More online retail – Page 116
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OpinionComment: Apple is not the only fruit – app strategies need to go beyond iOS
Apple’s latest figures are out and tablet sales were down 9.9% year on year for the quarter ending June 28.
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OpinionComment: Tesco’s new chief executive Dave Lewis has to rebuild the retailer’s brand
Tesco’s new chief executive Dave Lewis will need to bring to an understanding of how to reconnect customers with the retailer’s brand.
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OpinionComment: Digital wallets can turn high street challenges into opportunity
As one in five high street shops potentially face closure by 2018, could digital wallets prove to be the tonic town centres need?
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OpinionComment: Facebook's 'Buy' button and what it means for retail
Facebook’s recent introduction of a ‘buy’ button, allowing users to buy advertised products without leaving the social network, is another step towards monetization of social networks.
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AnalysisApp review: Tesco Vs Waitrose
Danny Donovan, joint managing director of London MediaCom looks at the user personalisation of Tesco and Waitrose’s grocery apps.
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OpinionComment: Offer mums convenience and trust and retailers will earn their loyalty
It’s always bad news when companies have to lay off staff, and our thoughts are with the 700 or so Kiddicare workers who could lose their jobs if stores are closed.
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AnalysisGarden Centre Group rebrands back to Wyevale to align the brand
The Garden Centre Group is rebranding back to Wyevale Garden Centres in what’s thought to be the first instance of a retailer changing its name to reflect multichannel shopping habits.
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AnalysisKiddicare sale: Expert opinion on how Endless can turn around the business
As Endless acquires Kiddicare from Morrisons for £2m, we ask four experts what the new owner should do to turn around the business.
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AnalysisCarphone Warehouse in talks with Three about own-brand mobile service
Carphone Warehouse is in talks with telecoms firm Three about launching own-brand mobile services for connected devices, it is understood.
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AnalysisIn the news: Kiddicare's new boss Chris Yates profiled
Kiddicare boss Chris Yates is no stranger to turning around a struggling retailer but his new role is unlikely to be child’s play.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why did M&S’s new website fail to click into place?
Marks & Spencer’s relaunched website suffered a sales decline – could the retailer have succeeded with greater attention to customer needs?
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OpinionComment: Kiddicare can succeed again under new ownership
Kiddicare’s success relies on the retailer re-engaging with parents whose love of the business was once at the heart of its proposition.
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AnalysisAnalysis: BRC-KPMG June Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
UK retail like-for-like sales fell 0.8% in June, the lowest growth for three years, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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OpinionComment: Argos’s digital hub feels like an energised start-up
When people think of Argos, that bastion of the high street, what usually comes to mind? I’d wager that laminated catalogues and small pens are uppermost in most people’s minds.
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OpinionComment: Retail needs to wake up to the potential of emerging technology
Some emerging technology solutions have the ambition and the ability to transform an entire industry - it’s time that the retail sector woke up to the fact that change is coming.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Fashion retail report explores how to take fashion forward
Fashion is set to be the retail success of 2014 but experts at Retail Week and Land Securities fashion report launch warn of remaining challenges.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Does mobile retail support or undermine the high street?
Consultancy Capgemini has reported that mobile sales had doubled in 2013 to £3bn.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can technology ensure consumers see retailer’s stores as destinations?
In order to be seen as a destination, retailers first need to consider what they are a destination for.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is click-and-collect success killing home delivery?
As shoppers come to demand more convenience in delivery, retailers are responding with the most innovative period in the sector’s history.
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AnalysisApp review: John Lewis Vs Argos
Mike Cavers, executive creative director of DST Global Insights Group looks at the usability John Lewis and Argos’ app offers.