All Multichannel articles – Page 16
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News
AO.com launches global search for 'digital disruptors'
AO.com has launched a global search for the next “digital disruptors” in partnership with innovation advisory firm L Marks.
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News
Poundland boss Bond confident that high street has future
Poundland boss Andy Bond has said there is light at the end of the tunnel for struggling high streets.
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Opinion
Opinion: Philip Day has given Bonmarché a lifeline
Philip Day has secured the survival of previously written-off brands such as Jane Norman, Peacocks and Jaeger despite stronger competition and downbeat consumer sentiment.
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News
Gear4music warns on profits despite sales rise
Gear4music has warned on profits for the second time this year despite an increase in sales.
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Analysis
Analysis: Surviving and thriving in the new retail
“If you’re selling stuff, you’re knackered, frankly.” Not so long ago, those words might have got backs up at Retail Week Live. But not anymore.
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News
AO to flick the off switch on TV ads
Online electricals retailer AO.com is to turn off TV advertising and focus on digital campaigns instead.
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Video
Watch: Pets at Home boss on using Amazon's dominance for your gain
Pets at Home boss Peter Pritchard talks about what you can learn from etail giant Amazon and what other retailers can do better.
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Analysis
Retail Week Awards 2019: Amazon – the perpetual people’s choice
Despite Jeff Bezos warning ‘Amazon will fail’ one day, shoppers have given it the Hitachi Capital Consumer Choice Award
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Analysis
Analysis: Is Farfetch the Ocado of fashion?
As Farfetch unveils a new “strategic partnership” with iconic department store Harrods, we ask if the tech platform is the new Ocado of fashion.
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Opinion
Peter Williams: Have department stores missed the boat with digital?
Once upon a time, department stores were defined by their ability to select and edit both brands and product ranges to help customers’ purchasing decisions.
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Retail Voice
2019’s three key payment technology trends
With consumer desire for speed and efficiency driving new payment technologies, here are the top trends retailers should focus on.
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News
Harrods unveils Farfetch ecommerce partnership
Harrods has unveiled its strategic partnership with Farfetch for its new ecommerce platform due to launch in 2020.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why menswear is booming and how to get it right
Menswear was one of retail’s boom sectors last year, but – as Whistles’ exit from the category this week shows – it’s not easy to get right.
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Analysis
Retail Reimagined: Mapping out the high street 2.0
The health of high streets and town centres has rarely been of such pressing concern.
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Opinion
Opinion: We must become a nation of 'customer-keepers'
There’s no doubt that retailers across the UK are navigating very stormy waters. The ability to shop anytime, anywhere, anyhow has changed consumer behaviour more profoundly and rapidly than ever before.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retailers sleepwalked into the death of the high street
It’s not looking good on the high street – stores are closing and customers are abandoning town centres.
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News
Online sales grew at slowest-ever rate in December
Online retail sales suffered their lowest-ever rate of growth in December, new figures have revealed.
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Retail Voice
Are you mobile ready? Your customers certainly are
Worldpay research shows mobile has become an established channel for consumers – but are retailers making the most of m-commerce?
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Retail Voice
Christmas 2018 footfall update – what do retailers need to know?
The Christmas 2018 trading period will be remembered not for the weather, but for the challenges faced by retailers, says Springboard's Diane Wehrle.
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News
Mahabis' new owners ditch Facebook, focus on high street
Following YYX Capital’s acquisition of Mahabis, the co-founder of the investment group, James Cox, has unveiled his plans to grow the start-up into a ”£100m business”.