More online retail – Page 141
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OpinionComment: No-nonsense advice for a successful business
I recently gave a talk to a group of business people, reflecting on recent frustrations and thought wouldn’t it be great if people just got to the point and cut the crap.
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AnalysisTill technology: What do retailers need to know?
Asda is testing technology that it hopes will shave crucial seconds off time spent at the checkout.
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Opinion
Blog: Operational excellence - a retail journey
Trying to deliver a seamless omni-channel customer experience, can put a huge strain on traditional systems and processes.
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OpinionComment: UK retailers have seized international opportunities
Britain is once again colonising the world as retailers expand their reach through ecommerce and multichannel with a number of approaches.
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OpinionBlog: Selfridges launches Denim Lovers crowd-sourced campaign
Department store group Selfridges has launched a crowd sourced digital marketing campaign to support the opening of its Denim Studio.
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AnalysisApple app store's fifth birthday: How have apps changed retail?
It’s the Apple app store’s fifth birthday today – Retail Week takes a look at how apps have changed retail since their inception.
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Opinion
Blog: Revenue generation - a retail journey
How do you deliver a seamless omni-channel experience, tailored to individual customers?
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AnalysisIndependence Day: Seven ways America changed UK retail
As Americans get out their flags and fire up their barbeques in celebration of their independence, Retail Week looks at how the US has helped mould UK retail.
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OpinionComment: Retailers should market brands through wholesale channels
All the talk about omnichannel, and the restructuring of retail fulfilment processes, implies a serial decoupling of the classic chain of distribution.
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OpinionBlog: Amazon's new social gifting service - Amazon Birthday Gift
Amazon has introduced a feature on its site to tap into the growing trend of social gifting, allowing a group of Facebook friends to collectively buy an Amazon gift card for a mutual friend.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s Verdict: Ocado and Waitrose - A doomed marriage?
The increasingly unhappy marriage of Ocado and Waitrose seems set to end in the divorce courts, but can the two sides patch up their differences?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Dixons powers ahead with renewal and transformation plan
Dixons group chief executive Sebastian James is leading the electricals retailer through some radical changes.
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OpinionComment: How internet shopping is changing consumer behaviour
When I first moved to London in the mid 1970s all stores shut at 6pm, except for Thursday when there was ‘late night shopping’ and they remained open until 8pm.
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Opinion
Blog: Mobile site designed to increase sales
Lots of retailers are wrestling with the challenges that mobile customers bring. But trying to meet different customer needs on a variety of screen sizes needs careful planning and design.
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AnalysisInfographic: Lack of digital knowledge costs retailers £12bn
UK retailers are missing out on £12bn in potential sales by failing to engage consumers through digital channels, according to research from O2 conducted by Conlumino.
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OpinionComment: What innovations will dominate the next 25 years of retail?
It’s 1988. At a secret location, a team of crack journalists is pulling together the final elements of a new specialist magazine aimed at retailers.
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OpinionComment: Retail at top of its game through 25 years of change
In 1988, when Patience Wheatcroft published the first issue of Retail Week, she was confident she had “created a newspaper that a dynamic, innovative and professional industry like retailing deserves”.
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AnalysisThe tile market: What do retailers need to know?
Former Topps Tiles directors have launched Tile Mountain, a new tile etailer.
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OpinionComment: Businesses should be aiming for a retail revolution
Dame Anita Roddick, at the peak of The Body Shop’s powers, employed a team of scientists and formulators to work purely on discovering exciting new ingredients in the Amazon rainforest.
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AnalysisProfile: Steve Robinson, chief operating officer, Achica
The new chief of Achica.com brings experience from some of the industry’s biggest names after making the jump from accountancy.