Dawood Pervez, Chair of FWD, considers the opportunities posed by the latest technologies and AI The wholesale sector, traditionally reliant on person-to-person interaction, is starting to wake up to the benefits posed by technology and generative artificial intelligence (AI). Across... Read more
Wholesale News gathered e-commerce experts from across the industry for this year’s eWholesale Collective masterclass on harnessing digital opportunities. So what did we find out? Photography: Roy Kilcullen Watch highlights of this year’s event in the video below: ATTENDEES For... Read more
Keen to support the sale of local produce, Bidfood Scotland has announced the opening of a new area within its e-commerce platform, Bidfood Direct, completely dedicated to Scottish produce The new platform went live during Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight... Read more
The first fully integrated open banking and card payment solution for the wholesale sector could save wholesalers thousands in banking charges, says STL Technology Solutions The supplier of business management solutions for wholesalers has partnered with EchoPay to develop the... Read more
The new platform is based on Jisp’s Scan & Save app but has been reengineered to be applied in a wholesale or cash and carry setting. Instead of shoppers scanning a barcode to activate a discount voucher and build loyalty... Read more
In a bid to reduce the cost to do business, wholesalers are embracing new technologies such as open banking solutions Highlighting this desire to make savings, b2b.store’s open banking solution has now hit more than 3,000 monthly transactions. While for... Read more
In response to customer demand, Q Catering has launched a new online ordering system The new system enables customers of the South East independent foodservice wholesaler to place orders at any time of day, create multiple shopping lists and view... Read more
b2b.store CEO Rob Mannion highlights the biggest talking points after contributing to Lumina Intelligence’s annual report for the wholesale sector 1: ONLINE TRANSACTIONS UP, BASKET SIZES DOWN The figures show that while online-ordering frequency is increasing, basket sizes are down,... Read more
The eWholesale Collective is a group of e-commerce experts from four of the UK’s leading brands offering solutions for the sector’s e-commerce challenges QUESTION I know that we have to embrace e-commerce to stay relevant, but I feel like we’re... Read more
Open banking is proving to have additional security benefits for wholesalers, says Sugro after it introduced the payment solution to its membership Some Sugro wholesalers have introduced the payment service into their operations to cut down on card transaction charges... Read more
Real-time, targeted communication is the answer to injecting new life into decreasing online basket sizes, according to Lumina Intelligence’s Maria Georgiou The digital insight expert pointed to the growing use of WhatsApp Business API technology in the wholesale sector as... Read more
Two wholesalers have launched WhatsApp to support their retailers with direct digital communications Bestway and Sugro have both extended their digital services to include WhatsApp for customers, with both wholesalers launching this week. Once retailers have opted into the service,... Read more
Buying group Sugro is partnering with PepsiCo to improve e-commerce performance with targeted advertising focused on different customer groups By ‘split testing’ adverts, businesses can target multiple versions of an advert at separate customer profiles, in order to identify which... Read more
Brakes looks to revolutionise customer rewards in the foodservice sector with the launch of its brand new mybrakes rewards The new rewards are personalised to customers and enables them to make savings, earn cashback, receive gifts and donate to charity.... Read more
According to TWC Trends (research conducted in June 2022), 17% of the GB population have used a rapid delivery service, equating to around one in six consumers There is high appeal for the concept of groceries delivered in half an... Read more
