All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 172
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why Asos' rising capex will pay dividends
Asos has revealed another set of strong results and chief executive Nick Beighton was on bullish form.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to run your stores like a website
As online and offline retail merge, an increasing trend is the physical store that aims to behave like a website. John Ryan considers the implications.
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NewsAsos profits climb as web visits pass the billion mark
Fashion etailer Asos’ profits leaped in the first half of the year as visits to its website in that period exceeded a billion for the first time.
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Retail VoiceFour ways to build the ultimate customer experience
David Turner, senior director EMEA marketing at Oracle NetSuite, explores what today’s customer is looking for both online and offline.
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OpinionOpinion: Challenge facing Mothercare's new, new boss
Mothercare, it is understood, is the latest retailer to be considering a CVA and could shut about a third of its 143 shops if it proceeds.
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NewsAsos to launch homewares as it chases new categories
Asos is set to launch own-brand homewares as it continues to establish itself across new categories.
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NewsEarly Easter boosts retail sales in ‘difficult’ month
Easter sales compensated for a “sub-zero” performance at the start of March, according to the latest retail sales figures.
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OpinionOpinion: The future is shops without visible stock
A shoe shop has opened in the western Polish city of Wrocław that more or less embodies the direction of travel that retail seems to be taking currently.
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AnalysisThe disruptors: Retail property reinvented
The property sector is the latest focus of Retail Week’s ‘The disruptors’ series, as we highlight the businesses creating waves across the industry.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Social shopping – turning likes into sales
There was a time when platforms like Facebook and Instagram offered little more than ‘vanity’ metrics for retailers, rather than tangibly affecting their bottom lines.
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NewsSainsbury's revamps Nectar in bid to ‘redefine loyalty’
Sainsbury’s is overhauling its Nectar scheme as the supermarket giant bids to “redefine loyalty” by providing shoppers with personalised offers.
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NewsH&M launches value-focused online bridal range
H&M has debuted a value wedding range in a bid to take a share of the booming bridal market.
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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.