All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 543
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Asos to sharpen customer focus
Asos is to split its marketing and operational functions, in an effort to better target customers as it continues to grow exponentially, writes John Ryan .
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Amazon to sell wine online in US
Amazon is to start selling wine in the US, in the latest extension of its e-tail empire.
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Amazon hires finance boss as it rethinks its offer
Amazon UK has appointed a financial director to boost its senior team as it considers new categories for 2008 including food and digital downloads.
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NewsLa Senza hits the mark with web campaign
An online ad trial by La Senza using social networking and sports web sites has been a resounding success.
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EBay bans negative feedback on buyers
EBay has banned negative comments from sellers on its site.
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AnalysisSchuh’s sure-footed approach to multichannel retail
About 3.5 million pairs of shoes are sold by Schuh each year, but its biggest store is not on the high street, it’s on the internet. In a rare interview, managing director Colin Temple tells Eric Musgrave how Schuh’s multichannel approach has helped it buck the shoe sector gloom
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Amazon Q4 profits double but margins slip
Amazon has reported its fourth quarter profits have more than doubled, but Wall Street has reacted badly to a slump in margins.
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NewsNet-a-Porter to sell Halston garments 24 hours after catwalk launch
Fashion web site Net-a-Porter will offer pieces from American fashion brand Halston to customers only 24 hours after the collection is shown next week at New York Fashion Week.
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Online, the fashion frontier
So, JD Sports has been voted the retailer with the worst customer service on the high street followed closely by another sportswear retailer, JJB.
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Asos Christmas sales soar
Asos has reported one of the best Christmas trading updates this year, as its sales soared 86 per cent in the seven weeks to January 20.
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Asos festive sales dazzle
Asos sales soared 86 per cent year on year for the seven weeks to January 20.
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EBay and Amazon lead the field online
EBay and Amazon have maintained their positions as the UK’s most popular online retailers.
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EBTM turns a profit
Branded music apparel retailer Everything But The Music (EBTM) made 3.59 million in the year to October 31 last year.
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Opinion
Welcome to the new world disorder
Last weekend I stumbled across a photographic exhibition called Shutting Up Shop at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Play.com offshoot ups ante against Amazon
Play.com has intensified its march on Amazon’s market share as it aims to double the size of its product exchange site PlayTrade.
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Ocado to push into general merchandise
Ocado, the home shopping business in which retailer John Lewis is a stakeholder, is to push into new categories including babywear and flowers.
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Analysis
A complete service
The potential for multiple channels has meant that retailers have had to rethink their customer service strategies. Joanna Perry discovers how the right technology can help
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AnalysisPromises, promises: retailers fulfilling pre-Christmas online orders
Fulfilling online orders placed just days before Christmas sounds like a nightmare but, as Charlotte Dennis-Jones discovers, plenty of retailers believe that it can be done
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Asda takes on Amazon with online book launch
Asda has launched 300,000 book titles online to grab a bigger slice of the Amazon-dominated market.
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AnalysisHome shopping sector at home with consumer credit
Credit crunch? What credit crunch? As the consumer debt squeeze takes its toll on the UK retail industry, the home shopping sector is continuing to reap the benefits of credit.