trial at 22 stores, with over 2,900 orders placed. [...]
Mothercare’s share price soars as group losses narrow under Mark Newton-Jones turnaround plan May 21, 2015 Mothercare's share price soared more than six per cent this morning as the turnaround under chief executive Mark Newton-Jones takes shape, with group losses narrowing by nearly a third. The figures Underlying pre-tax profits at the childcare retailer soared 37 per cent to £13m for the 52 weeks to March 28. After exceptional items [...]
Selfridges invests £40m on e-commerce starting with website relaunch September 30, 2014 Selfridges is investing more than £40m to improve its e-commerce offering within the next five years beginning with the relaunch of its website. The luxury retailer is updating selfridges.com for the first time since the launch of its e-commerce site in 2010 designed to improve the customer journey and increase sales. The redesigned site which [...]