Google pushes with all might into online trading
Beijing / CN. (jdc) JD.com Inc., China’s leading technology-driven e-commerce company, and Google announced that Google will invest 550 million USD in cash in JD.com as part of a strategic partnership. Google and JD plan to collaborate on a range of strategic initiatives, including joint development...
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Fastest-Growing Companies Offer Strategies for Boosting Growth in Challenging Environment
Chicago / IL. (bcg / iri) Although U.S. consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies once again faced a challenging environment in 2017, research released now by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and IRI found that many of the industry’s top performers generated growth by distinguishing...
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Technomic’s Take: What’s ahead for »grocerants«?
Chicago / IL. (tni) Running a supermarket in today’s business environment is a challenge for even the most accomplished leadership teams. Consumer preferences are changing at a rapid pace, long-standing core product categories are in decline, deflation is an ongoing concern and the physical...
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INS Ecosystem: the fully automated DtC retail marketplace
Karlsruhe. (ins) INS Ecosystem, the direct-to-consumer retail marketplace powered by blockchain, announced the partnership with a German robotics start-up Pickertonn, which is working in a stealth mode out of Karlsruhe, Germany. Pickertonn is an innovative intra-logistics company with...
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Domino’s: accelerating quest for digital dominance
Ann Arbor / MG. (dp) Technology trailblazer Domino’s Pizza Inc. is accelerating its quest for digital dominance in the restaurant industry and continuing its investment in developing platforms using artificial intelligence (AI) by launching a voice recognition application to take telephone orders...
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Dynamic brands in the British out of home market
Manchester / UK. (cga) Costa, JD Wetherspoon, Stonehouse Pizza + Carvery, Miller + Carter and Greggs are among the businesses with the most momentum in the out of home eating and drinking sectors at the moment, a new report reveals. The CGA EI | Stone + River Brand Momentum Report dissects...
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Domino’s Pizza: announces 150’000 U.S. hotspots
Ann Arbor / MG. (dp) Domino’s Pizza Inc., the largest pizza company in the world based on global retail sales, is launching yet another delivery revolution. Starting immediately, over 150’000 Domino’s Hotspots are now active nationwide so that customers can receive delivery orders at spots that...
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Mindful Choices: The Key Food Driver 2018
Arnhem / NL. (imi) The increasingly thoughtful and mindful consumer will continue to catalyze changes in the way that companies produce, package and label their products. More conscious than ever about making responsible food choices, 4 in 10 US and UK consumers increased their consumption of...
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U.S. Restaurant Visits Paid by Mobile App Up 50% Y-o-Y
Chicago / IL. (npd) New convenience-enabling technologies, like mobile ordering and delivery apps, are a bright spot in an otherwise slow period for the restaurant industry. U.S. foodservice traffic has been stuck between a 1 percent gain and flat for several years now, but restaurant visits paid by mobile...
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«Organic»: Launches grow steadily in Germany
Chicago / IL. (mi) A quarter (25 percent) of all food and drink products launched in Germany in 2017 carried organic claims, according to new data from Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD) published this week. Organic launches have grown steadily over the past ten years in Germany...
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