All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 532
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NewsAmazon opts out of Phorm advertising system
Amazon has requested to opt out of the Webwise behavioural targeting advertising system that has been created by Phorm.
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NewsNet-a-Porter launches its outlet site
Net-a-Porter has launched its designer outlet site, Theoutnet.com.
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OpinionEU investigates tracking of UK internet users
The EU has begun legal proceedings against the British Government, arguing that it has failed to properly implement European laws designed to protect internet users. What does this mean for e-commerce and online marketing?
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NewsAmazon launches stationery offer
Amazon has launched a stationery offer on its site selling thousands of office products and supplies.Amazon UK managing director Brian McBride said: “Amazon’s aim is to have everything you could possibly want for the home office under one virtual roof.”Products will range from paper to printing labels and include storage ...
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NewsTesco ramps up technical support with pre-sales advice operation
Tesco-owned technical support firm Tesco Tech Support is to provide shoppers with pre-sales advice on its home technology range.
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AnalysisGood shop: The House of Cheese/Bad shop: Amazon.co.uk
By Michael Ross, co-founder, eCommera, and former chief executive, Figleaves
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NewsJD Sports launches discount clothing site
JD Sports Fashion this week launched its discount apparel site Getthelabel.com.
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NewsThe Entertainer ups multichannel fulfilment options
Toy retailer The Entertainer is to expand its multichannel offer by introducing collect in-store and home delivery services.
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NewsMothercare to pave way for global e-tailing as sales soar
Mothercare plans to open up its e-tail business globally by enabling customers in all of the 51 countries it operates in to buy online.
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work at… My-wardrobe.com
The inside opinion from founder Sarah CurranWhat is the My-wardrobe work ethos?“We have created a great culture where staff are passionate. We operate a roundtable approach and key decisions are taken as a team.”What makes the ideal My-wardrobe employee?“We surround ourselves with passionate, enthusiastic and energetic people to ensure we ...
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AnalysisWhat are you doing on Twitter?
The micro-blogging website is this year’s internet phenomenon, so can Twitter form part of a serious marketing and customer insight strategy for retailers? Joanna Perry investigates
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OpinionTwittering on about retail
Twitter has once again hit the headlines this week with the news that even the Government is getting in on the act of updating internet audiences with messages of 140 characters or less.But it is retailers that are leading the way in proactively engaging consumers in conversation using sites such ...
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Downloads and downturn hit independent music stores
A quarter of the UK’s independent music stores have shut over the past year, a study has found.The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) reported that there are now only about 300 such shops left, compared with 408 in 2007 and more than 1,000 a decade ago.Indie music shops have fallen victim ...
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NewsT-Mobile trials Bluetooth marketing to improve footfall
T-Mobile is halfway through a month-long trial of a Bluetooth marketing system at six of its stores.
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NewsWoolworths offers online Easter egg competition for customers
Woolworths has launched a virtual Easter egg hunt online for its customers who are unable to buy their traditional Easter eggs from the collapsed chain.Woolworths, which will be relaunched this summer as an online shop by Shop Direct Group, this week launched a competition on a specially launched site, Woolieswonderland.co.ukCustomers ...
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NewsArgos launches entertainment website
Argos has launched an entertainment website selling 125,000 CDs and DVDs.Argosentertainment.co.uk is separate to the retailer’s main site and will enable it to “enter a popular market and offer a large choice of CDs and DVDs to customers shopping online”.Games will not be available on the site, but can be ...
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NewsFigleaves to expand its offer with clothing range
E-tailer Figleaves is to expand beyond lingerie with the launch of a clothing range next week after a £1m investment to build its offer.
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AnalysisThe price of going private
In recession, it might be expected that an increasing number of retailers would turn to private label to ease their burdens. But what are shoppers’ perceptions of such ranges, asks John Ryan
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Asos gears up for launch of community site
Fashion e-tailer Asos is to invite a selection of customers to test its online community site Asos Life in the next two weeks as it gears up for the full launch later this month.
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Ideal Shopping Direct chief upbeat despite rocketing costs
Ideal Shopping Direct will book a higher than expected cost hit of 9.2m as the new management abandons elements of the old leadership’s strategy.