All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 361
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NewsGovernment unveils £1bn support package for high streets and pledges to tackle parking
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has unveiled a £1bn package of support to boost UK high streets including tackling parking.
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NewsFormer Halfords boss David Wild joins board of consultancy Practicology
Former Halfords chief executive David Wild has joined the board of multichannel consultancy Practicology.
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AnalysisData: Retailers and shoppers embrace Black Friday
Black Friday deals helped drive footfall last week as Christmas shopping kicked off in earnest.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can online clothing retailers overcome buyer hesitation?
How can online clothing retailers overcome buyer hesitation?
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NewsThe Hut launches £5,000 personalisation challenge for students
Etailer The Hut Group has launched a £5,000 programming contest challenging computer science students to make personalised user recommendations.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Warehouse, Bathstore, Aldi and M&S
Retail news round-up December 5, 2013: Warehouse to open Oxford Street flagship, Bathstore back in the black as it relaunches website and Aldi to file suit against Dunnes Stores over trademark infringement.
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NewsBathstore breaks into the black as it relaunches website
Bathstore is back in the black after its first year under private equity owner Endless and the retailer has relaunched its website.
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OpinionComment: Amazon drones are not just pie in the sky
An inspired vision of the future for online delivery or an extravagant PR stunt designed to coincide with Cyber Monday?
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AnalysisAnalysis: The 6 biggest retail technology stories of 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 6 biggest retail technology stories from 2013.
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OpinionComment: British retail leads the world in mobile and online shopping this Christmas
PayPal’s recent global Holiday Shopping Study found that almost 90% of Britons will use their mobile devices or purchase online to do a slice of their Christmas shopping this year. This is a higher proportion than most countries and reflects the way UK consumers are changing the way they shop.
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NewsFeelunique.com targets £100m turnover by 2015
Feelunique.com is expecting to generate £40m turnover in its full-year figures, as it aims to become a £100m retailer within the next two years.
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NewsUKTI inks tie-up with Chinese online giant Alibaba to support UK retail growth
The UKTI has agreed a tie-up with Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to help UK retailers launch on its TMall platform, the country’s equivalent of Amazon.
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NewsVideo: Inside Tesco's Erith dotcom centre
Tesco opened its seventh dotcom centre in Erith at the end of October.
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NewsCyber Monday sales dented by credit card glitch
British shoppers’ online shopping splurge may have been hit by a glitch that prevented millions of NatWest and RBS customers using their cards.
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NewsOnline drives retail sales but like-for-likes remain flat, says BRC
Shoppers flooded online to buy their Christmas shopping early as retail sales rose 2.3% in November.
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OpinionComment: Use social media to turn customers into advocates
Truly customer-centric retailers are thin on the ground. An exception is Ao.com (formerly Appliances Online).
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OpinionComment: Cyber Monday sales set to soar but service levels must be maintained
Online retailers have been braced for Cyber Monday, the busiest online day of the year, and so far it looks to be a bumper one.
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OpinionComment: Amazon drones on about its innovation – but are delivery octocopters future fact or fiction?
By 2018 our cities are set to be a lot busier, according to Amazon. Not only will we need to watch out for traffic and the umbrellas of jostling commuters as we walk down the street, we will also need to look out in the skies for descending drones – or octocopters as Amazon calls them.
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NewsCyber Monday hits today as consumers expected to spend £605m
Today is expected to be the busiest online shopping day of the year, as retailers brace themselves for Cyber Monday.
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NewsVideo: Amazon trials unmanned drones to deliver customer orders
Online retail giant Amazon is testing unmanned drones that could deliver products within 30 minutes of a customer placing an order.