When consumers are trying to decide between traditional and online shopping, many factors come into play, such as price, quality, convenience and timeframe. Now, thanks to new research reported in ACS' Environmental Science ...
Environment
Feb 26, 2020
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Online shopping and home delivery have displaced the traditional trip to the shops for many people. This has been an ongoing process in retail that has seen the closure of high-street shops and many of the big department ...
Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2024
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When countries shut down during the pandemic, many people stayed home. Some replaced their old habits with new ones, either temporarily until society opened up again or continuing post-pandemic. What do these changes in habit ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2023
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What's on the menu for today's consumers? Eating in. Globally, people have increasingly been getting their meals delivered by third parties such as DoorDash, Grubhub or Uber Eats. Global revenues for the online food delivery ...
Economics & Business
Aug 19, 2022
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Food security is no laughing matter at the best of times, but I gasped when I first read the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' (Defra) annual food civil contingencies infrastructure report in 2018. It is ...
Economics & Business
Mar 23, 2020
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Google just made ordering pizza, pad thai and fried chicken from your favorite restaurants even easier.
Internet
May 27, 2019
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Researchers from Harvard, Yale and BYU have found a useful tool in overcoming procrastination when it comes to making financial decisions.
Economics & Business
May 7, 2019
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Amazon set its sights on the pharmacy market Thursday with the acquisition of tech-focused retailer PillPack, sending shock waves through the sector over prospects of disruption by the US online colossus.
Business
Jun 28, 2018
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People in Ann Arbor, Mich., are experiencing home food-delivery without a driver.
Robotics
Sep 15, 2017
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Will your milk and eggs become part of the Internet-of-things? So far, e-commerce in the grocery and consumer packaged goods sector has lagged behind the rest of retail.
Business
Apr 2, 2015
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