All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 197
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AnalysisOnline secret shopper: Is Ocado the Betamax of grocery?
Ecommerce expert James Hammersley puts the Ocado website through its paces to see if it can match the scale and breadth of the big four online supermarkets.
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NewsAmara is sitting pretty as home etailer narrows losses
Home furnishings etailer Amara narrowed its losses last year as it made strides to conquer new territories overseas, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Dreams, Net-a-Porter and more
Retail news round-up: Dreams £400m takeover on the cards, Net-a-Porter appoints new global buying director, and Amazon customers get refund without returning items.
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NewsMatches Fashion to open unconventional retail concept
Matches Fashion will launch a new retail concept this year, opening an unorthodox retail and events space in a Mayfair townhouse.
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AnalysisIs Amazon Prime’s subscription the future of delivery?
With Amazon Prime reported to have 80 million subscribers in the US alone, retailers such as Next and food delivery firm Deliveroo are following in its footsteps.
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OpinionOpinion: Why mobile will kill the multi-brand etailer
When Amazon and Ebay launched they sold via the world wide web, which was created for desktop computers.
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InterviewListen: The Future Laboratory boss on AI and equality
Trevor Hardy, chief executive of trends forecaster The Future Laboratory explores some of the factors that will come to define the retail sector.
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Retail VoiceMaking sustainability a retail reality
How can retailers balance consumer demand for faster delivery and still retain their green credentials? DHL Supply Chain explains how innovation can complement environmental initiatives.
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OpinionOpinion: The complex data of the customer journey
Think of that last significant purchase you made. New laptop? A holiday? New sofa? At this time of year maybe it was a new barbecue.
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OpinionOpinion: Lessons to learn from the Debenhams data hack
The Debenhams Flowers website hack reveals the risk retailers take when conducting business online, while highlighting some useful lessons for future security.
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OpinionBlog: Follow Ocado and make drivers brand ambassadors
Ask a retail chief executive what differentiates their business and nine times out of ten the response is service.
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NewsZalando’s sales rocket in its first quarter
Zalando sales rocketed during its first quarter, driven by European growth outside its home market of Germany.
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NewsPhase Eight poaches Jigsaw online trading boss
Phase Eight has poached Jigsaw’s online trading and digital marketing boss James Williams.
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Retail VoiceThe seven biggest myths about omnichannel
How do leading retailers overcome the omnichannel fear factor? Technology firm Radial attempts to answer this burning question.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Sports Direct and Phase Eight
Retail news round-up: Sports Directs ups stake in Debenhams and Phase Eight appoints new online marketing boss.
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NewsLate Easter boosted retail sales in April
Retail sales jumped last month as the late Easter weekend drove purchases across the sector.
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NewsToday in retail: Monsoon begins a slow turnaround
Monsoon revealed falling profits today as its boss Paul Allen praised current trading in a tough market.
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OpinionOpinion: Should Sainsbury’s bank its own Booker?
Sainsbury’s delivered a mixed bag of a full-year results statement when it updated the market last week.
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NewsThe Hut’s profits rocket in ‘step-change’ year
Profits and revenues have surged at online retailer The Hut, owner of sites such as Myprotein and Zavvi.
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NewsDebenhams data breach hits 26,000 shoppers
Debenhams has revealed that up to 26,000 customers of its Flowers website have been hit by a cyber attack on their personal data.