Latest online retail news – Page 269
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NewsMoonpig sold to Photobox in £120m deal
Online greetings card retailer Moonpig has been snapped up by digital photo service Photobox for £120m.
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NewsFormer Comet director Lousada joins Buy It Direct
Former Comet director Toby Lousada has joined online retailer Buy It Direct as non-executive chairman.
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NewsOnline sales up 19% in the first half
Online sales surged 19% in the first half of 2011, exceeding growth expectations by 1%.
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NewsKiddicare promotes Simon Harrow to COO
Childcare retailer Kiddicare has promoted its technology officer Simon Harrow to chief operating officer.
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News£8.5m venture capital boost for etail group Worldstores
Venture firms Advent and Balderton Capital have ploughed £8.5m into online retailer Worldstores.
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NewsMobile retail searches soar 216% in the second quarter
Mobile retail searches soared by 216% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2011 as the boom in online shopping continued.
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NewsFlying Brands enters personalised cards market as it looks to broaden its offer
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands has entered the personalised card market as it looks to broaden its offer.
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NewsJohn Lewis launches online product reviews
Department store group John Lewis has launched product reviews on its website.
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NewsAsos sales soar 69% in its first quarter
Online fashion giant Asos retail sales grew 69% in its first quarter.
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NewsOnline bikes retailer Wiggle launches first pan-European TV ad
Online bikes retailer Wiggle has launched its first pan-European TV ad campaign as it aims to appeal to cycling enthusiasts watching coverage of the Tour de France.
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NewsEBay may be liable for counterfeit goods
EBay was struck a blow today as the European Court of Justice ruled that online marketplaces cannot shirk responsibility for counterfeit goods sold on their sites.
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NewsBoots' Tim Stacey joins DFS in new online role
Sofa giant DFS has appointed Boots UK’s director of healthcare services and solutions Tim Stacey as its online and business development director.
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NewsAmazon to open new UK fulfilment centre
Online giant Amazon is to open a 700,000 sq ft fulfilment centre in Rugeley, Staffordshire.
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NewsN Brown signs Flintoff as new face of Jacamo
Former cricket ace Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has signed up to be the new face of N Brown menswear brand Jacamo, which is aimed at big and tall men aged between 30 and 45.
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NewsBank founder launches online store
The founder of Bank, the JD-owned young fashion chain, is to launch his new online retail business targeting the young womenswear fashion market in September
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NewsMy-Wardrobe targets the Middle East
Luxury fashion etailer My-Wardrobe is aiming to “double or treble” sales in the Middle East region in next 12 months as it ramps up its marketing.
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NewsJigsaw launches m-commerce site
Fashion retailer Jigsaw has introduced an m-commerce site comes after figures showed it was losing traffic when customers realised its online shopping website was not optimised for mobiles.
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NewsAsos to open Marketplace to international sellers
Asos is to open up its Marketplace virtual market to international sellers after its success in the past six months.
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NewsYoox.com expands mobile app portfolio
Online fashion retailer Yoox.com has launched an Android application for customers to download to their mobile phones.
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NewsOFT casts eye over Amazon's acquisition of The Book Depository
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering whether to investigate etail giant Amazon’s acquisition of online bookseller The Book Depository.