Walmart expands Uber grocery deliveryWal-Mart applies for patent for store floating in the airWal-Mart Stores Inc. has opened a new front in its battle with Amazon.com Inc. The world’s largest retailer has applied for a U.S. patent for a floating warehouse that could make deliveries via drones, which would bring products from the aircraft down to shoppers’ homes. ( retaildive.com South Africa-based Shoprite matched estimates with a 12 percent rise in annual profit on Tuesday, as consumers battling recession and job losses turned to its non-frills outlets. (Reuters)Please, click here to read the article.Discounter Lidl has increased its UK grocery market share to a record high of 5.2 percent, overtaking Waitrose to become the country's seventh largest supermarket, industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher Kantar Worldpanel said Lidl's sales rose 18.9 percent year-on-year in the 12 weeks to August 13, while rival discounter Aldi's sales rose 17.2 percent, giving it a market share of 7.0 percent.

Source: The Local August 22, 2017 15:45 UTC