All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 167
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Retail VoiceIs the growth in voice search just hype?
With 50% of all online queries predicted to use voice search by 2020, there’s no doubt the phenomenon is on the rise.
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OpinionCash-strapped retailers need to focus on self-help
So it’s all doom and gloom on the high street, and unless you have gazillions to spend on cutting-edge tech, you might as well lie down and wait for Amazon to finish you off!
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to measure the value of stores
As shopping habits change, so too must the function of physical stores, or else they risk becoming surplus to requirements.
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NewsSecret Sales founders in management buy-out coup
Secret Sales founders Sach and Nish Kukadia have bought back the business they founded in a management buy-out.
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NewsNotonthehighstreet appoints new chief executive
Notonthehighstreet has drafted in Barrie Seidenberg to take the reins at the online gifting firm, Retail Week can reveal.
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Report StoreExporting Ecommerce – How to Thrive Online in Italy
This Retail Week guide, in association with Exporting is Great, looks at how retailers can be successful online in Italy.
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AnalysisHow-to guide: Launching online in Italy in 2018
Italy’s GDP grew a better-than-expected 1.7% in 2017 and there is money to be made in the country’s ecommerce market.
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NewsSainsbury's to sell Tu clothing range through Argos
Sainsbury’s is to start selling its Tu clothing range through Argos as the grocer bids to ramp up the fashion brand’s online presence.
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NewsWalmart hires ex-NOTHS boss Belsham to lead Jet.com
Walmart has appointed former Notonthehighstreet.com chief executive and Tesco director Simon Belsham as president of its Jet.com ecommerce business.
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OpinionOpinion: Why online-physical retailers are winners
A visit to Loaf, the sofa and bed retailer, does much to highlight why online retailers that head for the high street are doing things right, says John Ryan.
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AnalysisHow-to guide: Standing out with rich media
Vying for clicks, retailers are stepping up their use of images and videos online, and learning how to manage an abundance of digital assets.
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AnalysisNick Beighton on leading the unstoppable Asos
Leading online powerhouse Asos has brought new perspectives, The Clarity Retail Leader of the Year winner Nick Beighton tells Becky Waller-Davies.
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Retail VoiceThe key behaviours of a retail disruptor
JDA Software vice-president of retail industry strategies JoAnn Martin looks at new research that explains how disruptive retailers are shaping the future of the industry.
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NewsMade.com secures £40m investment as sales spike
Made.com has secured £40m of fresh investment to accelerate its European expansion after registering a climb in full-year sales.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Walmart vs Amazon – clash of the titans
Walmart last week unveiled a same-day online grocery delivery service that will cover about 40% of US households by the end of the year.
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AnalysisMove of the week: Ex-Pets Pyjamas boss joins Ruroc
You may not have heard of Ruroc, but the young entrepreneurs who founded the business that designs and sells enhanced head protection for extreme sports have caught the attention of a leading retail light.
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Retail VoiceDemocratising data analytics through automation
In the past, data analytics was the preserve of big business, reserved for those that could afford technology costing thousands of pounds and had the budget to employ teams of data scientists.
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NewsTesco poaches Airbus exec Dekkers as new tech boss
Tesco has poached Airbus executive Guus Dekkers as its new chief technology officer to drive innovation across its retail operations.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are you targeting the wrong customer?
In this data-rich era, retailers should theoretically be able to identify and target their customers like never before. But is this happening?
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OpinionOpinion: Next’s plan, not just profits, under scrutiny
Lord Wolfson deviated from the proverbial hymn sheet he’d been singing from for the past 18 months when Next last updated the market in January.