All articles by Martin Stabe – Page 2
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NewsPoundland dips toe in contactless payment
Poundland is trialling contactless payment technology at two of its London shops as it seeks to cut queues at its checkouts.
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OpinionBiduhappy.com brings ‘reverse shopping’ to independent retailers
A new website is promising independent retailers a new “reverse shopping” route to the online market without setting up ecommerce infrastructure of their own.
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NewsRazwar.com takes razor blades online
Razors and blades have been synonymous with the marketing strategy that has been used to sell them since King C Gillette started using razor blade handles as a loss-leader to encourage ongoing sales of his disposable razor blades in 1901.
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AnalysisNeed to know... Smartphone applications
As mobile phones evolve, retailers can target consumers in ever more sophisticated ways through smartphone applications
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NewsOcado.com is making an impression
“Loving the Ocado iPhone app – just did the shopping on the bus,” one Londoner enthused on Twitter last week, just hours after the online grocer launched on the Apple smartphone.
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OpinionDigital media sales raise new customer service questions for retailers
Although it is far from a mature market, it is always worth watching developments in electronic books — and it has been a busy week in the sector.
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NewsTesco opens website to developers of applications
Tesco.com is providing third-party programmers with access to some of its data to ensure the site becomes available on the growing number of devices that consumers use for internet access.
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OpinionEvery little innovation helps
Could Tesco’s revamped application programming interface (API) be the spur for other retailers to encourage third-party developers to build new customer-facing e-tail applications?
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Budget 2009: Darling’s credit insurance top-up scheme ‘too little, too late’
Updated: Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed that the Government will implement a credit insurance top-up scheme, under which it will match insurance offered by the private sector.
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Website of the week: Walmart.com
Access Walmart.com from an Apple iPhone and you will be automatically redirected to a stripped-down version of the site where tiny links are replaced by large buttons suitable for chubby fingers tapping a screen. The iPhone-optimised version of the site, launched last year, is geared towards helping customers carrying their ...
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Website of the week: remix.bestbuy.com
Best Buy may be delaying its UK debut, but it got a lot of attention this week when it formally launched Best Buy Remix, a long-promised service that lets third-party web developers create new ways of displaying the retailer’s product catalogue online.
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Analysis
Video: John Lewis partners cheer 13 per cent bonus
The John Lewis Partnership’s 70,000 staff will this year receive a bonus equivalent to nearly seven weeks' pay, the company revealed in its stores on Wednesday morning.
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NewsCBI: Retail sales and employment fall in February
More than half of retailers reported lower sales in the year to early February and retail job cuts rose to a record rate in the same period, according to the CBI’s latest Distributive Trades Survey.
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John Lewis sales down in last week of January
John Lewis has reported that sales slipped in the last week of January, but stressed that the month as a whole had been “hugely fruitful”.
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Automated Q&A feature drives Zavvi’s online sales
Zavvi has reduced abandonment rates and increased conversion levels on its web site after adding a tool that provides automated customer service.
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Asda Direct launches digital magazines service
Asda Direct has started selling downloadable online versions of consumer magazines through a “digital newsagent” service.
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Netto UK boss Richard Lancaster quits
Netto UK managing director Richard Lancaster has resigned to join another retailer.
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GfK NOP Christmas study: consumers cautious on festive spending
Consumers have grown more cautious about their Christmas spending plans as the key trading period kicks in, according to an exclusive survey available on retail-week.com.
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Alliance Boots revenues up 11.3 per cent
Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina described the group’s trading performance as “relatively resilient” as the group revealed first-half revenues were up 11.3 per cent.
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New stores lift House of Fraser sales
New store openings have boosted sales at House of Fraser by 2.7 per cent in the 39 weeks to October 25.
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