Japan’s biggest supermarket operator, Aeon Co Ltd, hired British online grocer Ocado Group on Thursday to expand in e-commerce, hoping to fend off rivals such as Amazon, as more customers buy groceries online. Online grocery shopping has yet to take off in Japan, where consumers are accustomed to shopping daily for fresh foods such as fish. Aeon’s rival Seiyu, operated by Walmart Inc, launched an online grocery venture with e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc in 2018, aiming to compete with the likes of Amazon Fresh. …read more
Source:: Yahoo Finance
