All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 431
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OpinionComment: Building brands in the digital retail era
The news that Ocado is planning a move into dedicated non-food sites for categories such as pets, baby, health and beauty and home and gardening got me thinking.
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OpinionComment: Halfords gears up for the future
It is a cruel irony that the week that Bradley Wiggins became the first Brit to win the Tour de France, the boss of the biggest bike seller in the country was handed his P45.
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NewsEBay partners with British Fashion Council to support young designers
Etail giant eBay has underlined its fashion credentials with a new partnership with the British Fashion Council to sponsor its Fashion Forward initiative, which supports emerging British designers.
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OpinionSainsbury’s develops blind football simulator
Sainsbury’s has developed an online simulation of Paralympic sport Blind Football to coincide with the London 2012 Paralympic Games, which Sainsbury’s is sponsoring.
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Walmart launches classroom supply lists online
Walmart has launched an online compilation of classroom supply lists for schools across the entire country.Classrooms by Walmart, introduced by the company’s @WalmartLabs division, enables parents to find their children’s classroom supply lists and purchase the items via Walmart.com or at their local Walmart store.According to Walmart, it is the ...
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OpinionComment: Time for retailers to get a mobile strategy
Mobile is redefining how consumers shop and engage with a brand, and many of us are now shopping on the go.
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AnalysisTechnology: Retailers must share innovation with customers
Walgreens this week announced that it has become the first national retailer to maps its stores in a mobile app. That would certainly be good, were it not for the fact that it’s unlikely many of Walgreens’ customers will ever know about this.
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NewsAmazon to open London technology centre
Amazon is to open a London technology hub to develop the next generation of TV and film technology.
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OpinionComment: M&S must be braver than ever
The repositioning of the food offer worked. Fashion must follow suit.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Shop Direct’s Very, Video-on-demand
Last week, Shop Direct’s Very launched a targeted video-on-demand (VoD) advertising campaign based on the viewer’s previous online shopping behaviour.
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AnalysisForeign-language websites: What do retailers need to know?
As Debenhams launches a German-language website, is multilingual ecommerce the way forward?
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OpinionThe pound stores look quids in for growth
The addition of industry veteran Andrew Higginson to the board of Poundland and Monday’s news that 99p Stores has posted an uplift in profits is further evidence of the maturing status of the single-price sector.
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OpinionReview: Marks & Spencer iPhone app
Marks & Spencer has launched an iPhone app to complement its existing mobile site and provide a better shopping experience for mobile users.
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NewsVery launches festival delivery service
Shop Direct owned Very has launched a delivery service at Virgin Media’s V festival, which it claims is a world first for a music event.
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NewsIceland rolls out Bonus Card and discount coupon at till
Iceland has pressed the button on a roll out of its Bonus Card and money-off coupon-at-till initiative.
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NewsAsos denies director is to exit despite share sale
Asos product director Robert Bready has sold all of his shares in the fashion retailer fuelling rumours he is to exit.
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NewsIceland to launch online grocery site
Iceland is to launch a transactional website next year, seven years after it shut down its original ecommerce site.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Ocado's virtual shopping wall at the Bullring
Ocado today unveiled its new virtual shopping wall in Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre.
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NewsFood fastest growing sector for mobile searches
Food was the fastest growing sector for mobile searches in the second quarter, rocketing 163% year-on-year.
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OpinionTesco offers Facebook fans double Clubcard points
Tesco is offering Facebook users the chance to earn double Clubcard points by using the social network site to like, share and buy its products.