All Pure play articles
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OpinionOpinion: How Shop Direct is becoming an agile retailer
Over the last 15 years, Shop Direct has transformed from a catalogue-led business with high street stores into one of the UK’s largest pureplay digital retailers.
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News
Sosandar raises £7m through sale of new shares
Sosandar has raised £7m through the sale of new shares, as the retailer looks to widen its capital expenditure following impressive results.
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Sosandar sales rocket as losses narrow
Sosandar has registered a surge in sales and narrowed losses during its full-year results as it “continues to expand its product range” to fuel “future growth”.
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Zalando sales and profits rise in 'strong' first quarter
Zalando has posted an increase in sales and profits and gained more customers during its first quarter.
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Online sales grew at slowest-ever rate in December
Online retail sales suffered their lowest-ever rate of growth in December, new figures have revealed.
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Gareth Jones takes reins at MuscleFood
Missguided’s former online boss Gareth Jones has taken the reins at healthy food etailer MuscleFood as the business accelerates its focus on technology.
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Online sales growth hits seven-year low in November
Online retail has suffered its worst November sales growth since 2011 after lacklustre Black Friday trading.
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Opinion
Opinion: When Asos sneezes, retail catches a cold
When Asos sneezes, you can be pretty certain that retail has caught a rather nasty cold.
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Opinion
Opinion: Helping founding CEOs give up their 'baby'
The implementation of a chief executive succession plan is tricky in any organisation.
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News
AO.com full-year losses widen despite sales rise
AO.com has slipped further into the red despite increased sales as Britain’s Got Talent marketing costs and the weak pound bit into its bottom line.
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Analysis
Analysis: How The Hut Group is primed for success
The Hut Group is sitting pretty with surging full-year profits and sales. We spoke to boss Matt Moulding about the secrets of its success.
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Hut Group acquisitions boost profits and sales
The Hut Group’s profits and sales have rocketed following its acquisitions of new brands over the year.
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Analysis
Analysis: Social shopping – turning likes into sales
There was a time when platforms like Facebook and Instagram offered little more than ‘vanity’ metrics for retailers, rather than tangibly affecting their bottom lines.
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Ocado sales up but profits flat as tech investment bites
Ocado has posted flat full-year profits and warned that ongoing investment in its proprietary technology would hamper earnings in 2018.
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Opinion
Keynote: In the age of robots, human contact will be key
In the rush to keep up with consumer habits, such as the rise of social media and consumers’ desire for convenience and speed, the industry could be overlooking one of its strongest suites in the deck – people.
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Shop Direct profit rise boosted by mobile and athleisure
Shop Direct recorded its fifth consecutive year of rising profits and sales as purchases made on smartphones comprised over half of the retailer’s overall sales.
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Shop Direct uses AI and social media to find new customers
Shop Direct’s retail and technology director Jon Rudoe says that the etailer has has “tremendous success” mining its data and social media to target new customers.
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Missguided hires ex-Shop Direct exec Jones as online boss
Missguided has appointed Shop Direct’s former second-in-command Gareth Jones as chief executive of its online division.
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Analysis
Five of the biggest pureplays you’ve never heard of
Our list of the biggest UK-based pureplay retailers by sales had some surprising entries. We take a look at five of the most successful, but perhaps less familiar, etailers giving the most established players a run for their money.
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Data
Data: Top 25 pureplay retailers by sales
Retail Week Prospect’s ranking of the largest UK-based pureplay retailers by overall sales throws up some surprise entries.
