All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 180
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IntervieweBay’s UK boss on the tech that will kill smartphones
eBay’s UK vice-president Rob Hattrell talks to Retail Week about visual search, fidget spinners and how content is driving sales.
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NewsAsos finance boss Helen Ashton to step down
Asos chief financial officer Helen Ashton is to leave the online fashion giant later this year.
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NewsJD.com launches blockchain accelerator scheme
Chinese etail giant JD.com has launched a Beijing-based accelerator initiative, AI Catapult, to drive its development of blockchain technology.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Tesco-Booker can hit the ground running
Tesco’s £3.7bn swoop for wholesale titan Booker overcame its final hurdle today when shareholders of both businesses approved the deal.
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NewsOpinion: Don't underestimate the power of the platform
Times they are a changin’, so Bob Dylan professed. And never has that been more the case than in UK’s retail industry currently.
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NewsMissguided set to cut jobs in redundancy round
Missguided has launched a redundancies programme, with a view to cutting 50 of its 800 staff.
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OpinionOpinion: Not all stores are members of the living dead
Does more retail technology mean fewer physical shops and perhaps, ultimately, almost none?
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VideoThe Retail Week: Are malls adapting to digital shift?
As property landlord Intu reports “robust” results and big-name retailers join Yorkshire’s Axiom scheme, the team debate whether malls are moving fast enough in the digital age.
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DataData: Top 50 UK retailers’ online performance
Following another bumper month of online sales, we look at how the top retailers’ transactional websites compare.
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AnalysisHow-to guide: Thriving online in the United States
As the world’s largest single recipient of foreign direct investment for more than a decade, the US is an important market for overseas investment.
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OpinionOpinion: Is digital curation the way forward?
Retailers need to be careful what they wish for when it comes to appearing on online platforms. They run the risk of disappearing in the morass.
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NewsN Brown names Tesco boss Matt Davies as chairman
N Brown has drafted in Tesco UK chief executive Matt Davies as chairman, succeeding Andy Higginson.
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Retail VoiceNot every economic downturn need impact your business
Andy Longhorn at Barclays Partner Finance discusses how retailers and consumers can reap the benefits of point-of-sale finance.
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NewsBurberry to sell on Farfetch in bid to expand reach
Burberry will sell on Farfetch in a bid to extend its global reach and appeal to more consumers.
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NewsH&M predicts tough 2018 amid online focus
H&M has warned investors to expect lower profits in 2018 as it ploughs investment into new concepts and online to turn around its fortunes.
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OpinionOpinion: It's time for last-mile delivery consolidation
Anyone who reads this blog regularly will know that I’m addicted to online shopping. I buy my clothes online; I buy my grocery online; and I buy the many things I don’t really need from Amazon online.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to measure success in the multichannel age
Like-for-likes, EBITDA, NPS score? What is the real measure of success in the multichannel age? Gemma Goldfingle investigates.
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OpinionOpinion: A Tesco value fascia would be a distraction
As Aldi and Lidl continue to soar like a SpaceX rocket, does it make sense for grocery market leader Tesco to launch its own value fascia?
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NewsAmazon swings axe on hundreds of head office jobs
Amazon is to slash hundreds of roles at its headquarters in Seattle and a similar number in global operations.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lessons in how to stay relevant from Asos
Asos makes capturing 20-somethings’ spend by the bucketload look easy, with each quarter bigger and better than the one before.