The UK’s food and drink wholesale sector is the topic of discussion in WholeStory, the brand new podcast from FWD

b2b.store CEO Rob Mannion highlights the biggest talking points after contributing to Lumina Intelligence’s annual report for the wholesale sector

Real-time, targeted communication is the answer to injecting new life into decreasing online basket sizes, according to Lumina Intelligence’s Maria Georgiou

Two wholesalers have launched WhatsApp to support their retailers with direct digital communications

Buying group Sugro is partnering with PepsiCo to improve e-commerce performance with targeted advertising focused on different customer groups

To support its membership, Sugro is rolling out open banking, a payment method said to reduce costly card transaction charges

Change on industry title after four-and-a-half years

As wholesale picks itself up after Covid-19, buying group leaders and industry specialists tell us what to expect from their businesses in the coming months