All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 360
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Burberry, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Phase Eight and Christmas footfall
Retail news round-up on December 30, 2013: Burberry and Sainsbury’s top takeover targets in 2014, says UBS, Footfall edges up in December as price cuts woo shoppers and Waitrose boss Mark Price questions future of supermarket loyalty cards.
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NewsMobile accounts for 76% of Christmas Day traffic at John Lewis
Mobile devices accounted for 76% of John Lewis’s online traffic on Christmas Day, the highest level of mobile traffic the retailer has seen.
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NewsMore than half of Amazon Christmas shoppers used mobile devices
More than half of Amazon customers shopped using a mobile device over the Christmas period, the etailer reported in its round-up of holiday statistics.
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NewsChristmas and Boxing Day online sales expected to have topped £890m
Etail sales on Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year are expected to have made more than £890m as shoppers browse the Sales while at home.
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NewsChristmas Day online shopping boom expected
Retail traffic is expected to surge online today as shoppers search out bargains and gifts they did not receive.
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NewsAsda to roll out 3D printing service to 50 stores
Asda is rolling out its 3D printing service to 50 stores in January following two trials that it called “a resounding success”.
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales break £160m barrier for first time
John Lewis generated another record week as sales broke through the £160m barrier for the first time ever.
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OpinionComment: Christmas has come early for Dixons this year
Along with all the year-end festivities going on this week, it seems like UK retail has something else to celebrate: the complete turnaround of Dixons.
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NewsJD Sports rolls out in-store mobile payment with PayPal
JD Sports has rolled out mobile payment across its six brands and 630 UK stores in a partnership with PayPal.
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NewsTesco pilots new loyalty app for Clubcard
Tesco is trialling a new app that allows Clubcard users to receive and redeem their loyalty coupons on their smartphones.
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NewsMorrisons launches online grocery website
Morrisons has launched its long-awaited online grocery website as the grocer attempts to grab a slice of the rapidly growing online food market.
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NewsShop Direct predicts mobile Christmas as touchscreen traffic tops 50%
Etail giant Shop Direct is predicting a bigger mobile Christmas than first indicated after traffic to its sites from smartphones and tablets topped 50%.
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NewsBetta Living launches innovative shoppable virtual store
Bathroom and kitchen retailer Betta Living is to launch an innovative new tool on its website that allows customers to shop a virtual version of one of its stores.
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NewsRetail sales jump in November driven by fashion boost
UK retail sales volumes jumped 2% in November driven by fashion but bricks-and-mortar department stores took a hit.
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NewsRetailers pray for Christmas miracle over final four days
Retailers face a nail-biting Christmas as festive trading goes right to the wire. They hope for a last-minute surge of shoppers, kicked off by payday tomorrow (Friday December 20).
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NewsGoogle Glass eyes ecommerce with wink photo-taking function
Google has added a new feature to Google Glass to allow users to take a pictures by winking that could be used to pay for products in the future.
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OpinionComment: Last-minute shoppers key to Christmas cheer
Christmas going to the wire has become as big a tradition for retail as the sight of sprouts and mince pies on the grocers’ shelves
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OpinionBlog: Mobile retail – great for staff, fantastic for customers
Why should so much of retail in store be tethered to the till? For example, the payments we take, and the employee engagement of offering customers the opportunity to become part of the brand community, or the query of stock location.
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OpinionComment: Convergence of media will be the key trend of 2014
Here at Carat we believe that the convergence of media (effectively using technology to drive people towards buying things in a simpler way) is set to become the main driving force behind the innovation and success in the modern retail landscape and I see no reason why this will not be the predominant trend in 2014.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, M&S, House of Fraser and White Stuff
Retail news round-up on December 18, 2013: Tesco plots Indian market entry, M&S agrees to gender neutral toys, House of Fraser could be bought by Galeries Lafayette, White Stuff hires new search agency