All Marketplaces articles
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AnalysisAnalysis: As UK enters coronavirus lockdown, how should retailers respond?
The country is in lockdown and retailers of goods and services not deemed essential have been ordered to shut stores. As the industry finds itself in uncharted territory, Retail Week analyses how businesses can operate and what it means mean for the future of multichannel retail.
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News
Ikea launches Tmall trial in bid to woo Chinese consumer
Ikea has announced plans to start selling on a third-party marketplace for the first time through Chinese platform Tmall.
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Opinion
eBay boss Hattrell: Rates are crushing innovative spirit of small businesses
All eyes this week will be on Rishi Sunak as he steps up to present his first Budget. The timing could hardly be worse for the government as they face the twin challenge of containing coronavirus while keeping the economy moving. I suspect there will be some late nights in ...
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News
CMA warns of coronavirus price hike crackdown
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it may ask for government intervention to regulate the cost of items such as hand sanitiser as coronavirus panic-buying increases.
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Analysis
Data: Five ways marketplaces are eating the world
As ecommerce becomes increasingly borderless, Retail Week’s new guide merges data and first-hand retailer accounts to reveal how marketplaces are unlocking global growth
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Analysis
Beyond Amazon: Three marketplaces to watch
Look past Bezos’s behemoth and there is an array of exceptional online marketplaces to choose from, as our new report reveals.
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News
Alibaba overhauls marketplace to take on Amazon
Chinese etail titan Alibaba is overhauling its business model in order to better compete with Amazon on a global scale.
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News
Ikea eyes launch of digital furniture marketplace
Ikea is mulling the launch of an online marketplace to sell furniture from third-party competitors as part of its transformation plan.
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News
Farfetch acquires online marketplace Stadium Goods
Farfetch has struck a deal to acquire upscale sneaker and streetwear online marketplace Stadium Goods.
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Analysis
Tech. talking points: AI, tech talent and marketplaces
From AI to the speed of innovation and the dearth of women in digital careers, Tech. 2018 covered some of the biggest retail issues of the moment.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why 44% of retailers are launching marketplaces
Some 12% of retailers have launched their own marketplace and a further 32% are planning to launch one, exclusive Retail Week research has found.
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Research centre
A Marketplace Mindset
Why retailers are operating their own marketplaces to increase choice and win customers
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Retail Voice
Are marketplaces the new face of retail?
Retailers need to rethink the role of online marketplaces in today’s global environment, as eCommera explains.
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Analysis
How can retailers piggyback on Amazon’s US dominance?
Find out how to establish a presence in the world’s largest economy in Retail Week’s new whitepaper, revealing what US consumers want and how UK retailers can get in on the online marketplace action.
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Research centre
Understanding Online Marketplaces in the US
How to establish a presence in the world’s largest economy
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News
Fashion and media heavyweights back Student High Street
A group of fashion and media entrepreneurs have thrown their weight behind a new etail business that is aiming to be “Asos for students”.
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News
The risk of brand dilution in etail marketplaces
For some retailers, it is accepted that commerce will eventually be dominated by a few global marketplaces.
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Opinion
Opinion: Could Facebook Marketplace herald the fast fashion of the future?
Peer-to-peer advertising platform Facebook Marketplace launches this week in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand.
