All Very Group articles – Page 23
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NewsRetail Week Live: Shop Direct ramps up testing to boost sales, says boss Baldock
Shop Direct is ramping up testing as it seeks to use its “treasure trove” of data to boost sales, boss Alex Baldock told Retail Week Live.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Retail leaders must keep positive and energetic
Retail leaders need to think of every day as if it’s their first in the job, Fat Face chief executive Anthony Thompson said at Retail Week Live today.
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NewsInterim Mothercare boss Newton-Jones could take on role permanently
Interim boss Mark Newton-Jones is thought to be interested in taking on the role permanently, sources close to Mothercare told Retail Week.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Next get branded fashion right this time?
Next is having another stab at getting branded fashion right with the launch of spin-off site Label - can it get it right this time?
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NewsMothercare hires former Shop Direct boss Mark Newton-Jones as interim chief executive
Former Shop Direct boss Mark Newton-Jones is to join Mothercare as interim chief executive.
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NewsShop Direct tests augmented reality to boost furniture sales
Etail group Shop Direct tests augmented reality technology to boost furniture sales
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AnalysisAnalysis: The rise of the hybrid retail store
As Argos pilots its new generation of digital stores, Mark Faithfull looks at the rise of a hybrid format and the implications for distribution and online fulfilment.
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NewsFormer Shop Direct boss Mark Newton-Jones to join Boohoo board
Former Shop Direct chief executive Mark Newton-Jones is to bolster the Boohoo board ahead of its float.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Which retailers are top of their game with returns?
Ease of return is critical to customer satisfaction, but for many retailers it’s testing the limits of existing supply chains. Simon Jack finds out who is at the top of their game and what obstacles they’ll face in 2014
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Mothercare, Lenta, M&S, Shop Direct and River Island
Retail news round-up on January 27, 2014: Mothercare to sell Early Learning Centre, Russian chain Lenta mulls London stock market float, M&S bolsters team with two hires from Inditex, Shop Direct to make £50m profit and River Island uses Maxymiser
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AnalysisNRF: Shop Direct’s transformation from catalogue business to digital retailer
Head of ecommerce Paul Hornby shared the seven-year story of Shop Direct’s transformation from a catalogue business to a digital retailer at the Oracle Retail Exchange in New York during last week’s NRF.
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AnalysisIn numbers: Round-up of retail's Christmas trading updates
Dozens of the biggest retailers have updated the market on their all-important Christmas trading in the last few weeks. Here’s a glance at the headline numbers.
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NewsShop Direct to run more promotional events after Black Friday success
Shop Direct is to launch more event-related promotions following the success of Black Friday.
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NewsShop Direct posts 5% Christmas sales rise driven by "stellar" mobile growth
Etailer Shop Direct has delivered a record Christmas driven by “stellar” mobile growth and Very.co.uk and Isme.com.
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NewsShop Direct predicts mobile Christmas as touchscreen traffic tops 50%
Etail giant Shop Direct is predicting a bigger mobile Christmas than first indicated after traffic to its sites from smartphones and tablets topped 50%.
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NewsRetailers pray for Christmas miracle over final four days
Retailers face a nail-biting Christmas as festive trading goes right to the wire. They hope for a last-minute surge of shoppers, kicked off by payday tomorrow (Friday December 20).
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AnalysisReview of the year: 2013's most popular stories
Retail-week.com’s most popular stories of the year:
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NewsShop Direct hires My-Wardrobe.com founder Sarah Curran
My-Wardrobe.com co-founder Sarah Curran has been hired by etail group Shop Direct to help woo luxury brands to join the retailer’s roster.
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OpinionComment: Cyber Monday sales set to soar but service levels must be maintained
Online retailers have been braced for Cyber Monday, the busiest online day of the year, and so far it looks to be a bumper one.
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NewsBlack Friday dawns as festive spending begins
An online shopping frenzy is expected to start on Black Friday and run into next week, resulting in record etail sales.