All Multichannel articles – Page 154
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to use technology in stores
Bricks-and-mortar retailers are installing a raft of online technologies to showcase their complete ranges and prevent consumers buying elsewhere after testing products in-store.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Using IT to lead the way in retail
An innovative reserve and collect scheme and integrated online shopping solutions are two uses of IT that are enabling retail brands to stand out in the marketplace. Claire Burke discovers what’s new.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Cloud-based services - Who is leading the race?
Apple and Amazon might be retail giants, but they didn’t get where they are by being one-trick ponies. Jessica Twentyman charts their battle to lead in the race to provide cloud-based services.
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AnalysisHow Best Buy is targeting shoppers’ smartphones with in-store offers
Last week, Best Buy described a trial it’s doing with eBay’s barcode scanning app for the iPhone, RedLaser.
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OpinionComment: The future of UK retail from 2013
Today Jon Copestake is speaking at the Retail Week Technology Summit 2012 about the outlook for retail. Here are his thoughts.
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NewsAsda hit by website glitch
Asda has been hit by a website glitch affecting its Price Guarantee scheme that has meant customers have claimed for food vouchers worth thousands of pounds.
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OpinionComment: Mobile will become the lynchpin of multichannel
The way consumers engage with brands and retailers is going mobile. Analyst firm Gartner suggested that by 2013 more online search will be conducted on smartphones than on the PC or laptop.
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NewsBoden profits hit by cotton price hike as overseas sales soar
Boden’s full year profit was hit by increased cotton prices last year.
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InterviewQ&A: Kiddicare bosses Scott Weavers-Wright and Richard Pennycook
Kiddicare unveiled its plans to become a £200m business by 2016 today ahead of the launch of its first store in Nottingham next Wednesday. Chief executive Scott Weavers-Wright and chairman Richard Pennycook outline their vision for the future of the business to Alex Lawson
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AnalysisProfile: John Browett, senior vice-president of retail, Apple
As the latest iPhone launches in the UK today, Alex Lawson profiles Apple’s senior vice-president of retail, who joined in April.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail innovators - Turning ideas into reality
In the search for growth, innovation is more important than ever. Sarah Butler finds out how to do it and talks to some of the best in the business about how to generate, and implement, new ideas.
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NewsKiddicare hails new era as it targets £200m sales
Baby etailer Kiddicare is targeting a rapid rise in turnover to £200m by 2016 as it pushes the button on a radical transformation of its brand and operations.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: What are the legal considerations for a social commerce strategy?
What are the top legal considerations that retailers should have in place to underpin a social commerce strategy?
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Redcoon considers first bricks-and-mortar store
Online electronics retailer Redcoon, owned by Metro controlled Media-Saturn, is considering opening its first bricks-and-mortar store early next year, according to founder Reiner Heckel.Heckel said that consumer electronics and white goods suppliers treat physical store operators as preferred customers when selling products, including newly launched lines, at the expense of ...
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lessons from the September reporting season
A raft of retailers ranging from John Lewis to Argos and spanning food to homewares updated last week. Retail Week examines the picture they paint of retail conditions.
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NewsM&S to expand international e-commerce
Marks & Spencer will be trading online in 10 countries by the end of the year.
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OpinionComment: Retailers need to offer delivery choice to keep customers happy
If the customer is ‘king’, we’re now experiencing consumers wield their power, as we witness an irreversible shift from the few to the many.
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NewsIdeal World and High Street TV ink selling arrangement
Home shopping group Ideal Shopping Direct has partnered with High Street TV so both can increase their exposure and audience reach.
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NewsDebenhams forecasts profits rise as like-for-likes grow
Debenhams has reported “strong” like-for-like growth in the last year and pre-tax profit is expected to be up.
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NewsTopshop claims record online audience for fashion show
More than 2 million people in 100 countries tuned into fashion retailer Topshop’s livestreamed fashion show at London Fashion Week yesterday.