All Marketplaces articles – Page 2
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NewsAmazon Fashion teams up with UK luxury resale platform
Amazon’s European fashion arm is collaborating with luxury resale platform Hardly Ever Worn It to offer a range of pre-owned items from luxury brands.
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NewsAmazon profits surge after strong Christmas and growth in AWS
Amazon posted surging profits and sales that exceeded expectations on Wall Street off the back of strong festive trading and growth in its cloud computing arm.
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AnalysisLast Christmas: What can the festive period tell us about the retail year to come?
With another golden quarter over, Retail Week unpicks the key trends surrounding Christmas 2023 and looks at what they might mean for the year ahead
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NewsExclusive: Amazon faces fresh round of strikes
Amazon workers in Coventry will strike again following a compulsory re-ballot, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewseBay to axe 1,000 roles
Online marketplace eBay will lay off around 1,000 staff in the US, equating to an estimated 9% of its current workforce.
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DataExclusive: eBay was most popular secondhand platform over Christmas
eBay has topped Vinted and Depop to be named the most popular secondhand platform in December 2023 as demand for pre-loved gifting surged over Christmas.
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DataMerry click-mas: Top 50 most-visited retail websites for Christmas
To understand how retailers fared online over the crucial golden quarter, we teamed up with Similarweb to track how many visits the biggest retail websites in the UK received from Black Friday to New Year’s Eve
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NewsAmazon warehouse workers set first-ever strike date at Birmingham depot
Amazon workers at a fulfilment centre in Birmingham are set to strike for the first time in January over pay and working conditions.
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NewsVinted, eBay and Etsy sellers face new tax rules
Sellers on platforms including Vinted, eBay and Etsy now face new tax rules set by HMRC in a bid to crack down on tax evasion.
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InterviewQ&A: Ann Steer on reinventing Freemans in a year of ‘aggressive’ transformation
Freemans chief executive Ann Steer speaks to Retail Week about a year of “aggressive” change for the business following the move that transformed Freemans from a traditional mail-order catalogue business to a modern digital department store
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NewsTemu customers risk supporting ‘forced labour’, MP warns
Customers ordering “cheap gifts” for Christmas from Chinese-owned marketplace Temu are at risk of buying items made using forced labour, an MP has warned.
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NewsAmazon strike action to spread to Birmingham
Amazon workers at a new flagship fulfilment centre in Birmingham are set to strike in the new year, building on industrial action already seen at Coventry and Rugeley.
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NewsAlibaba chief strengthens grip after taking over ecommerce business
Alibaba Group chief executive Eddie Wu has been named as the new chief executive of its domestic ecommerce arm Taobao and Tmall Group.
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InterviewQ&A: eBay director of luxury on ‘diminishing the stigma’ of buying pre-loved
As pre-loved luxury becomes growingly more popular, eBay director of luxury Keith Metcalfe sat down with Retail Week ahead of Christmas to discuss the diminishing stigma of gifting secondhand, the importance of authenticity guarantee and why pre-loved and luxury go hand in hand
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NewsTemu sues Shein for alleged ‘mafia-style intimidation’ of suppliers
Online retailer Temu has filed a lawsuit against fashion giant Shein, alleging “mafia-style intimidation” of suppliers.
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AnalysisTikTok Shop: three retailers nailing social commerce
Over 1.5 million UK businesses are now on the TikTok app, and the brand reports that the number of merchants joining its ecommerce platform is growing “rapidly”. We spoke to three social-savvy businesses that have made a success of it.
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AnalysisBlack Friday: Sales decline despite ‘buzz’ on UK high streets and marketplaces
Store footfall was down 1.6% across UK retail destinations while Barclaycard transaction volumes declined 0.6% year on year. In contrast, total gross sales for major marketplaces via CommerceHub increased by 18% on 2022
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NewsTikTok Shop partners with Royal Mail
TikTok Shop has partnered with Royal Mail to roll out Click & Drop for merchants on the platform.
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NewsExclusive: Secret Sales bolsters leadership team with new executives
Premium non-full-price marketplace Secret Sales has named Matalan executive Chris Lacey as chief digital officer and Alex Adamson as chief marketing officer, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsMusicMagpie in sale talks with The Body Shop buyer
Music Magpie is in “early-stage discussions” with potential buyers as it seeks a private sale.