Amazon has removed restrictions that prevented Prime members from using one-day shipping on items less than $5, according to a report from Recode. One-day shipping on low-priced items Amazon Prime members are now able to purchase single items less than $5, and as little as $1, on Amazon and receive with free one-day shipping. Before this move, Prime members would need to add lower cost item...

Following plans announced earlier this year, Walmart has made its ‘InHome’ delivery service available to 1m customers in Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Vero Beach, Florida. This enables customers to have their online grocery orders delivered directly into their fridge at home. Membership based programme Through this service, Walmart is aiming to make its customers’ lives easier by not requiring...

We look at the latest news from Ahold Delhaize and its formats in the Netherlands and the US. Netherlands: New AI for Retail (AIR) lab launched… In the Netherlands, Ahold has officially opened its AIR Lab in Delft. It is an expansion of the retailer’s AIR Lab in Amsterdam, developed in collaboration with Delft University. The lab will be used to research robotics and develop new innovations...