All Multichannel articles – Page 238
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AnalysisUnder discussion: online fulfilment
When a group of retailers met to discuss the future of online fulfilment, all accepted there’s work to be done to improve delivery options. By Joanna Perry
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AnalysisEBay offers retailers a unique route to market
With the growth of Buy It Now sales, eBay provides a unique route to market for established retailers. So how does it work and how big is the threat to bricks and mortar?
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NewsEstée Lauder redesigns website
Beauty brand Estée Lauder has redesigned its website, adding tools and content in an attempt to match the service experience customers get from one of its department store counters.
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NewsRetail’s rising stars mull float potential as sentiment lifts
Some of retail’s rising stars are weighing up options to float as early as next year as sentiment towards the sector improves.
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NewsSainsbury’s ups site interactivity
Sainsbury’s has this week launched a new section on its website as it seeks to ramp up customer interaction with the brand.
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NewsReborn Woolworths in line for profit within a year
Shop Direct Group this week resurrected Woolworths as an e-tailer and vowed to make the venture profitable in its first year of trading.
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NewsShop Direct Group unveils Woolworths.co.uk
Shop Direct Group has today launched the much-anticipated Woolworths as an online retailer.
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OpinionHabitat and the Twitter backlash
Habitat has provided a perfect case study in how not to use social media with its clumsy attempts to insert popular internet keywords into its promotional Twitter posts.
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NewsIdeal Shopping appoints non-exec to its board
Ideal Shopping Direct has appointed Graham Cole as an independent non-executive on its board.
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NewsHarvey Nichols to bolster stores appeal by adding fashion online
Luxury department store retailer Harvey Nichols is to sell a selection of its fashion offer online for winter.
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NewsAmazon UK readies footwear site
Amazon UK is primed to go live with a standalone shoes and accessories offer this autumn.
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NewsLittlewoods Direct to undergo Very rebrand
Shop Direct Group is to rebrand Littlewoods Direct as it seeks to develop its appeal to a younger online customer base.
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NewsOcado changes advertising tack after ASA ruling
Ocado has adapted its Tesco Price Match strategy after a ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority that ads highlighting the online retailer’s campaign were misleading and its claims could not be substantiated in a number of instances.
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NewsMajestic Wine to stay expansion course despite profits plunge
Majestic Wine chief executive Steve Lewis will press ahead with expanding to 250 branches from 150 over the next five to 10 years, despite a profits plunge.
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NewsMatalan web transaction prices higher than in stores
Matalan has revealed that the average transaction price on its fledgling website is almost a third higher than in its bricks-and-mortar stores after the site’s successful launch.
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NewsSupermarkets to intensify online non-food push
Supermarkets look likely to steal a further slice of general retailers’ sales as both Tesco and Sainsbury’s revealed plans to extend their non-food operations in their first-quarter trading updates this week.
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NewsRetail Week Technology Awards 2009 winners announced
The winners of Retail Week’s Technology Awards for 2009 were announced last night at the ceremony in London.
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NewsOcado could float in 2010
Online grocery retailer Ocado could bag an estimated £600m next year if a float that is being considered were to go ahead, according to The Times.
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NewsStartriteshoes.com boosts sales and benefits retail partners
Classic brand Start-rite Shoes has built incremental sales with a transactional website that also gives its retail partners access to multichannel services.
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OpinionRetail surgery: The key to blog success
Lots of our competitors have set up blogs on their websites. If we create one, what should we write about and how successful could we expect it to be?