Deliveroo
This coverage examines Deliveroo’s role and developments within the UK retail and food delivery landscape, focusing on its partnerships, market strategy, and operational performance. Reporting highlights include collaborations with retailers, technology initiatives, leadership changes, financial results, and competitive positioning — offering retail professionals insights into its impact on customer behaviour and retail distribution channels.
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Aug- 2019 -30 AugustAdvice
Looking beyond a loyalty card
Conventional loyalty schemes can work, there’s no doubt about that. Among consumers using loyalty programmes, almost half (47%) spend more with a brand whose scheme they are a member of (YouGov). But shoppers have long since become savvy about the true value of loyalty schemes for them. According to TCC…
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5 AugustComment
The key trends in angel investment that are impacting retail
Early stage angel investment is a good barometer of how an industry is likely to develop in the future. Looking at what is capturing the interest of investors in the retail space, a focus on uniqueness, ‘customer delighting’ and supply chain efficiency looks like a recipe for success. Customer delighting…
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Jul- 2019 -5 JulyOnline & Digital
Amazon’s Deliveroo deal could face CMA investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has put Amazon’s Deliveroo deal on hold as the regulator said it believed it could “result in Amazon and Deliveroo ceasing to be distinct”. In May, Amazon led a $575m (£450m) investment round in the food delivery app raising a $1.53bn (£1.2bn) total. The…
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May- 2019 -17 MayOnline & Digital
Amazon invests in Deliveroo
Deliveroo has announced it has received $575m (£450m) in investment from online retailer, Amazon. The investment makes Amazon the largest investor in Deliveroo’s shared funding round, which the app hopes will allow it to invest heavily in expanding the company’s tech team at its UK Headquarters, expand further to reach…
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Jun- 2018 -4 JuneOnline & Digital
Amazon faces legal action over alleged ‘bogus’ self-employment
GMB, the trade union for ‘gig economy’ workers, has announced plans to bring legal action against three of Amazon’s delivery companies over what it calls “bogus” self-employment. The action, announced today (4 June) at GMB’s 101st annual congress in Brighton, is on behalf of people working as couriers and delivering…
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May- 2018 -11 MayAnalysis
The death of the UK high street
The high street as we know it is dead. Boring stores are dead. Or if they are not dead yet, they will be if retailers do nothing. The high street started to decline because retailers saw firstly that out-of- town, and then online were what customers wanted. It’s always driven…
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Jan- 2018 -18 JanuaryHigh Street
Co-op partners with Deliveroo to trial food delivery service
Co-op has teamed up with online food delivery service Deliveroo to trial a new service for its customers. The convenience brand is hoping to look at new channels to attract customers and to identify new opportunities to widen access to Co-op products. The partnership is a response to the growing…
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12 JanuaryOnline & Digital
Diageo signs with UberEATs for convenience store alcohol deliveries
Alcoholic drinks giant Diageo has signed a new partnership with delivery app, UberEATs, to begin delivering its drinks brands to consumers from local convenience stores. Retailers will be invited to work alongside Diageo as supply partners to fulfil orders of its beverages, as well as mixers and snacks, via the…
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