Latest online retail news – Page 240
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NewsTablets to replace desktop for online purchases, says eBay mobile boss
Tablets are beginning to replace desktop computers as shoppers’ preferred device for online purchases, eBay’s mobile boss has said.
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NewsOcado to offer compensation after cancelling orders
Ocado has apologised to customers and promised compensation after it was forced it to cancel thousands of deliveries due to a systems outage.
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NewsMaplin secures £20m credit facility to fund expansion
Maplin has secured £20m of credit to fund its expansion plans for 100 new stores and an enhanced online retail offer.
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NewsAurora to launch 60-minute delivery windows as it focuses on accuracy
Aurora Fashions is focusing on offering customers more accuracy in online delivery times to help propel its multichannel growth and will launch 60 minute delivery windows next year.
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NewsOcado close to covenants breach, analysts fear
Analysts fear that Ocado could breach the covenants of its debt arrangements as it struggles with the cost of building a second warehouse.
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NewsAsos shareholders angry over Brian McBride pay package
Fashion etail giant Asos’ shareholders are understood to be concerned over the financial package for its new chairman, the former Amazon boss Brian McBride.
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NewsAmazon slips into loss in third quarter
Online retail giant Amazon has posted a third quarter loss, behind Wall Street expectations, as it was hit by a poor performance at online deals business Living Social as well as investment in the Kindle e-reader and distribution centres.
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NewsMy-Wardrobe drops menswear offer
Etailer to focus on womenswear from spring 13 as it looks to ramp up overseas ambitions.
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NewsAsos profits soar as international sales surge
Pre-tax profits at Asos soared 42% to £13.2m in the five months to August 31.
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NewsWalden unveils digital vision for Argos
Queues in Argos stores would become a thing of the past under the ambitious vision of new managing director John Walden as he reinvents the business as a “digital retail leader”.
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360buy has launches international website
Etailer 360buy has launched an international website aimed at foreign consumers.The English website on the en.360buy.com platform made its debut this month. The site will ship to 36 countries and offers almost 400,000 new products, many with free shipping.360buy chairman Liu Qiangdong said: “Anywhere in the world where DHL or ...
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NewsSainsbury's makes play for mobile market with new shop-in-shops
Sainsbury’s is to open mobile phone shops in its supermarkets as it makes a play for the lucrative market which, among the grocers, is dominated by archrival Tesco.
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NewsTablets drive retail searches
Tablets were the driving force behind the growth in online retail searches in the third quarter, according to new research.
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NewsArgos to leave catalogue heritage behind
General merchandise giant Argos is to move decisively away from its catalogue heritage as it bids to reinvent itself as a “digital retail leader”.
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NewsSportsdirect.com replatforms to cope with 83% growth
Sportdirect.com is consolidating more than 100 web platforms and content management systems into one to cope with high post-Olympic traffic.
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NewsLittlewoods to broadcast next instalment of Facebook TV show
Littlewoods is to launch the next episode of its Facebook TV show, focusing this time on gadget gift ideas for Christmas.
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NewsSimply Be recruits larger staff to make customers comfortable
Plus-size fashion retailer Simply Be is to recruit larger “empathetic” staff to help advise customers.
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NewsFashion sales boost John Lewis performance
Sales at John Lewis were boosted by an uplift in fashion purchases last week.
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NewsHMV launches online marketplace
HMV has launched an online marketplace selling third-party products as it looks to hit back at arch-rival Amazon.