More online retail – Page 9
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can a new strategy transform the Co-op’s flagging fortunes?
With inflation still on the rise, the UK economy in freefall and customer confidence at an all-time low, the Co-op has unveiled a new strategy. Will it be enough to stop the rot at the c-store specialist?
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OpinionLuke Jensen: ‘Amid cost-of-living crisis we must face fact we’ve struggled to address food waste for too long’
Smart online technologies can play a major role in waste reduction in shoppers’ homes, argues Ocado Solutions’ chief executive
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AnalysisAnalysis: Setting a new direction – How Gymshark, Lick and Farmison are evolving DTC
Online-only DTC brands were expected to transform retail a few short years ago, but recent struggles have raised questions about their long-term viability. Does the model have a future?
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InterviewInterview: Poundland’s Barry Williams on Christmas, cost of living and gunning for the grocers
Retail Week sits down with Poundland boss Barry Williams to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the cost-of-living crisis, the retailer’s growing focus on new categories and building a profitable online business from a standing start
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DataRetail sales volumes slide as cost of living bites
Year on year retail sales rose by value but plunged by volume last month as the cost of living climbed, official figures reveal.
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Opinion‘Next two years will set tone for another chapter of retail channel evolution’
Pureplays face critical strategic decisions and omnichannel retailers have a window of opportunity, believes OC&C Strategy Consultants’ Matt Coode
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DataConsumers choose quality over value online despite cost-of-living crisis
New research shows that consumers are prioritising quality over value when it comes to online spending.
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AnalysisProfile: Michelle McEttrick, the marketing mastermind powering Primark’s digital future
As Primark bounces back post-pandemic, the value giant is making some big changes and the appointment of Michelle McEttrick as its first chief customer officer signals there are more to come.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven ways consumers are shifting behaviour as cost-of-living crisis bites
At a time when household budgets are being tested to their limits – and further pressure on spending is set to come in the autumn – consumers are beginning to change their habits ahead of what is likely to be a long, cold winter
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DataRetail sales inch up in July boosted by online promotions
Retail sales rose in the month of July, largely due to an uptick in non-store trading.
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Opinion'Shopify got its online gamble wrong – now the pureplays must spread their bets'
Ecommerce giant Shopify’s decision last month to axe 10% of its workforce turned received retail wisdom firmly on its head.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five things you need to know about sportswear titan Nike
Earlier this summer, global sportswear goliath Nike unveiled record profits and sales, marking its 50th anniversary year in style
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AnalysisData: As ecommerce sales retreat, has the Covid online boom finished?
With the news in recent weeks that Amazon has swung to a loss and Shopify has sacked one in 10 employees, new data shows that the ecommerce boom seen during the pandemic may finally be coming to an end.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five things you need to know about booze specialist Naked Wines
Naked Wines has virtually doubled in size since selling Majestic just two and a half years ago, but its share price tumbled 40% last month after it warned sales and profits would take a hit this year amid “greater uncertainty” in the economy
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Opinion‘Amazon needs more than a Tesco price match to win grocery market share’
With Amazon launching a Tesco Clubcard Price Match scheme, IGD’s Bryan Roberts examines whether it will be enough to help the online giant regain momentum.
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OpinionBusiness rates and online sales tax – reviews and rows but what hope of a resolution?
As retailers battle the increasing costs of doing business, they still bear one of their longest-suffered and biggest burdens – business rates.
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Opinion‘Next wave of ecommerce goes beyond perfecting online shopping experience’
Despite the stiff economic headwinds, the need to get digital transformation right has never been more important, says AlixPartners managing director Brian Kalms.
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InterviewRenting is the new buying: Hirestreet CEO on creating a supersized shared wardrobe
Looking forward to a summer full of events and weddings, Hirestreet boss Isabella West explains how the industry can move the dial and put rental firmly in fashion
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Opinion‘Avalanche of returns is dragging down profits in an industry living on thin margins’
Retailers are adopting a variety of measures to try to soothe the growing returns headache. Alvarez & Marsal’s head of retail Erin Brookes looks at how the challenge is being addressed
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Opinion‘CMA will act to protect shoppers from price fixing’
The Competition and Markets Authority receives more complaints about price fixing than any other infringement of competition law, says its senior director of antitrust Ann Pope – and it will not hesitate to clamp down on offenders