All Multichannel articles – Page 157
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NewsEBay opens first designer pop up store online
Ebay has teamed up with designer Henry Holland to open its first ever designer pop-up store which launched today in time for London Fashion Week.
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OpinionComment: Invest in your online strategy
At five months pregnant with baby number one, I am the goldmine customer for many retailers.
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OpinionComment: Property’s change of pace
In terms of retail property, 2012 has been a year of extremes.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How can shopping centres embrace technology?
Shopping centres and technology at first seemed like adversaries, then uneasy bedfellows, but now they are positively united – or at least they should be.
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NewsRetailers urged to slim down store portfolios
Retailers need downsize their store portfolios and focus on online opportunities, according to a new report.
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GalleryStore gallery: Marks & Spencer’s Cheshire Oaks new concept store
Marks & Spencer said today that its new concept store at Cheshire Oaks has delivered a sales performance that is 30% ahead of plan. John Ryan took a trip to the store shortly after it opened in August.
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Casino launches online grocery service
Casino has launched Deliveryextra.com.br, an online grocery service from its Extra hypermarkets.The service is available at present in São Paulo and, by the end of the year, it will also be operational in Rio de Janeiro and other cities in the state of São Paulo. It is the first time ...
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NewsAnalysis: Robert Dyas looks for growth and efficiencies under new owner
The hardware retailer has a new owner and is now debt free but profit margins need to improve.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers’ evolving communications strategies
Retailers’ evolving communications strategies have sparked reviews of the creative agencies they work with.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: Does SEO for mobile sites differ from desktop sites?
Does SEO for mobile sites differ from that of desktop sites?
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AnalysisSite review: Mr Porter Vs Austin Reed
Max Childs, marketing director for Amplience, shares his view of good and bad websites.
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InterviewQ&A: Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips
Morrisons laid out plans for a new convenience and online push this morning despite a fall in like-for-like sales in the first half of the year. Chief executive Dalton Philips and finance director Richard Pennycook explained the grocer’s plans to Retail Week
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NewsMorrisons begins ecommerce push
Morrisons has kick-started its multichannel expansion by making its first move online.
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NewsTesco plots online party food launch using its ‘dark’ stores
Tesco is planning a launch into the party food market with a new online delivery service as it takes on competitors such as Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose for a slice of the lucrative business.
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Media Markt launches Spanish transactional website
Electronics retailer Media Markt, owned by Metro, has launched its transactional website in the Spain.The website offers more than 3,500 items. The retailer plans to expand that to more than 100,000 over the next two years.At present the website is only operated in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.
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OpinionComment: Portas must encourage high street retailers to target local customers online
“Erosion, neglect and mismanagement” has led the British high street to the point of extinction, according to Mary Portas, but she’s overlooking a very simple truth.
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Peapod launches click-and-collect service
Online grocer Peapod has launched a click-and-collect service in partnership with Ahold’s Stop & Shop chain.Shoppers can order groceries online through Peapod and then go to stores for collection. They must live within 10 miles of the store to use the service and payment is made online. Customers can shop ...
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Auchan to open electronics and home appliances store
Auchan has revealed plans to open its first electronics and home appliances store in Russia later this month under the Elektrodiscont banner.The first shop will be in Altufevo, north of Moscow, and further stores will follow if it is a success. The shop will have a multichannel focus.Auchan also plans ...
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NewsThe Works reports strong sales growth
Discount bookseller The Works has continued the strong performance it notched up in the second half of last year with “positive” like-for-likes since year end.
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AnalysisDaily deals sites: What do retailers need to know?
Daily deals sites are gaining popularity among savvy shoppers and Amazon’s entry into the market takes the competition up another notch.