All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 65
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NewsAmazon to cut 18,000 jobs across its business as tech giants suffer
Online giant Amazon is to axe approximately 18,000 jobs – about 6% of its workforce.
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NewsThe Perfume Shop hails ‘best ever’ Christmas with record number of bottles sold
The Perfume Shop has hailed the resilience of perfume as a gifting category after it sold a record number of bottles over the Christmas trading period.
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AnalysisBuys, boardroom exits and botched IPOs: retail’s biggest stories of 2022
From accounting scandals to crushing collapses, the thrills and spills of retail have provided plenty to talk about this year. As 2023 dawns, here’s our pick of the biggest eyebrow-raising stories from the industry in 2022
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NewsAsos shareholders urged to rebel at AGM next month
Troubled online fashion giant Asos faces the prospect of a shareholder rebellion at next month’s AGM.
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NewsFashion marketplace Atterley collapses into administration
Scottish online fashion retailer Atterley.com is in the process of appointing administrators, it has emerged.
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NewsRetailers hope late shopping surge will provide Christmas trading miracle
Retailers remain hopeful that a late shopping surge will help save Christmas trading, despite the cost-of-living crisis and the added complications of rolling strike action.
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Retail VoiceThree ways retailers can learn from China’s ever-changing beauty market
The Chinese beauty market is one step ahead with its innovative and exciting approach. Alibaba Group’s Zarina Kanji examines how UK retailers can learn from key players in this industry.
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Opinion‘The three transformative themes creating retail opportunity’
To succeed, retailers must address climate change, digitalisation and skills, say McKinsey & Company’s Anita Balchandani and Bartosz Jesse
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NewsTop credit insurer trims cover for THG suppliers
THG has become one of the latest retailers to reportedly see a reduction in the level of cover provided to its suppliers by one of the UK’s largest credit insurers.
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NewsAmazon settles EU regulators deal to avoid $47bn fine
Amazon has agreed to settle competition inquiries with the European Union to avoid a potential $47bn (£39bn) fine.
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NewsJohn Lewis extends delivery window for last-minute Christmas shopping
John Lewis has extended its Christmas delivery and click-and-collect windows to capture sales from last-minute shoppers.
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AnalysisDomino’s digital director lays out vision to become ‘Netflix of food’
Think Domino’s is just pizza? Think again. Nick Bamber, the digital marketing expert whose career spans roles at Asda and Missguided, is evolving the brand to become an ecommerce power player. Having already made inroads, Bamber gives a sneak peek into what’s working ahead of his special guest appearance at Retail Week’s breakfast briefing on January 24
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Opinion‘Greater discounting drove Black Friday sales for retailers getting the balance right’
Price reductions need to be significant to lure shoppers at present and managing value perceptions and profitability is a tough line to walk, says Alvarez & Marsal’s Erin Brookes
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NewsAmazon workers vote to strike at Coventry warehouse in UK first
Amazon workers at a depot in Coventry will go on strike over pay in the new year after voting in favour of industrial action in a historic ballot.
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Retail VoiceThe new way for retailers to sell, serve and fulfil
Given the ever-rising costs of doing business online and the increasing rate of new store openings by pureplays, we can perhaps finally move away from the spurious argument over whether the store has a future, says Cegid’s Olivier Chiono
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NewsIkea UK sales jump as post-pandemic customers invest more in their homes
Ikea’s UK sales jumped 13% as customers looked to invest more in their homes, both in store and online, post-pandemic.
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NewsAsos appoints new non-executive director in board reshuffle
Embattled pureplay fashion retailer Asos has appointed a former Amazon executive to its board as it looks to push ahead with its recently unveiled 12-month turnaround plan.
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NewsMountain Warehouse targets openings for new store format
Outdoor clothing specialist Mountain Warehouse plans to open more big stores and expects to be back in the black this financial year.
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘Fenwick move from Bond Street is sad but inevitable’
The news that the Fenwick store on Bond Street will be closing in 2024 marks yet another moment in the shrinking of the department store sector.
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NewsSuperdry boss Dunkerton in talks over potential buyout
Superdry boss and co-founder Julian Dunkerton has held talks with private equity backers with an eye to a potential buyout of the company.