Deliveroo cuts UK sales forecast; India continues crackdown on Chinese phone makers

by John Still on 18th Jul 2022 in News

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Deliveroo cuts it's UK sales forecast; India continues to crack down on Chinese phone makers; and the FTC fields calls to investigate the VPN industry.

Deliveroo cuts UK sales forecast

The cost of living crisis has started to hit delivery services, with Deliveroo cutting its annual sales forecast. In the company’s trading update, it blamed ‘consumer headwinds’ for the revised forecast.

Deliveroo said that it now expects full-year gross transaction value (GTV) growth to be in the range of 4% to 12%, after GTV sank from 12% in the Q1 to 2% in Q2.

Elsewhere in retail, Amazon Fresh has made a move to entice new customers by price-matching with Tesco’s Clubcard, freezing the price of hundreds of products.

India continues crackdown on Chinese phone makers

Chinese brands Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo are under regulatory fire in India, reports the Financial Times. The three companies, which own a combined 60% of the Indian market, have seen raids, asset seizures and lawsuits in recent months.

Last week, Oppo was accused by lawmakers of tax evasion, over charges that they gained lower customs duties through misinformation.

The moves come amid a backdrop of difficult diplomatic relations between the states, though India’s minister of state for IT denies that this is a factor in the sanctions.

VPNs have nowhere to hide from the FTC

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been urged to look into ‘deceptive practices’ in the VPN industry. A letter penned by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and Senator Ron Wyden requested a clamp down on ‘deceptive advertising’.

The pair have also noted that 75% of the best-known VPNs ‘misrepresented their products’, and shared concerns that in light of the US Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe vs Wade, VPNs could be offering a ‘false sense of security’ to those looking to obscure their digital tracks.

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