Latest online retail news – Page 256
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NewsBoots’ new £50m warehouse will enhance online profits
Delivery services to improve after health and beauty giant invests in Burton-on-Trent site.
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NewsMobile accounts for 5% of all online sales
Mobile sales accounted for 5.3% of all online sales in the quarter to January.
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Macy’s to tweak online model
Department store group Macy’s plans to tweak its online model.The Macy’s ‘Store to Door’ pilot, a service enabling shipment to the customer’s home from another store if one shop is out of a product, is to expand from 23 to 290 of the retailer’s 810 stores this year.However, items will ...
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Amazon pulls Kindle ebooks from online offering
Amazon has pulled 5,000 Kindle ebooks from its online offering after a dispute with the Independent Publishers Group. The decision has fuelled concerns over Amazon’s increasing market dominance in the publishing sector and the pricing of ebooks, which until now have been set by publishers.Mark Suchomel, president of the Independent ...
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NewsShop Direct develops virtual changing room
Etail giant Shop Direct is developing a virtual changing room to allow online customers to try on clothing.
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NewsThorntons plans to test products via website
Struggling chocolatier Thorntons will use its website as a “testing ground” to introduce new products across the business as it relaunches its online operations in the autumn as part of its turnaround.
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NewsEBay launches first TV ad since 2007
EBay is launching its first TV advertising campaign since 2007 to promote the amount of new product sold on the site.
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NewsRetail sales stabilise in February, according to the CBI
Retailers experienced little change in sales volume year-on-year with 34% of retailers surveyed in February’s CBI Distributive Trades Survey reporting an increase, while 36% reporting a decline.
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Casino launches Cvous.com
Casino has launched Cvous.com, a community website dedicated to consumers who want to “share ideas on products and services offered in stores”. Users are able to voice their opinions on products and vote for their favourite items. The products that are highlighted will be then promoted in stores and participants ...
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Amazon subsidiary to launch Casa.com
Amazon’s Quidsi subsidiary, acquired in 2011, is to launch a new homewares site, Casa.com. The site will offer more than 35,000 products in categories including kitchen, home decor, bedroom and bathroom and complement existing portals, which include Diapers.com, Soap.com, BeautyBar.com, Wag.com and YoYo.com. Quidsi is also expected to introduce a ...
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NewsTesco online food sales to double in next five years
Grocery giant already close to controlling 50% of internet food sales.
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NewsAsda to introduce Android app in m-commerce drive
Asda is to launch an Android app later this year as it bids to increase m-commerce sales.
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NewsHobbs invests £18m to drive multichannel
Womenswear retailer Hobbs is investing £18m in multichannel integration and international expansion following a 10% sales rise for its autumn collection.
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NewsTopshop streams LFW through app
Topshop streamed live catwalk shows from London Fashion Week through its iPhone app this week in a first for the retail sector.
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NewsWhite Stuff hires new marketing boss
Fashion retailer White Stuff has hired former Debenhams marketing manager Claire Neillands as its boss of cross-channel marketing, replacing Alison Lancaster who left to become Morrisons’ online marketing head last month.
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NewsDixons to launch into movie-streaming market
Electricals giant Dixons, owner of Currys and PC World, is to enter the film-rental market .
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire grabs share of US tablet market
Amazon’s Kindle Fire has overtaken Samsung to grab the second largest share of the US tablet market, according to research firm IHS. It estimated that Amazon had a 14% share of the market during the fourth quarter after releasing Kindle Fire in November. That compared with a 57% share for ...
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Lekkerland to offer new Barpay ecommerce payment system
Wholesaler Lekkerland is to offer a new Barpay ecommerce payment system at the over 18,000 stores it supplies. Shoppers who order products via the internet but do not want to pay with credit cards or use any other online payment method simply print a barcode along with their receipt. In-store, ...
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NewsM&S debuts outlet website
Marks and Spencer has launched an outlet format online for the first time today.
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NewsFlying Brands to sell gifts business to Interflora
Home shopping group Flying Brands is to sell its gifts division to Interflora.