All Amazon articles – Page 111
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NewsWalmart is world’s most valuable retail brand
Walmart tops a list of ten retailers found to be among the world’s 100 most valuable brands, according to research commissioned by WPP.
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NewsAmazon sales and profits continue to soar
Sales for internet giant Amazon have continued to soar in its first quarter, growing 45% to $7.13bn (£4.6bn).
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AnalysisEBay’s bid to conquer fashion
With a dedicated and revamped area, fashion marks eBay’s next big push into the fixed-price arena, but will customers take to the shift in focus and will it succeed in a crowded market
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AnalysisCan Walmart overcome Chinese etail challenges?
Walmart plans to launch an ecommerce operation in the world’s most populous nation. With more than 380 million internet users - more than the entire US population - China represents a massive opportunity for the world’s largest retailer. However, growth will not come easy and Walmart must be able to ...
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NewsOcado to up geographical reach and range as it considers IPO
Home shopping group Ocado is to focus on increasing its range, geographical reach and services for customers this year as it mulls a post-election IPO.
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AnalysisRetailers must make their own luck in 2010
There won’t be a double-dip recession, Retail Week Conference delegates heard, but this year will be bumpy.
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NewsOracle Retail Week Awards 2010: The Winners
The full list of winners from last night’s Oracle Retail Week Awards.
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NewsRWC2010: Amazon rules out stores and grocery offer
Amazon UK has ruled out opening stores and offering food “for the foreseeable future”, its managing director, Brian McBride, has told the Retail Week Conference.
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OpinionDeal with complaints first time
Don’t let complaints escalate - deal with them swiftly from the front line
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Customer satisfaction with top retailers improves
Customers’ satisfaction with retailers improved for the first time after three quarters of small declines, according to the National Customer Satisfaction Index.
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Books Etc gears up for online comeback
Books Etc will be resurrected next week as an online offer, after the brand and website was bought out of administration following the collapse of parent Borders UK last year.
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Opinion
Ocado, or Ocadon’t?
Had a very interesting day in Nottingham at Boots on Friday, but will save that for my next post and instead concentrate on the weekend’s big story, the news that Ocado has appointed advisers ahead of a possible float.
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NewsAmazon hires new entertainment chief
Amazon has hired former head of Cdiscount.co.uk Andy Jones as had of its home entertainment arm in the UK as the etail giant’s sales and profits soar.
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NewsAmazon sales soar
Giant e-tailer Amazon has revealed a fourth quarter 49% uplift in sales to $4.56bn in its international arm, which includes the UK as well as German, Japanese, French and Chinese operations.
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AnalysisOnline ratings and reviews
Amazon pioneered them and other online retailers have followed suit. So are ratings and reviews worth adding to your website and what are the risks?
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‘iPod’ the most searched-for brown goods brand term
“Ipod” is the most searched-for brand term on the internet in the brown goods sector, generating 9% of all searches in a month.
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Apple iPad to shake up books market
Apple has unveiled the much-anticipated iPad that it said will ignite the e-books market.
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AnalysisOn the right channel?
With most online retail propositions now up to scratch in terms of customer delivery, what’s the best way and which is the best channel to differentiate your offer?
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NewsAmazon opens up music downloads to Android users
Amazon UK has launched a mobile application that allows customers with Google Android-based mobile phones to buy and download music from Amazon’s MP3 music store.
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AnalysisNRF: US retail IT leaders follow the consumer
The technology show at NRF had all the normal high-tech gadgets, but US retail’s IT leaders are increasingly focused first and foremost on the customer, finds Joanna Perry