Amazon has started selling groceries. Consumer-goods companies such as Procter & Gamble (P&G) are encouraging the sale of things like nappies (diapers) and laundry detergent online.

亚马逊着手卖起了杂货；宝洁这样的快速消费品公司正琢磨着在线销售尿片和洗衣机清洁剂等商品。

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Nielsen, a research firm, found that the two most common reasons Americans gave for not buying groceries online were delivery costs and the desire not to have to wait for a delivery.

市场研究公司尼尔森调查发现美国人不愿意在网络上购买食品的两个普遍原因：一是物流费用，二是不愿意花费时间在物流上。

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To speed it up again, Wal-Mart (WMT) is rolling out a new service, which it is now testing in San Jose, California, that allows customers to order groceries online for delivery. [Financial Times]

为重新加快增速，沃尔玛正在加州圣何塞试点推出一项新的服务，允许消费者在网上订购杂货，店家送货上门。

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Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket chain, was able to take the lead in online groceries by devising a fairly simple system: goods ordered over the internet are picked from the shelves of the nearest supermarket and delivered to homes within set time slots.

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But less than 1% of total U.S. groceries sales happen online, despite the fact groceries accounts for one of the largest retail categories offline.

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It recently bought a stake in Yihaodian, a fast-growing online retailer of groceries, consumer electronics and apparels.

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