All Retail Week articles in November 12 2010 – Page 6
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NewsM&S and JS profits fail to boost retail shares
Food and general retailers both underperformed the market, despite profit advances reported by Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s.
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AnalysisBringing a personal touch to ecommerce
Online personalisation and recommendation technology can begin to replicate the hand-selling approach delivered by shopkeepers a century ago. Alison Clements asks if it is getting results
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NewsCarphone on song thanks to US mobile venture
Analysts upgraded their Carphone Warehouse forecasts after a powerful first-half performance from US venture Best Buy Mobile.
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NewsIkea slashes prices in chase for market share
Furniture giant Ikea UK & Ireland is to focus on growing turnover and market share at the expense of profits as it navigates its way through a challenging big-ticket market.
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AnalysisChristmas vouchers
The festive grab for shopper spend is hotting up, but how are the big grocers trying to outgun each other and are their efforts worth it?
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NewsTesco considers drive-thru launch at dotcom-only stores
Tesco is considering opening drive-thru pick up areas at its dotcom only stores in the latest plan to further grow its multichannel operations by providing customers with new ways to shop.
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NewsRising cotton prices threaten Primark’s hard-won margins
Value fashion giant Primark improved operating margins from 10.9% to 12.5% last year but has warned that they may shrink again as cotton prices soar.
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NewsKarstadt woos department store guru Jennings
Department stores veteran Andrew Jennings is being wooed for a top role at German retailer Karstadt, it is understood.
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AnalysisEtail receives the recognition it deserves
Ecommerce has undoubtedly emerged as a driving force behind not just the retail industry, but the economy as a whole.
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AnalysisEmbracing the ecommerce market
IMRG managing director David Smith talks us through the dynamics of the maturing ecommerce market in the UK and the increasing role of multichannel retailers.
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AnalysisOnwards and upwards for the ecommerce market
Online retail sales growth may be slowing, but there is still a whole world of opportunity out there on the web, and retailers willing to embrace it, finds Alison Clements.
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OpinionEntrepreneurs are not villains
The role of business in generating prosperity still isn’t recognised, says Malcolm Walker
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AnalysisWhat’s hot in etail?
Ecommerce technology is developing at a lightning-fast pace, stoked by unprecedented consumer demand.
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NewsToday to expand with first shop outside London
Today, the convenience retailer backed by Dreams tycoon Mike Clare, will open its first shop outside London around the turn of the year.
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NewsFashion Rocks pushes on with launch
Fashion Rocks, the young fashion retailer to be launched by the founders of USC, is to debut online in January and open its first shop in March.