Bloomberg EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is launching a takeout delivery service to rival Just Eat Plc, as the British entrepreneur seeks to grab a slice of the UK’s fast-growing online market. EasyFood will let Britons order home deliveries from local restaurants and takeouts through its website or a mobile app. The service will initially target Birmingham and London, with a …

Bloomberg In a sign of the intensifying battle for New York’s online shoppers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. acquired Parcel, a company specialising in same-day deliveries of groceries and meal kits. The world’s largest retailer plans to use the business to offer free, same-day delivery in New York City—the most populous city in the US—as it continues to push into e-commerce to …

Bloomberg High-income shoppers will fuel holiday spending in the US this year, even as less affluent consumers keep their purse strings tight. That’s the finding of a survey released by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The firm expects Americans overall to increase spending by 6 percent this season, but those with household incomes under $60,000 will cut their outlays for both gifts and …