All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 542

  • News

    EBTM profits soar

    2008-06-17T09:32:00Z

    Multichannel music retailer EBTM has increased its revenue 401 per cent to 6.7 million in its full-year results, driven by acquisitions it made last year.

  • News

    Average price of grocery basket up 21 per cent

    2008-06-17T09:31:52Z

    The price of a shopping basket containing 24 staple items of food has increased by an average of 21 per cent year on year, according to online price comparison site Mysupermarket.co.uk.

  • News

    Flying brands: the city view

    2008-06-06T15:34:17Z

    Tricia Killen, former president of Reader’s Digest for Western Europe, has her work cut out as the new chief executive of home shopping group Flying Brands.

  • News

    Flying Brands to miss targets

    2008-05-29T16:28:24Z

    Home shopping group Flying Brands has continued to suffer from bad debts and warned that it will miss full-year profits by 1.1 million.

  • News

    Play.com reveals first phase of site revamp

    2008-05-23T13:32:45Z

    Play.com has revealed that the redesign of its web site is only the beginning of a phase of planned development work.

  • Parcel
    Analysis

    Code cracker: Lack of post code system hampers home shopping in Ireland

    2008-05-16T13:57:00Z

    Home shopping and internet retailing have failed to achieve their potential in Ireland. And there is one very good reason why: aside from Greece, Ireland is the only European member state that does not have an established postal code system, which means that offering a home delivery service is proving an extremely complex and often expensive challenge.

  • News

    Asos to launch menswear catalogue

    2008-05-13T10:59:57Z

    Online fashion retailer ASOS.com is to launch a menswear catalogue this week.

  • Net-a-Porter
    News

    Net-a-Porter launches review

    2008-05-12T09:41:00Z

    Internet entrepreneur Natalie Massenet is understood to be conducting a review of her fashion e-tail business Net-a-Porter.com.

  • News

    Ocado opens door to float with five-year Waitrose deal

    2008-05-08T16:07:46Z

    Ocado has agreed in principle a landmark five-year deal with Waitrose, paving the way for a potential flotation of the e-tailer.

  • News

    Asos picks Paperchase IT boss to drive web

    2008-05-01T15:43:11Z

    Asos has poached Paperchase global IT chief Gary Mudie to bolster its growing web site, as it revealed a sharp rise in full-year sales.

  • News

    Retailers sign environmental pledge

    2008-04-30T08:55:05Z

    Top-flight retailers have come together to launch the first industry-wide climate change commitments.

  • News

    Asos sales soar again

    2008-04-28T08:41:32Z

    Sales at fashion e-tailer Asos rocketed 90 per cent in the year to March 31, reaching about 81 million.

  • News

    Amazon sales rise 37 per cent

    2008-04-24T09:10:01Z

    Online retailer Amazon has reported first quarter sales up 37 per cent to US$4.1 billion ( 2.08 billion), but warned that changes in global economic conditions could affect profit margins this year.

  • News

    Tesco enters digital download battle

    2008-04-15T09:31:18Z

    Tesco is to launch a music and film digital download service this month, offering 3.3 million music tracks.

  • McBride: determined
    Analysis

    Amazon’s Brian McBride: The king of the jungle

    2008-04-03T10:57:00Z

    As it approaches 10 years in the UK, Amazon still strikes fear into rivals. Lisa Berwin meets Amazon UK chief Brian McBride and finds out about the e-tailer’s plans for further UK expansion

  • Dunstone: wants to e
    Analysis

    Power to the people

    2008-03-27T12:40:00Z

    Everyone’s a potential critic online. So how can you harness their views for the good of your brand? Joanna Perry investigates

  • News

    Asos to expand brand portfolio

    2008-03-26T13:26:11Z

    Online fashion e-tailer Asos will increase its brand portfolio by almost 70 per cent for autumn/winter 2008.

  • News

    Flying Brands misses home shopping wave as profits dive

    2008-03-19T15:33:33Z

    Flying Brands has become one of the few home shopping groups to suffer poor results.

  • Analysis

    Fashion follower

    2008-03-19T14:47:43Z

    Sarah Curran was confident her fashion e-tail business My-Wardrobe could work from the word go. She tells Charlotte Dennis-Jones why

  • News

    Ocado launches price war against Tesco

    2008-03-10T08:33:07Z

    Ocado has declared a price war against supermarket giant Tesco, vowing to match the grocer’s prices on 3,500 branded products.