All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 163
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VideoThe Retail Week: Is stocking stores using data the future?
This week Amazon unveiled Amazon 4-star – a bricks and mortar store stocked with products rated four stars or better on its website – in perhaps the most dramatic instance to date of how online data can be used in traditional shops.
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NewsStore gallery: Amazon launches 4-star store in New York
Amazon has launched a new store that bases its proposition on its best-rated online products.
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AnalysisWhy do digital retailers bother with physical shops?
Digital leaders from Boden to Zalando are turning to bricks and mortar. John Ryan asks, why are they bothering?
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NewsBoohoo posts profit rise as it wins market share
Fashion etailer Boohoo has reported first-half sales ahead 50% to £395.3m at group level, powering pre-tax profits up 22% to £24.7m.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Next is pivoting in a digital world
Next is in the middle of one of its biggest changes in decades, transitioning to become a digitally led business amid changing consumer habits.
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NewsAsos swings axe on A-List loyalty scheme
Asos’ loyalty scheme – which allows shoppers to earn points on their purchases for vouchers – will be shuttered next month.
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Retail VoiceApprenticeships: Building the future retail workforce
The launch of three new retail-specific apprenticeship standards means businesses can acquire the skills they need for future success.
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AnalysisMove of the week: Lyttle to leave Primark for Boohoo
There won’t have been many people beyond those in the loop to have predicted John Lyttle’s appointment as Boohoo’s new chief executive.
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NewsShop Direct swings to loss as Birch takes reins
Shop Direct has swung to a loss in its first results under new chief executive Henry Birch.
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Retail VoiceOmnichannel thinking is jeopardising retail success
Customers are channel blind, favouring a consistent brand experience above all else, so why are retailers pretending otherwise?
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NewsZalando warns on profits as hot weather melts sales
Fashion etailer Zalando has issued a second profit warning after hot summer weather disrupted trading.
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NewsManoMano rebrands in bid to 'differentiate' itself
ManoMano has unveiled a radical rebrand as it bids to “differentiate” itself from its competitors.
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OpinionOpinion: Why Boohoo raided Primark for its new CEO
If you were to appoint a new chief executive for a fast-growing pureplay retailer with a blossoming international presence, what sort of person would you hire?
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AnalysisOpinion: Australia – your next target market?
Fresh from his own Antipodean adventure, ex-David Jones and Country Road chief digital officer John Bovill reveals why Australia is the land of opportunity for retailers.
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NewsOcado sales climb in third quarter as order numbers grow
Online grocer Ocado reported an 11.5% uplift in retail sales in the third quarter to September 2.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are you failing fast or just failing?
Failing fast is a much-used phrase in retail right now as businesses embark on transformation programmes. But does it really produce results?
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers can only hold their stomachs in so long
Beefcake actor Burt Reynolds – Hollywood’s biggest box office draw of the 1970s and early 1980s – died earlier this month.
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NewsAmazon probes claims its staff sold customer data
Amazon has launched a probe amid claims some of its staff sold confidential customer data to third-party companies.
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NewsBoohoo poaches Primark exec Lyttle as new boss
Boohoo has poached Primark executive John Lyttle as its new boss, as joint-chief executives Mahmud Kamani and Carol Kane prepare to take new boardroom roles.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Morrisons and Potts are packing a punch
Morrisons today delivered what analysts described as an “exceptional” first half – but the grocer’s boss David Potts is unrelenting in his demands for more.