All Multichannel articles – Page 56
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales rise as Black Friday promotions wind down
John Lewis sales were buoyed by online revenue as customers grabbed the last Black Friday bargains and looked ahead to Christmas.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Lessons to learn from Black Friday outages
What lessons should retailers learn from Black Friday outages?
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NewsWalmart launches its own mobile payment service after shunning Apple Pay
Walmart is poised to go toe-to-toe with technology giant Apple after launching its own mobile payment service via its existing smartphone app.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Customer communications application Gnatta
The number of start-ups in retail technology is growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Gnatta is in the spotlight.
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AnalysisOpinion: Multichannel retailers need to play the specialists at their own game
Investors seem to believe the advantages of growth, and ability to convert that growth into profit, lie with monochannel retailers.
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OpinionOpinion: Why online retailers are laying bricks-and-mortar foundations
As the ecommerce market becomes increasingly crowded, more pure-play etailers are taking steps towards launching a physical presence.
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NewsThe Hut Group launches brand integrated app competition for students
Online retailer The Hut is running a Game of Code competition for students to build an app to be integrated into one of its brands.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How to use in-store tech to drive loyalty
How should retailers use in-store tech to drive loyalty?
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NewsFood waste reduction start-up Olio eyes supermarket partnership
An app connecting people and retailers to prevent food wastage launched across London today, with plans for UK and international expansion in 2016.
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AnalysisTwitter debate: How Black Friday has evolved this year
Retail heavyweights discussed the merits of Black Friday, how it could impact Christmas trading and online sales versus footfall.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How will Black Friday play out next year?
Stacks of heavily discounted flat-screen TVs, irons and blenders remained on the shelves at Tesco’s Orpington store two days after Black Friday.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five things retailers learned from Black Friday 2015
As the dust settles on this year’s Black Friday bonanza, Retail Week explores five things retailers learned from the promotional event.
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OpinionOpinion: Black Friday could kill physical retail rather than cure
Working in retail is like being in the midst of the Charge of The Light Brigade – fire is coming from all directions but we are ill-equipped in defence.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Black Friday footfall, fulfilment and the future
As Black Friday enters its home straight, news editor James Wilmore, content editor Nicola Harrison and reporter Luke Tugby chew over the Black Friday fat.
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OpinionDrone delivery: it’s not a question of if, but when and how
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the cycling shoes you ordered. The barriers to mainstream drone delivery are lowering.
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NewsRiver Island's 'click-and-don't-collect' highlights multichannel challenges
Online retailing should be simple. Customers click on products from your website, they make a payment and you drive it round to their house.
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NewsRiver Island launches ‘click and don’t collect’ service for busy shoppers
River Island has unveiled an innovative delivery service for online shoppers who cannot pick up products ordered for in-store collection.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Mobile rewards programme SyncSpot
Start-ups in retail technology are growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week SyncSpot is in the spotlight.
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NewsArcadia posts rise in operating profit despite like-for-like sales fall
Fashion giant Arcadia, controlled by tycoon Sir Philip Green, has posted a rise in earnings but like-for-likes have slipped in the new financial year.
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NewsAmazon Marketplace predicts UK businesses to surpass £1.4bn in 2015
Amazon predicts UK businesses selling goods on its Marketplace platform will hit the £1.4bn sales mark this year as a bumper Christmas looms.