21 August 2020
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This week's top stories in the Consumer and Retail sector:
Tesco to take on Amazon with free home delivery for premium cardholders
(The Guardian)
CBRE: retail sales and footfall move in right direction on long road to recovery
(Retail Times)
Yandex unifies restaurant and grocery delivery, taxi, courier and other services in Yandex Go app
(Retail Times)
Supermarket sales in Great Britain slowed after face-covering rule
(The Guardian)
Beans Coffee Club sees customer base double since lockdown
(Retail Times)
P&G threatens to pull ad spend if platforms don’t take 'systemic action' over racial equality
(Marketing Week)
Coca-Cola introduces recyclable paperboard-based rings on can multipacks
(Food Navigator)
John Lewis launches furniture rental service
(Business Green)
Morrisons to ditch plastic 'bags for life' in favour of paper alternative
(The Guardian)
Selfridges to grow and sell fresh produce in store
(Charged Retail)
M&S announces 7,000 job cuts
(BBC)
Selfridges will start offering a clothing rental service
(BBC)
Instagram launch QR code feature to connect retailers and shoppers
(Fashion United)
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