Consumer and retail in the news

Issue 493

Here are this week's top stories in the consumer and retail sector:

Retail sales down 7.4%, but e-commerce maintains strong performance
(Charged Retail)

Sainsbury's releases Flourish, a new healthy food range
(Retail Gazette) 

Just Eat and Co-op to collaborate on on-demand delivery service
(Talking Retail) 

High street shopping down due to rail strikes and snow
(Retail Gazette) 

Klarna launches in high street retailer Boots
(Charged Retail) 

Frasers Group purchases JD Sports' shares in 15 premium fashion businesses
(Retail Gazette) 

Rising costs contribute 80% to the cost of pork
(Farming UK) 

Asda and Ocado are testing driverless delivery vans in London
(Retail Gazette) 

Zapp partners with fellow rapid grocery delivery service Deliveroo, allowing customers in London to shop Zapp's catalogue via Deliveroo's app
(Charged Retail) 

Start-up Lifted-drinks launches 'sports recovery lager'
(Food Bev Media)

Tesco considers removing all fresh food counters from its supermarkets
(Retail Gazette)