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Waitrose Joins Forces With Uber Eats For Rapid Delivery

British upmarket supermarket group Waitrose has teamed up with rapid delivery firm Uber Eats to provide its groceries to shoppers' homes in as little...

Just Eat Raises Guidance, But Order Appetite Shrinks

Just Eat Takeaway.com has raised its adjusted core profit outlook for this year, saying on Wednesday it was ahead of plan in delivery-led operational impro...

Visa Tokens Overtake Payments Giant's Physical Cards In Circulation

Payments giant Visa Inc said on Wednesday it has issued over four billion network tokens worldwide through its security technology Visa Token Service.

European Fast Grocery Hits Speed Bump With Dutch Halt On New 'Dark Stores'

Venture capitalists have invested billions of dollars in fast grocery delivery services such as Turkey's Getir and Germany's Gorillas and Flink.

PLMA 'World Of Private Label' International Trade Show Cancelled

As the Netherlands and other European countries battle Covid-19 with increasingly stringent government mandates on assembly and movement, PLMA has decided...

More Brits Prefer Online Shopping Since Pandemic

About 70% of Britons say buying online and on mobile phones have become their preferred shopping methods, up from less than half prior to the coronavirus p...

Deliveroo Orders Up 400 New Tech Jobs

Deliveroo has announced plans to hire 400 software engineers, data scientists and designers over the next 12 months to drive innovation on its platform....

EU Commission Wants Stronger Product Safety, Credit Rules For Consumers

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed beefing up product safety and consumer credit rules for consumers, prompted by the surge in online shopping b...