Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche said Wednesday that problems at a U.K. warehouse are delaying shipments of testing products to clinics and hospitals, triggering concerns that COVID-19 testing may be disrupted as infection rates rise around Britain.

How well online grocers meet demand during the pandemic will play a major role in determining the top online grocers after the pandemic abates.

The operation is run by Plenty, a San Francisco-based startup that uses vertical farming to create high-quality, nutritious plants "you'd actually want to eat" (their words). Stated another way, they grow crops, often without natural light or soil, in vertically stacked beds in enclosed and controlled environments.

E-commerce has been the largest benefactor of the shift in consumer spending. From April to August, e-commerce sales grew 22.3%.

Which grocery shopping items are you willing to buy online or via click-and-collect?

Ikea is opening 50 small-format stores globally as it experiments with new retail concepts in 'vibrant urban destinations' during the pandemic

Cold-storage facilities are having a moment as the food supply chain adapts to the pandemic, and investors are taking notice

Ocado has had a strong year but legal action launched by Autostore over alleged patent infringement clouds its future

The world’s leading beauty company, L’Oréal, has chosen to implement Manhattan Active® Warehouse Management, a global, scalable and agile SaaS-based solution.

New supermarket concept ‘not designed to attack the competition,’ according to retail expert Bill Bishop.

Seiuemon Inaba, the charismatic founder of Fanuc, who turned a fledgling startup into a global manufacturer of industrial robots, died on Friday from natural causes. He was 95.

Supply-chain expansion plan to move all volume to self-managed network by 2023

Amazon Web Services helps retailers rethink their businesses in digitally driven marketplace

Bed Bath & Beyond on Thursday reported its first same-store sales increase in nearly four years, as its online business surged more than 80% during the quarter, as shoppers stocked up on disposable face masks, college dorm decor and patio furniture.

Online supermarket Ocado Group has chosen Oracle Fusion Cloud as its main ERP system to help it grow into international markets.

AutoStore Technology AS is suing Ocado Group Plc for patent infringement, saying its warehouse system is at the base of the British online grocer’s technology and is seeking to block its expansion in the U.S. and U.K.