More online retail – Page 188

  • Retailers need to choose carefully and prioritise the IT investment they need
    Analysis

    How to cope as budgets shrink

    2011-08-04T07:00:00Z

    IT budgets have fallen to a record low. Rebecca Thomson finds out how IT directors are ensuring projects remain value for money

  • Opinion

    Virtual supermarkets on subway walls

    2011-08-04T11:00:00Z

    Virtual supermarkets are the next big thing – after Tesco made headlines in June with its South Korean concept, nine of the stores have cropped up in subway stations across Shanghai run by the online Chinese grocer Yihaodian.

  • Email affiliates such as Groupon and Vouchercodes.co.uk send standalone email campaigns to their users
    Analysis

    Affiliate marketing: Online retailers’ best friend

    2011-08-03T09:31:00Z

    Affiliate marketing is invaluable for retailers, but many forget its value in promoting full-price product. Alison Clements looks at how to get more from your affiliate marketing budget

  • Opinion

    Harrods shows how social media should be done

    2011-08-03T10:29:00Z

    There’s been a lot of focus recently on retailers that have invested money in designing high-concept Facebook stores and innovative interactive videos.

  • 3D payment systems can be sluggish
    Opinion

    Retail surgery: How do I shorten the online payment process?

    2011-08-03T11:35:00Z

    I want to shorten the time taken for my online customers to complete the payment process. How can I achieve this?

  • Location-based marketing
    Analysis

    Location-based marketing

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Appealing to local shoppers using location-based marketing is becoming more effective as mobile technology is connecting retailers right to the customer

  • Shopping Basket Full of Groceries
    Analysis

    Crunch time for the grocers

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers have been cutting back on discretionary items but now even food volumes are declining. Jennifer Creevy reports on how supermarkets are having to adapt to this unfamiliar environment

  • Opinion

    Asos cashes in on social networking

    2011-07-25T10:25:00Z

    Asos has continued to cash in on the retailing potential of social networking sites.

  • Opinion

    Social shopping from Shopow.com

    2011-07-22T09:48:00Z

    This year there has been huge growth in “social shopping”.

  • joanna_perry_cutout.jpg
    Opinion

    Magic moments

    2011-07-20T11:00:00Z

    With a variety of retailers signing up for O2’s Priority Moments location marketing scheme, can mobile wave its wand over the high street?

  • Opinion

    Jigsaw's mobile site

    2011-07-20T11:30:00Z

    Fashion retailer Jigsaw has taken steps to increase its m-commerce activity by developing a transactional mobile site.

  • Michael Jary, Partner, OC&C Strategy Consultants
    Opinion

    The challenge of multichannel pricing

    2011-07-11T07:00:00Z

    Multichannel retailers have converged on a simple axiom for pricing across channels: in-store prices and web prices must be the same

  • Talking about their generation
    Analysis

    Talking about their generation

    2011-07-08T07:00:00Z

    What do young people think about retail? How do they decide where and how they shop? Charlotte Hardie talks to them and reveals what you need to know about the next generation

  • Simon Burke is chairman of HobbyCraft and Superquinn
    Opinion

    Time to mobilise

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Retailers need to capitalise on how mobile devices are changing habits, says Simon Burke

  • Scan this QR code with your phone to see how retailers are using them
    Analysis

    QR codes

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    They’re meaningless hieroglyphics to some but for those in the know, QR codes allow retailers to engage with customers via their smartphones

  • joanna_perry_cutout.jpg
    Opinion

    Store closures: why the internet is not to blame

    2011-06-29T12:09:00Z

    The internet doesn’t kill retailers, retailers do.

  • Net-a-Porter live
    Opinion

    Net-a-Porter live

    2011-06-29T17:15:00Z

    Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has launched an innovative tool that allows customers to see what other people in the Net-a-Porter community are buying in real time.

  • Waitrose set to launch a full online offer
    Analysis

    Online grocery in London

    2011-06-27T14:47:00Z

    With Waitrose set to launch a full online offer within the M25, we look at what this means for Ocado

  • Opinion

    Group Gifting from Notonthehighstreet.com

    2011-06-24T12:13:00Z

    Notonthehighstreet.com has become the first site in the UK to launch a new social commerce feature so groups of friends can share the cost of large-ticket items.

  • Simply Be
    Analysis

    Analysis: Sizing up the high street

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    When it comes to online, multichannel retailers are trumping pure-plays, so it’s no surprise plus-size fashion retailer N Brown is heading for the high street.