More online retail – Page 161
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AnalysisInfographic: Tablets versus smartphones
Shopping and browsing on a tablet device is more popular than on a smartphone, research from industry bodies eDigitalResearch and IMRG has shown.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Debenhams put multichannel centre stage
Earlier this year Debenhams won the Oracle Retail Week Award for best multichannel retailer. We catch up with its team to hear more about its strategy for integration and innovation.
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OpinionBlog: Mobile apps – audience appropriate?
With their low barrier to usage and ability to reach the widest pool of consumers via their mobile phones, it’s easy to see why mobile-optimised websites have been the key investment priority for fashion retailers.
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OpinionComment: How is WHSmith still managing to make money?
Many people will be left shaking their heads in wonder today when they find out that WHSmith’s pre-tax profits for the year to the end of August have risen 10% to £102m.
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OpinionBlog: How m-commerce can help the tills ring out this Christmas
It’s that time of year again and retailers up and down the country are filling their stores full of party dresses as Christmas looms near.
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OpinionBlog: Waitrose to launch online video channel
Waitrose is to launch an online video channel, Waitrose TV, later this autumn.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What does Kate Bostock bring to the Asos party?
Retail’s worst kept secret is out of the bag. Former Marks & Spencer fashion supremo Kate Bostock has finally been confirmed as the new executive director of product and trading at online giant Asos. What does she bring to the party?
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AnalysisInternational news analysis: China’s online retail race brings risk and opportunity
There has been astonishing growth in the Chinese ecommerce sector over the past five years and it still has a promising future.
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OpinionComment: Some good ideas are emerging on 'showrooming'
In the otherwise futile battle against showrooming – do you really think making it harder for your shoppers to compare prices on their mobile devices isn’t going to backfire? – some chains have started to get clever.
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AnalysisChain Reaction: 10 things you didn't know about the cycles etailer
Sales at cycles etailer Chain Reaction boomed last year despite profits being hit by investment in extra staff.
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OpinionComment: Rents may be higher, but etailers need physical stores
Blurring the sense of difference between the real and virtual worlds should be the aim of all retailers.
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AnalysisProfile: Matthew Moulding, founder and chief executive, The Hut
The Hut is an entrepreneurial retail success story, and its founder and chief executive is eyeing an eventual float.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Why Esprit and H&M fail to match Inditex’s growth
It has been a mixed couple of weeks for some of the leading global fashion chains. Inditex continued its stellar performance with half-year profits jumping by almost a third as it sustained growth in sluggish economies in both Western Europe and emerging markets.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The rise of the supermarkets
Food retail has been transformed in the last 20 years. Rebecca Thomson looks at how the sector has changed and its prospects.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: How should brands use their web presence to support both online and offline customers?
How should brands use their web presence to support both online and offline customers?
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AnalysisSites: PC World Vs Comet
Jeremy Garner, Executive creative director at Weapon7, shares his view of good and bad websites.
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Opinion
Blog: An idea from over here that’s doing rather well over there
Nobody does customer service like the Americans. So it was fantastic when our Clienteling tool helped Cole Haan win one of eight Store Operations Superstar Awards from Retail Touchpoints.
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AnalysisOnline delivery charges: What do retailers need to know?
Sainsbury’s is to implement a minimum order for online shoppers in an attempt to “discourage” smaller baskets. Retail Week looks at the reasons behind the move and what its rivals are doing.
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OpinionComment: Competition in sports retail
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct was the market leader in its category last week and remains so this week following the drawn-out demise of JJB Sports.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Sports Direct - Ashley 5, the OFT 0?
Mike Ashley has been running rings around Sports Direct’s rivals in sports retailing.