UK quick commerce has entered phase two!

The dark store hype is over. Asda now delivers from 850 stores. Tesco Whoosh is scaling. Morrison's is expanding. And underneath all of it, Snappy Shopper is powering roughly 2,000 independent convenience stores across the UK.

Meanwhile, most CPG brands haven't caught up to what that means for retail media, attribution, and the digital shelf.

This time, Shreshta Joy is in conversation with Greg Deacon, VP of Media, Ads, Key Accounts & Business Development at Snappy Shopper, for a deep dive into the state of quick commerce in the UK.

Greg operates at the intersection of aggregator quick commerce, white-label retail tech, and hyperlocal convenience retail, giving him a rare view of how the UK market is actually restructuring.

In this episode:

(00:00) Trailer

(00:52) Intro

(01:59) Meet Greg Deacon

(02:18) The Macro Shift: Dark Stores to Core Retail Infrastructure

(04:58) Retail Media Standardization

(08:14) Attribution & Data Transparency

(12:11) Emerging vs. Established Brands

(18:35) National vs. Hyperlocal Playbooks

(22:00) Quick Commerce Performance Marketing Strategy

(25:30) Consumer Behavior Driving Quick Commerce

(29:23) First-Party Data & Personalization

(32:17) Hyperpersonalization in Quick Commerce

(35:40 Outro

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