All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 403
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NewsThe Hut Group to launch websites with Elle publisher Hearst Magazines
Publishers of Elle and Cosmopolitan Hearst Magazines UK has partnered with etailers The Hut Group to create a transactional website for its publications.
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NewsOnline giant Amazon faces union wrath as demos planned for tomorrow
One of the UK’s biggest trade unions, GMB, is staging an attack on online retailer Amazon tomorrow with demonstrations planned outside of its nine distribution depots.
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NewsPrimark wants to be online but says business model doesn’t work
Primark has said it wants to have an online presence but the economics of trading online would currently make it impossible for the fashion retailer to trade profitably.
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OpinionComment: Online and multichannel retailing have misleading job titles
What’s in a name? Quite a lot actually, because in the world of online and multichannel retailing, job titles can be quite misleading. This confusion can have all sorts of effects.
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AnalysisPay-later schemes: What retailers need to know
Furniture etailer Worldstores.com has partnered with payday loan company Wonga to offer customers a new online payment tool, PayLater, which allows them to spread the cost of a purchase over three months. Retail Week looks at the pros and cons of offering such payment options.
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OpinionComment: Should Waterstones take a leaf out of Amazon’s book?
After Waterstones revealed a £37.3m loss this week, the question on everyone’s most people’s lips is what can a company selling products so hugely impacted by the digital market do to ensure that they, not only survive, but thrive, in this new online world?
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Opinion
Blog: Cash management - retail’s boring revolution
With a prime spot at the biggest retail showcase in the world, astoundingly some exhibitors were presenting the mundane and unattractive. In a sea of glamorous assistants, the latest innovations and multi-million pound stands, were these people super-brave or super-crazy?
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OpinionBlog: Home shopping retailer JML launches mobile website
Home shopping retailer JML has become the latest to cash in on the surge in mobile browsing and purchasing with the launch of a mobile website.
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NewsRetail growth to increase in next 10 years as more ‘considered consumer’ emerges
Retail sales are expected to grow at a faster rate over the next decade than the past 10 years as a “new era of buying” is ushered in by the rise of the ‘considered consumer’.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What retail must learn from HMV’s Twitter meltdown
Social media can be a useful tool in building a retailer’s brand but HMV’s rogue tweets should be a wake-up call to those not yet fully engaged with the channel.
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AnalysisSites: John Lewis Vs Boots
Trenton Moss, Chief executive of Webcredible, shares his view of good and bad sites.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Ocado, Welcome to a different kind of supermarket
Competing with the big four supermarkets means online grocer Ocado has its work cut out getting its message across in the often loud and brash grocery TV advertising world.
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OpinionComment: Generation Y forces rapid change for retailers
Retailers must adapt to trends led by consumers born since the mid-1970s. I’ve been around retail for more than three decades and have seen some tumultuous changes.
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OpinionComment: Department store John Lewis continues to set the pace in retail
While the latest BRC figures continue to point to a volatile and frustratingly slow recovery - like-for-like retail sales increased 1.9% year on year in January.
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NewsCompany profile: Dunelm Mill
Value homewares retailer Dunelm Mill has carried strong momentum into 2013 after a blockbuster 2012, which echoed the Olympian efforts taking place in east London.
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NewsEtailer Worldstores tie up with Wonga for new payment scheme
Worldstores.com, has partnered with digital finance company Wonga to offer customers a new online payment tool allowing them to spread the cost of a purchase across three months.
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NewsSuperGroup eyes digital growth as it invests in "world class" website
SuperGroup, owner of trendy young fashion chain Superdry, is gearing up for a digital push in the next six months as it aims to boost its online sales.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ocado hits customer acquisition trail
Ocado surprised the market with narrowed pre-tax losses in unveiling its full-year results today. Retail Week studies what the figures indicate and discusses them with chief executive Tim Steiner.
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OpinionComment: Online grocery is a high stakes gamble
Ocado’s full year results demonstrate the two key features of internet grocery retailing – excellent growth and the difficulty in making a profit.
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NewsBurberry appoints former BBC boss as chief operating officer
Burberry has appointed former boss of BBC Worldwide John Smith as its chief operating officer, in a new role for the luxury brand as it bolsters its multichannel capabilities.