All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 474
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NewsBoots' Tim Stacey joins DFS in new online role
Sofa giant DFS has appointed Boots UK’s director of healthcare services and solutions Tim Stacey as its online and business development director.
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NewsAmazon to open new UK fulfilment centre
Online giant Amazon is to open a 700,000 sq ft fulfilment centre in Rugeley, Staffordshire.
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NewsN Brown signs Flintoff as new face of Jacamo
Former cricket ace Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has signed up to be the new face of N Brown menswear brand Jacamo, which is aimed at big and tall men aged between 30 and 45.
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OpinionThe challenge of multichannel pricing
Multichannel retailers have converged on a simple axiom for pricing across channels: in-store prices and web prices must be the same
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AnalysisTalking about their generation
What do young people think about retail? How do they decide where and how they shop? Charlotte Hardie talks to them and reveals what you need to know about the next generation
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NewsBank founder launches online store
The founder of Bank, the JD-owned young fashion chain, is to launch his new online retail business targeting the young womenswear fashion market in September
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NewsMy-Wardrobe targets the Middle East
Luxury fashion etailer My-Wardrobe is aiming to “double or treble” sales in the Middle East region in next 12 months as it ramps up its marketing.
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NewsJigsaw launches m-commerce site
Fashion retailer Jigsaw has introduced an m-commerce site comes after figures showed it was losing traffic when customers realised its online shopping website was not optimised for mobiles.
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NewsAsos to open Marketplace to international sellers
Asos is to open up its Marketplace virtual market to international sellers after its success in the past six months.
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NewsYoox.com expands mobile app portfolio
Online fashion retailer Yoox.com has launched an Android application for customers to download to their mobile phones.
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NewsOFT casts eye over Amazon's acquisition of The Book Depository
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering whether to investigate etail giant Amazon’s acquisition of online bookseller The Book Depository.
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NewsAmazon to acquire online rival The Book Depository
Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire fast-growing online bookseller The Book Depository.
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NewsMoonpig in exclusive sale talks with Photobox
Moonpig is in exclusive sale talks with online photo business Photobox, which is interested in acquiring the online greetings card retailer.
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NewsAl Fayed returns to retail by snapping up etailer Cocosa
Former Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed has made a return to retail by acquiring online retailer Cocosa.
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OpinionTime to mobilise
Retailers need to capitalise on how mobile devices are changing habits, says Simon Burke
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NewsDixons subsidiary to develop Carrefour web offer
Dixons subsidiary Pixmania has signed a deal to develop an online non-food offer for French retail giant Carrefour.
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NewsMacy’s begins shipping to UK
US department store chain Macy’s is making a play for the UK as it opens up its website to customers here
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OpinionNet-a-Porter live
Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has launched an innovative tool that allows customers to see what other people in the Net-a-Porter community are buying in real time.
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NewsThe Hut drafts in IPO advisers
Online retailer The Hut, which is chaired by former Matalan chief executive Angus Monro and in which Sir Stuart Rose and Sir Terry Leahy are investors, is poised to name advisers ahead of a potential IPO.