Best Reading of the Day - Entry 0133 Tablet Sales and Online Groceries

A couple of very good stories are worth your time.

First up is a story on the implication of rising Tablet Sales:

http://www.pymnts.com/in-depth/2014/what-rising-tablet-sales

Here is a snippet from that piece:

Apple released the first version of the iPad in 2010 and since about 2012 analysts, journalists and technology enthusiasts have been predicting the day that tablet would dethrone the traditional computer in all major use categories and ring in the new era of eCommerce.

So far, this has not exactly happened. From the vantage point of mid-2014, a lot of tablets have been sold and the technology has certainly improved, but on the surface not much as changed. Traditional computers still represent the majority of computing devices sold, and when it comes to using the Internet for a determined purpose like shopping —the desktop (or laptop) remains go-to tool of choice.

Next is a story about online groceries:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/07/08/retail-profit-online-grocery-sales

Here is a snippet from that piece:

Big retailers are taking a calculated hit to margins to invest in online grocery operations, in the hope they can persuade consumers to add more profitable items such as clothes and computers to their orders of fruit and vegetables.

Food has been one of the last things to move online because complex logistics for fresh, chilled and frozen products make it an expensive business. Retailers are also reluctant to lose the potential for the lucrative impulse buys that occur in-store.

Happy Reading,

J.W. Gant