All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 474
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AnalysisApps: Waitrose Vs Homebase
Devon Keller, Head of user experience at Archibald Ingall Stretton, shares her view of good and bad apps.
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NewsAmazon set to launch smartphone
Amazon is set to launch its own smartphone which could debut next year.
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OpinionDo QR codes have a future?
An invasion seems to be under way, spreading across posters, print ads and now into retailers’ stores and onto the very packaging of products themselves.
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NewsInternational bidder enters the race to acquire Wiggle
Deadline for second-round bids for cycles etailer nears, but 2012 flotation could still be on the cards.
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NewsSnow + Rock hires multichannel boss
Snow + Rock has recruited former Waterstone’s head of ecommerce David Kohn to a newly created role of head of multichannel.
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NewsGo Outdoors hires Tesco director
Fast-growing retailer Go Outdoors has raided Tesco to strengthen its management team as it launches a red letter day-style website selling outdoor activities.
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NewsPoundworld to launch wholesale site
Poundworld is to launch a wholesale transactional website next year in a bid to drive revenue growth.
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Opinion
Rapid expansion for The Hut
Retail Week Knowledge Bank’s newly added profile for The Hut shows that the online retailer’s rapidly expanding coverage has given it some form of protection against the decision by the Government to scrap VAT tax relief for low value shipments from the Channel Islands in April 2012.
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NewsIn focus: The Hut
The online retailer has attracted big name investors, grown fast and extended its areas of interest.
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OpinionHalfords on the right road
On the face of it, Halfords’ numbers did not look too pretty last week. The car parts and bikes retailer reported a pre-tax profit fall of 20% in its first half.
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NewsEbay to open high street store
Ebay is opening a pop-up shop just off Oxford Street in London’s West End in December which will allow customers to shop using their mobile phones.
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NewsTesco trials web and store augmented technology
Tesco customers can see how products will look in their homes as well as watch film trailers in store with new augmented reality technology online and in shops.
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Opinion
Aurora expands mobile point-of-sale trial
Aurora Fashions is expanding its trial of its mobile point of sale system, with 23 stores expected to have iPads by the time the Christmas peak hits. The company is running one of the retail industry’s first mobile point-of-sale trials in relatively high traffic stores, and it says it’s going well so far.
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Opinion
Amazon ramps up Christmas offer
With Amazon predicting December 5 as its busiest day in the run-up to Christmas, it’s important all retailers are prepared for the peak in traffic and for the alterations their sites will need to aid customers in shopping for gifts.
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NewsOcado launches Blackberry app
Ocado has launched the first ever supermarket app for the Blackberry mobile phone as it continues its “mission to deliver on the go shopping”.
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Opinion
Simply tap
Launched earlier this month, instant mobile checkout service Simply Tap promises to play a pivotal role in the future of m-commerce.
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Amazon offers to handle sales tax for sellers
Amazon is offering to handle sales tax for its sellers despite years of fighting state regulators. The internet retailer aims to profit by claiming a fee equivalent to 2.9% of the taxes collected. The optional service is to roll out on February 1, 2012 and will be offered to Amazon ...
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Sears launches mobile shopping walls
Department store group Sears has launched mobile shopping walls across the country at airports, malls, movie theatres and bus shelters.The walls allow customers to buy Sears and Kmart toys through their mobile devices using QR codes. They feature the company’s top toys and corresponding QR codes deliver shopper product information, ...
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NewsThe Hut will retain Channel Islands base despite VAT loophole closure
Online retail group The Hut will retain its Channel Islands base despite the Government revealing it will close the VAT loophole that has allowed it and other retailers including HMV, Asda and Play.com to sell products VAT-free into the UK.
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NewsMFI to relaunch online despite challenging trading environment
Furniture retailer MFI is to be reborn at the end of the month as an online retailer almost three years to the day after the company collapsed amid the punishing trading conditions of 2008.