February 27, 2023
Protecting Competition to Innovate is Protecting Competition in Future Markets:...
For at least the last 30 years the American and European competition authorities have claimed they can protect competition to innovate. The authorities have at times claimed they can protect...
February 26, 2023
UK Rapid Grocery Market Booms as Brits Lean Toward At-Home...
Following deals with Just Eat, Co-op and Sainsbury’s have become the latest U.K. supermarket brands to partner with an aggregator to provide rapid delivery service to clients. This comes on...
February 23, 2023
Amazon Invests in Online Grocery as Supermarkets Boost In-Store Tech
This week in grocery, Amazon backs an online grocery startup, Giant leverages video and self-checkout evolves. In Amazon’s ongoing efforts to grow its share of perishables, the company has invested in a...
February 21, 2023
Consumers Trade Down to Beer as Booze Prices Rise
Molson Coors is seeing consumers rethink their alcoholic beverage spending in the face of inflation. The beverage giant, parent company of a wide range of popular alcohol brands including Miller,...
February 09, 2023
Popmenu CFO Says It’s Time for Hospitality Tech to Shine
As much as surviving the pandemic tested restaurants’ resiliency, new digital tools are now allowing them to play offense. During the pandemic, the restaurant industry underwent 10 years of advances...
February 03, 2023
Swiss Prosecutors Looking Into 2022 Credit Suisse Data Leak
Switzerland aims to identify and prosecute those behind a 2022 Credit Suisse data leak. Reuters reported Friday (Feb. 3) that the country’s federal prosecutors have launched criminal proceedings and those responsible for the leak...
January 30, 2023
Grocers Expand Into Convenience Stores to Drive Sales of Essentials
As consumers shift to making smaller, more frequent food purchases, grocers are adjusting accordingly. Specifically, several grocery brands have been turning to convenience retail and other smaller-format models to meet...
January 27, 2023
Restaurants’ Legacy Payment Processes Cost Revenue, Time and Clients
With restaurants struggling to maintain profits, legacy B2B payment practices may drain revenue they can’t afford to lose. Although many restaurants have adopted consumer-facing innovations to stay competitive in a...
January 26, 2023
D2C Wine Sales Fall as Consumers Seek Convenient on-the-Go Drinks
Alcoholic beverage drinkers increasingly expect quick, easy options but are not necessarily seeking order-in-advance convenience. Global spirits and beer giant Diageo, which has a presence in more than 180 countries,...