All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 241
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OpinionOpinion: What customers want on mobile – fast, simple and personal
Mobile shopping has been established as a mainstay in ecommerce – but are retailers’ apps and advertising making the most of the channel?
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Blower’s retail cartoon: Morrisons inks supply deal with Amazon
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on how Morrisons has upped its ecommerce credentials by signing a supply deal with Amazon.
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NewsZalando’s profits and revenue rocket as customer base grows
German etailer Zalando has posted surging sales and profits during 2015 as it attracted a growing number of customers to its website.
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NewsMySale posts first-half profit as improvements to business take hold
MySale, the fashion etailer, has posted an improved first-half performance as strategic initiatives bore fruit.
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OpinionNeil Saunders: Great US retail names must adapt if they are to survive
Department stores launches once made national news. Now the headlines are about how retailers must match up to online stores.
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OpinionOpinion: Why Morrisons link-up with Amazon will reshape UK grocery
Amazon’s tie-up with Morrisons could see it become a scalable entrant into the UK grocery market – and its rivals will need to react, fast.
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AnalysisMorrisons reveals Amazon partnership: What the analysts say
Morrisons has secured a deal with Amazon to supply ambient, fresh and frozen goods to Prime Now and Pantry. This is what the analysts said.
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OpinionOpinion: Amazon deal means Morrisons can play to its manufacturing strength
A latecomer to the ecommerce party, grocer Morrisons now seems determined to be its life and soul with an Amazon tie-up.
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NewsMorrisons unveils Amazon supply tie-up to bolster online presence
Morrisons has unveiled a tie-up with Amazon that will see hundreds of its products become available to the etailer’s customers.
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NewsAlmost 1m retail jobs at risk from impact of digital and spiralling costs
Almost 1 million retail jobs could be lost in the next decade as high streets struggle with the impact of digital and spiralling costs.
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NewsAgenda: MySale interims and Wickes owner Travis Perkins full-years
Retail Week looks ahead to next week with MySale’s interim results and full-year figures from Wickes owner Travis Perkins on the agenda.
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AnalysisInfographic: Primark's ambitious expansion plans plus key facts and figures
The week in words and numbers, February 26, 2016: Andy Clarke on Asda’s fourth-quarter results, Steinhoff’s bid for Argos, plus more.
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OpinionHow can retailers turn social media engagement into revenue?
This is the central question addressed by a new interactive guide from Retail Week that details how retailers can make social commerce pay.
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NewsArgos partners with Google on real-time product advertising trial
Google is working with Argos on a new online advertising tool that updates shoppers with live product availability from local stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 'Boys' toys' specialist Menkind’s boss on building a 'grown-up' retailer
Menkind’s chief executive talks to Retail Week about acquiring Red5, how hoverboards ruined Christmas and reducing gifting purchase peaks.
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NewsMobile sales exceed desktop purchases for first time ever
Online sales via mobile devices surpassed those made from computers in the fourth quarter of 2015/16, research by IMRG has revealed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How can retailers tackle the problem of productivity?
Productivity is rising up the retail boardroom agenda. Retail Week gathered retailers to discuss how to drive greater efficiency.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Hut Group and Amazon
Retail news round-up on February 24, 2016: The Hut Group snaps up haircare brand Grow Gorgeous, and Amazon starts selling own-label fashion brands.
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OpinionOpinion: Why automation is not the enemy for retail marketers
While the rise of automation will affect roles across the retail sector, the best marketing strategies will combine data with human insight.
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NewsFindel drafts in former Home Retail executive as non-exec director
Online retailer Findel has drafted in former Home Retail Group executive Gregor Ball as an independent non-executive director.