date:Sep 09, 2013
E-commerce has revolutionized trade in books, music, clothes and electronics in the last decade, but food has proved a tough segment to crack. Grocery represents almost 40 percent of retail sales, but providing a profitable internet option for a high-volume, low-margin business with products that must be chilled is more complex and pricey than for non-perishables.
Even Amazon has only made tentative steps into grocery, although it is now preparing to expand its Fresh business to 20 urban are