All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 553
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Flying Brands to miss targets
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.
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Play.com reveals first phase of site revamp
Play.com has revealed that the redesign of its web site is only the beginning of a phase of planned development work.
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AnalysisCode cracker: Lack of post code system hampers home shopping in Ireland
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.
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Asos to launch menswear catalogue
Online fashion retailer ASOS.com is to launch a menswear catalogue this week.
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NewsNet-a-Porter launches review
Internet entrepreneur Natalie Massenet is understood to be conducting a review of her fashion e-tail business Net-a-Porter.com.
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Ocado opens door to float with five-year Waitrose deal
Ocado has agreed in principle a landmark five-year deal with Waitrose, paving the way for a potential flotation of the e-tailer.
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Asos picks Paperchase IT boss to drive web
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.
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Retailers sign environmental pledge
Top-flight retailers have come together to launch the first industry-wide climate change commitments.
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Asos sales soar again
Sales at fashion e-tailer Asos rocketed 90 per cent in the year to March 31, reaching about 81 million.
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Amazon sales rise 37 per cent
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.
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Tesco enters digital download battle
Tesco is to launch a music and film digital download service this month, offering 3.3 million music tracks.
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AnalysisAmazon’s Brian McBride: The king of the jungle
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
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AnalysisPower to the people
Everyone’s a potential critic online. So how can you harness their views for the good of your brand? Joanna Perry investigates
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Asos to expand brand portfolio
Online fashion e-tailer Asos will increase its brand portfolio by almost 70 per cent for autumn/winter 2008.
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Flying Brands misses home shopping wave as profits dive
Flying Brands has become one of the few home shopping groups to suffer poor results.
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Fashion follower
Sarah Curran was confident her fashion e-tail business My-Wardrobe could work from the word go. She tells Charlotte Dennis-Jones why
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Ocado launches price war against Tesco
Ocado has declared a price war against supermarket giant Tesco, vowing to match the grocer’s prices on 3,500 branded products.
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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.