If the lockdowns of the past year introduced millions of people to the ease of online shopping, they also underlined some e-commerce pain points: clothes that don’t fit, returns that take ages to process, groceries that arrive nearly expired and tiresome customer service. If online retailers want to retain customers when physical stores reopen, these are problems they’ll need to ...

Once people have been vaccinated against Covid-19, they’re safer to dine out, fly on airplanes, attend concerts and movies, work out at the gym, go to the office, cross borders and otherwise move about — as long as they wear masks around other people indoors, avoid large groups and keep their distance. How can they demonstrate that they have this ...

Bloomberg Food-delivery startup Deliveroo Holdings Plc started taking investor orders in a share sale of as much as 1.77 billion pounds ($2.45 billion), marking the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the UK since September. Deliveroo is selling shares at 3.90 pounds to 4.60 pounds apiece, according to a statement, valuing the company at 7.6 billion pounds to 8.8 billion ...