All Marketplaces articles – Page 6
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Amazon UK boss Boumphrey: Gen-AI the ‘most transformational technology since the internet’
Amazon UK country manager John Boumphrey has said the generative AI will probably be the “most transformational technology for the retail industry since the arrival of the internet”.
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TikTok Shop and Shopify launch new app for UK sellers
TikTok Shop has expanded its partnership with Shopify in the UK, as Shopify merchants can now connect their online store on the shopping platform using a new app.
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Secret Sales hails ‘exceptional’ year
Premium non-full-price marketplace Secret Sales has posted an “exceptional” year of growth and confirmed plans to ramp up its expansion strategy in 2024.
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Shopify bolsters EMEA leadership team with new appointments
Ecommerce giant Shopify has announced new leadership changes to its Europe, Middle East and Africa division as it aims to drive growth across the region.
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Amazon Fashion teams up with UK luxury resale platform
Amazon’s European fashion arm is collaborating with luxury resale platform Hardly Ever Worn It to offer a range of pre-owned items from luxury brands.
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Amazon profits surge after strong Christmas and growth in AWS
Amazon posted surging profits and sales that exceeded expectations on Wall Street off the back of strong festive trading and growth in its cloud computing arm.
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Analysis
Last Christmas: What can the festive period tell us about the retail year to come?
With another golden quarter over, Retail Week unpicks the key trends surrounding Christmas 2023 and looks at what they might mean for the year ahead
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Exclusive: Amazon faces fresh round of strikes
Amazon workers in Coventry will strike again following a compulsory re-ballot, Retail Week can reveal.
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eBay to axe 1,000 roles
Online marketplace eBay will lay off around 1,000 staff in the US, equating to an estimated 9% of its current workforce.
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Data
Exclusive: eBay was most popular secondhand platform over Christmas
eBay has topped Vinted and Depop to be named the most popular secondhand platform in December 2023 as demand for pre-loved gifting surged over Christmas.
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Merry click-mas: Top 50 most-visited retail websites for Christmas
To understand how retailers fared online over the crucial golden quarter, we teamed up with Similarweb to track how many visits the biggest retail websites in the UK received from Black Friday to New Year’s Eve
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Amazon warehouse workers set first-ever strike date at Birmingham depot
Amazon workers at a fulfilment centre in Birmingham are set to strike for the first time in January over pay and working conditions.
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Vinted, eBay and Etsy sellers face new tax rules
Sellers on platforms including Vinted, eBay and Etsy now face new tax rules set by HMRC in a bid to crack down on tax evasion.
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Interview
Q&A: Ann Steer on reinventing Freemans in a year of ‘aggressive’ transformation
Freemans chief executive Ann Steer speaks to Retail Week about a year of “aggressive” change for the business following the move that transformed Freemans from a traditional mail-order catalogue business to a modern digital department store
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Temu customers risk supporting ‘forced labour’, MP warns
Customers ordering “cheap gifts” for Christmas from Chinese-owned marketplace Temu are at risk of buying items made using forced labour, an MP has warned.
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Amazon strike action to spread to Birmingham
Amazon workers at a new flagship fulfilment centre in Birmingham are set to strike in the new year, building on industrial action already seen at Coventry and Rugeley.
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Alibaba chief strengthens grip after taking over ecommerce business
Alibaba Group chief executive Eddie Wu has been named as the new chief executive of its domestic ecommerce arm Taobao and Tmall Group.
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Interview
Q&A: eBay director of luxury on ‘diminishing the stigma’ of buying pre-loved
As pre-loved luxury becomes growingly more popular, eBay director of luxury Keith Metcalfe sat down with Retail Week ahead of Christmas to discuss the diminishing stigma of gifting secondhand, the importance of authenticity guarantee and why pre-loved and luxury go hand in hand
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Temu sues Shein for alleged ‘mafia-style intimidation’ of suppliers
Online retailer Temu has filed a lawsuit against fashion giant Shein, alleging “mafia-style intimidation” of suppliers.
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Analysis
TikTok Shop: three retailers nailing social commerce
Over 1.5 million UK businesses are now on the TikTok app, and the brand reports that the number of merchants joining its ecommerce platform is growing “rapidly”. We spoke to three social-savvy businesses that have made a success of it.