date:Sep 25, 2018
German supermarket chain Rewe steps up e-commerce challenge
Germany's second-largest supermarket chain Rewe opened a new logistics centre to serve its fast-growing online groceries business as e-commerce competition hots up in the food retail sector. Rewe, along with bigger rival Edeka, had been cited by analysts as a possible German customer for Britain's Ocado, which has been expanding internationally with a string of deals for its robotically operated e-commerce grocery warehouses. Rewe has s