All Multichannel articles – Page 260
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Amazon hires finance boss as it rethinks its offer
Amazon UK has appointed a financial director to boost its senior team as it considers new categories for 2008 including food and digital downloads.
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NewsLa Senza hits the mark with web campaign
An online ad trial by La Senza using social networking and sports web sites has been a resounding success.
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Lovefilm snaps up Amazon UK and German DVD rental arm
Online film rental company Lovefilm is to acquire Amazon’s UK and German DVD rental business.
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BT buys Fresca
Fresca, the e-commerce service provider that works with more than 20 UK retailers, has been bought by BT.
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Opinion
Non-food cannot afford to slip the net
Even against modest forecasts, the January trading statement season was miserable.
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Online boom may warrant pick-up centres
The surge in online shopping could force retailers to open stores in convenient locations, according to a survey by property agency Atisreal.
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AnalysisSchuh’s sure-footed approach to multichannel retail
About 3.5 million pairs of shoes are sold by Schuh each year, but its biggest store is not on the high street, it’s on the internet. In a rare interview, managing director Colin Temple tells Eric Musgrave how Schuh’s multichannel approach has helped it buck the shoe sector gloom
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Lastminute founder’s furniture site Mydeco goes live
Internet entrepreneur Brent Hoberman’s hotly anticipated online furniture venture Mydeco.com has launched today.
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Opinion
Life tastes better at Morrisons
Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland will have toasted the grocer’s sparkling Christmas results this week.
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Argos’s Christmas driven by multichannel growth
Argos, Home Retail’s flagship chain, outperformed specialist rivals over Christmas thanks to its multichannel strength.
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EBay and Amazon lead the field online
EBay and Amazon have maintained their positions as the UK’s most popular online retailers.
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Opinion
Welcome to the new world disorder
Last weekend I stumbled across a photographic exhibition called Shutting Up Shop at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Analysis
Fee delivery
Web sales soared again this Christmas and many retailers spurred on shoppers with free delivery over the period. But, Liz Morrell asks, how much of a difference does it make?
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Opinion
Fraudsters going for the jackpot
The logic that large retailers can afford better anti-fraud security is not something that criminals appear to be taking for granted.
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M and M growth strong over Christmas
Online retailer M and M Direct enjoyed strong Christmas trade, with sales growth of 29 per cent in the nine weeks to December 30.
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Ideal Shopping Direct sales rocket
TV and internet retailer Ideal Shopping Direct unveiled a sharp sales hike for the 17 weeks to December 30, 2007.
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Findel sales set new record
Home shopping group Findel delivered record sales for the 39 weeks ending December 28.
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Analysis
On shaky ground
The opening of several major city centre developments will transform cities across the country, while the end of empty property rate relief is likely to send rents soaring. Ben Cooper examines some of the key property issues facing retailers in 2008