All Multichannel articles – Page 152
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News
EBay unveils redesigned website
Online marketplace eBay has re-launched its website with a new contemporary look and feel.
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Opinion
Comment: New skills needed to lead multichannel
I’m asked almost daily, ‘what are the growing areas of the market for senior retail appointments?’
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Analysis
My retail life: Edward Chary, Retail director, High Street TV
Edward Chary, Retail director of High Street TV, tells Retail Week about his life working in retail.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Debenhams put multichannel centre stage
Earlier this year Debenhams won the Oracle Retail Week Award for best multichannel retailer. We catch up with its team to hear more about its strategy for integration and innovation.
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Opinion
Comment: How is WHSmith still managing to make money?
Many people will be left shaking their heads in wonder today when they find out that WHSmith’s pre-tax profits for the year to the end of August have risen 10% to £102m.
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News
Shutl secures investment ahead of US launch
Shutl, the delivery firm which offers super quick fulfilment, has raised $3.2m and is to launch in the US and Canada.
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News
Facebook to trial 'Collections' feature
Social media platform Facebook is trialling a feature which will allow users to “want” and “buy” items they see on the site.
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Analysis
International news analysis: China’s online retail race brings risk and opportunity
There has been astonishing growth in the Chinese ecommerce sector over the past five years and it still has a promising future.
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News
Asda to roll out click and collect grocery service to 100 shops by year end
Asda is to roll out its click and collect grocery service to 100 stores by the end of the year following a 6-store trial.
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Opinion
Comment: Some good ideas are emerging on 'showrooming'
In the otherwise futile battle against showrooming – do you really think making it harder for your shoppers to compare prices on their mobile devices isn’t going to backfire? – some chains have started to get clever.
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Analysis
Chain Reaction: 10 things you didn't know about the cycles etailer
Sales at cycles etailer Chain Reaction boomed last year despite profits being hit by investment in extra staff.
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News
Dixons.co.uk online brand ditched
Electricals retailer Dixons is to close its Dixons.co.uk business as it harmonises its online and store businesses.
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Analysis
Profile: Matthew Moulding, founder and chief executive, The Hut
The Hut is an entrepreneurial retail success story, and its founder and chief executive is eyeing an eventual float.
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Analysis
International analysis: Why Esprit and H&M fail to match Inditex’s growth
It has been a mixed couple of weeks for some of the leading global fashion chains. Inditex continued its stellar performance with half-year profits jumping by almost a third as it sustained growth in sluggish economies in both Western Europe and emerging markets.
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Analysis
Analysis: The rise of the supermarkets
Food retail has been transformed in the last 20 years. Rebecca Thomson looks at how the sector has changed and its prospects.
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News
Staples unveils plans to accelerate growth
Staples has unveiled plans to serve customers better and accelerate growth. The retailer will expand beyond office supplies and improve its multichannel provision by merging its US Retail and Staples.com divisions.Staples plans to close 30 stores and downsize 30, a reduction in square footage in North America of 15%, by ...
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News
Profits climb at Abel & Cole as sale speculation mounts
Home delivery grocer Abel & Cole’s profits rocketed in the year to August 12 and a sale is thought likely.
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Opinion
Retail Surgery: How should brands use their web presence to support both online and offline customers?
How should brands use their web presence to support both online and offline customers?
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Opinion
Blog: Is the fitting room losing its lustre?
The ease of shopping online for fashion may be behind the decline in popularity of one of fashion retailing’s great stalwarts: the in-store fitting room.
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Interview
Q&A: Ted Baker chief executive Ray Kelvin
Ted Baker posted profits up 10.4% to £9.4m, slightly ahead of analysts’ forecasts of £9.1m in its first half. Retail Week spoke to founder and chief executive Ray Kelvin on how Ted Baker achieves consistent good growth and its international expansion plans.