Mobile retail and m-commerce
News about m-commerce and mobile marketing in retail, including SMS text-and-reserve and iPhone apps
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Asda boss insists low prices will drive loyalty as like-for-likes rise 1.3%
Asda has ploughed money into its digital operations while throwing its weight behind a sustained low-price strategy amid a grocery market awash with promotions.
Online fashion giant Asos unveils 'strong' half-year performance
Asos’ profit before tax surged 18% to £27.2m in the half year to February 28, 2013, as it reaches six million customers worldwide.
Tesco opens Shoreditch offices for mobile app development
Tesco has opened an office in London’s trendy Shoreditch to house a team of mobile app developers.
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Department store John Lewis puts services at heart of online offensive
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Fat Face installs new till system to cope with double-digit growth
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Retail Week Live: Cheap 3G and better wi-fi will be game-changers in m-commerce
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M-commerce truly arrives in 2012 as sales hit £7.5bn
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Retail growth to increase in next 10 years as more ‘considered consumer’ emerges
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The Perfume Shop appoints new brand and marketing boss
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Home Retail raises profit forecast after strong Christmas at Argos
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M-commerce drives 5% Christmas sales growth at Shop Direct
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Online sales jump 18% in November to pass £8bn mark
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Laura Ashley like-for-likes up 4.9%
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UK shoppers are biggest online spenders, OfCom reveals
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M&S prepares for peak mobile shopping hour during X Factor final
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Rose becomes chair of fashion recommendation site
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Argos to launch interactive ad to promote apps
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Superdry to add accessories to wholesale offering
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Retailers call for extended Sunday Christmas trading
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Sainsbury's makes play for mobile market with new shop-in-shops
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Argos to leave catalogue heritage behind
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Phones 4U defies economy as profits rise
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Debenhams appoints Google retail head to its board
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EBay apps downloaded 100 million times
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WHSmith rolls out in-store customer WiFi
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Nearly half of retailers to offer contactless payments by next year
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Mobile transactions set to boom in run-up to Christmas
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July's online sales hit highest level this year
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Wi-Fi on London Underground a boost for online retailers
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Oddbins launches campaign to oppose 'perverse' Olympic rules
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Maplin invests £40m to improve business
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Video: George at Asda debuts augmented reality T-shirts
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Halfords mulls introducing rapid delivery for car parts
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Grocers vie for market share in the Southeast
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Asda aims to double mobile sales
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Poundland launches mobile app
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Claire's gears up for European ecommerce launch
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4G to boost retail spend by £1.8bn a year, says eBay
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River Island uses image recognition technology in Rihanna campaign
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Crafts retailer Hobbycraft to complete delayed digital roll-out by summer
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Tablet retail search volumes surge 238% during fourth quarter
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Mobile drives The Perfume Shop's festive sales growth
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NRF: Retail in midst of 'seismic change', says Starbucks chief
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Shoppers flood online on Christmas Day and Boxing Day
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John Lewis delivers second record week
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Landmark Christmas as tablet and mobile orders surge
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Mobile Fun extends international business
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Jessops launches mobile e-gift card service
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£3.5bn of Christmas sales to be shaped by smartphones
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Retail sales growth of 2% expected in December
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Carphone Warehouse delivers like-for-likes up 5% in the UK
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Data: Sales growth forecasts edge up
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Tablets drive retail searches
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N Brown optimistic about revenue growth despite profit fall
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Restaurant chain Harvester signs up to Apple's Passbook
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Ted Baker posts first-half profits rise
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Apple sells five million iPhones since Friday's launch
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EBay trials click and collect service
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Ann Summers launches virtual fitting room app
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Sainsbury's ditches wi-fi trial in store
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Carphone Warehouse launches mobile payments app
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Hobbycraft to drive multichannel as profits rise
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Marks & Spencer debuts iPhone app
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Phones 4u sales rise but earnings fall
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Majestic Wine hires new commercial boss
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New Look and Asos deploy augmented reality campaigns
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Aurora launches PayPal mobile payments in-store
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In pictures: PayPal Etail Awards 2012 winners revealed
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Mobile in depth
Analysis: Will Argos’ new digital model prove successful?
Argos is six months into a five-year transformational plan. Managing director John Walden talks to Rebecca Thomson about the retailer’s journey to become a digital leader.
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Analysis: Where Ron Johnson went wrong at JC Penney
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Innovation hubs: What do retailers need to know?
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My retail life: Mohammed Hussain, Managing director, Mobile Fun
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Analysis: How can large retailers be digitally versatile?
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Infographic: How mobile has impacted shopping habits
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Analysis: Walmart gears up for the digital fight against Amazon
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Oracle Retail Week Awards: Asos’ appeal makes it a global star
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Video: Debenhams' Cristofoli - ‘Anonymous’ consumers demanding better service
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Analysis: Mobile technology gives shoppers the advantage
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Analysis: System integration - multichannel's new reality
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Analysis: Technology plays a part in improving customer experience
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Mobile shopping growth rates: What do retailers need to know?
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Infographic: How the rise of mobile shopping has changed consumer habits
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Analysis: Contactless cards - are they the future for payments?
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Analysis: What retail must learn from HMV’s Twitter meltdown
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Analysis: Why Starbucks is so far ahead on mobile payment
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Analysis: Six key investment priorities for IT directors in 2013
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Analysis: The highs and lows of Christmas trading
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Analysis: Industry leaders talk bricks and clicks at Retail Week Live
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Analysis: Shop Direct's digital investment pays off over Christmas
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Analysis: What does 2013 hold for the retail sector?
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Analysis: The increasing importance of data
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Analysis: How has m-commerce evolved?
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Analysis: Multichannel in the mainstream
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Analysis: Tesco gives F&F an in-store makeover
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Analysis: The path to social media success
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Analysis: The smartphone's role in customer insight
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Responsive web design: What do retailers need to know?
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Apps: Asos Vs Shopstyle
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Infographic: Online Christmas spending
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Analysis: SuperGroup - the next French Connection or the new Ralph Lauren?
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Analysis: Five growth opportunities for Shop Direct
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Analysis: Catalogue takes a back seat as John Walden reinvents Argos
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Analysis: Leading the way online
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Retail Week Etail Power List 2012: Amazon's Chris North takes the top spot
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Analysis: Smartphones ring the changes in retail
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Analysis: Predicting the future of retail technology
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Argos’ four-point change strategy: Key points
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Analysis: Amazon's Kindle wipe sparks cloud debate
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Analysis: Homewares retailers move with the times
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Infographic: Tablets versus smartphones
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Analysis: How Debenhams put multichannel centre stage
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Analysis: The mobile payments market
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Analysis: How to use technology in stores
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Analysis: Using IT to lead the way in retail
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Analysis: Cloud-based services - Who is leading the race?
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How Best Buy is targeting shoppers’ smartphones with in-store offers
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Infographic: EBay's mobile evolution
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Profile: John Browett, senior vice-president of retail, Apple
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Analysis: Retail innovators - Turning ideas into reality
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Infographic: Which social networks increase sales for retailers?
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Infographic: iPhone 5 to double time spent shopping
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Analysis: Keeping up with the evolution of ecommerce
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Analysis: How can shopping centres embrace technology?
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Analysis: Kindle Fire vs the iPad
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Analysis: Retailers’ evolving communications strategies
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Analysis: Why are mobile conversion rates so low?
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Analysis: Asda takes on Tesco in battle for spend
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Infographic: How consumers value a strong m-commerce offer
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Technology: The rise of interactive retailing
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Technology: Retailers must share innovation with customers
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In pictures: Ocado's virtual shopping wall at the Bullring
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Christmas in July: Looking ahead to the festive season
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Analysis: Tesco's growing use of customer data
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Consumer insight: Gap in the over 60s retail market
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Analysis: How mobile point of sale can cut queues
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The changing world of electricals retailing
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Sites: New Look Vs H&M
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New directions in retail technology
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The changing face of fashion retail
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Analysis: Lessons from the US on PayPal's retail roll-out
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Diamond Jubilee: How retail has changed over 60 years
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Need to know: Using Paypal as an in store payment method
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Interactive TV shopping: What do retailers need to know?
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Comment
Comment: Future-proofing in a multichannel world
What’s been the biggest breakthrough in multichannel retailing in the past five years?
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Comment: Shopping choices must suit customer needs
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Blog: Tesco boss Philip Clarke explains the grocer's full-year profit fall
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Comment: What does Facebook Home mean for retailers?
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Comment: The six buzzwords of ecommerce and multichannel retailing
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Comment: Showrooming - the new buzz word for retailers
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Comment: How social media and mobile have changed attitudes to privacy
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Comment: The need for speed and the rise of mobile commerce
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Comment: Retailers - have you hired a head of mobile yet?
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Comment: Why Best Buy's claim it has 'ended showrooming' is wrong
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Comment: There is no longer a 'new or normal'
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Comment: Will 2013 be the year contactless payments take off?
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Blog: NRF's big size triggers big ideas
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Comment: Amazon's same-day delivery boosts conversions but has few users
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Comment: Growth of online shopping is not the death-knell for shops
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Comment: A business case for technology
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Comment: Retail predictions for 2013
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Comment: 12 top tips for successful Christmas trading
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Comment: Customer insight has never been more important
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Comment: Are JC Penney's latest moves bold or foolish?
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Comment: Prepare for the new in-store experience
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Comment: Technology gives customers control
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Comment: How is WHSmith still managing to make money?
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Comment: Some good ideas are emerging on 'showrooming'
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Comment: Technology needs to be at the heart of retail business
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Comment: Retail technology is a challenge
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Comment: How social commerce might just save social
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Comment: What's the difference between multi-channel and omni-channel?
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Comment: Mobile will become the lynchpin of multichannel
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Comment: Walmart is quietly becoming quite the mobile hipster
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Comment: Portas must encourage high street retailers to target local customers online
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Comment: GB leads the way in ecommerce market
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Comment: Apple retail boss Browett admits 'messing up' over store changes
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Comment: How to entice the shopping family
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Comment: The humble barcode is the future for m-commerce
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Comment: Cyber thieves are smarter than you think
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Comment: Traditional channels are still alive
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Comment: Retailers hold the key to more meaningful marketing
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Comment: Customer experience is key to improving conversion
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Comment: Is using mobiles in stores showrooming?
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Comment: How can social media save the High Street?
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Comment: Time for retailers to get a mobile strategy
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Understanding shoppers is the key to retail success
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Why I hate the blocked numbers
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Successful mobile retail apps
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Apps are the way forward for retail
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Comment: Why is mobile payment failing in the US?
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The Irresistibility of cross-border online sales
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Comment: New ways to pay that need a rethink
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M-commerce puts the high street under pressure
