All Multichannel articles – Page 97
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News
Mothercare finance boss Matt Smith to leave for Debenhams
Department group Debenhams has named Matt Smith as chief financial officer.
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Analysis
Website review: Lacoste Vs Svpply.com
Geoff Gower, managing creative partner at ais London shares his view on the design and usability of Lacoste and Svpply.com’s retail websites.
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Opinion
Comment: Sales knowledge is vital to ecommerce success
Retailers must leverage knowledge of their customers’ needs to optimise their ecommerce offers if they want to succeed in online retail.
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News
Marks & Spencer poaches Tesco internet chief information officer
Tesco chief information officer for internet retailing Carl Dawson is to join Marks & Spencer as IT director.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: How can retailers target male shoppers online?
Traditionally retailers have not targeted male shoppers as much as female ones, but over the past few years the online menswear market has exploded.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: How can I expand my business into international markets where it has no physical footprint?
Omnichannel has removed international barriers for retailers, and overseas markets can present enticing opportunities.
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Opinion
Comment: Apple is not the only fruit – app strategies need to go beyond iOS
Apple’s latest figures are out and tablet sales were down 9.9% year on year for the quarter ending June 28.
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News
Infographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from July 23, 2014: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top ten womenswear retailers.
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Analysis
Analysis: Innovation lessons from the gaming and auto industries
Ahead of the Retail Week Technology & Ecommerce Summit, Retail Week speaks to representatives of the automotive and gaming industries.
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Analysis
Analysis: How to work with technology start-ups
The retail technology start-up community is booming. Retail Week finds out how retailers can tap into what the sector has to offer.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco’s new chief executive Dave Lewis has to rebuild the retailer’s brand
Tesco’s new chief executive Dave Lewis will need to bring to an understanding of how to reconnect customers with the retailer’s brand.
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News
Morrisons taps into Quidco data to drive trials of online food service
Morrisons is tapping into data from rewards site Quidco to identify consumers who do not shop with it and offer them money off their first online shop.
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News
Apple's iPad stutters as iPhone sales surge
Apple’s tablet sales were down 9.9% year on year for the quarter ending June 28 as its sales of iPhones remained strong to help it to a record quarter.
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Opinion
Comment: Digital wallets can turn high street challenges into opportunity
As one in five high street shops potentially face closure by 2018, could digital wallets prove to be the tonic town centres need?
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News
White Stuff sales and profits surge driven by multichannel and full-price trading
White Stuff has posted a “strong” full-year performance driven by its multichannel offer and full-price trading.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on White Stuff, McColl's, New Look and Matalan
Retail news round-up on July 22, 2014: White stuff posts ‘strong’ full-year peformance, McColl’s posts half-year profits dip, Two New Look directors depart, Matalan to open its first ever Oxford Street store.
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Opinion
Comment: Could Tesco learn turnaround lessons from Carrefour?
As observers of the retail industry and Tesco - one of the great retail success stories of UK Plc in recent times – what are we to make of today’s CEO change?
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Gallery
Story gallery: Ikea downsizes with experimental store format
Hamburg is home to Ikea’s first ‘Citystore’, a new format with a smaller store footprint designed to cater to urban shoppers.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Birchbox New York delivers with first store
Online beauty company Birchbox has opened shop – Retail Week looks at how they have translated online personalisation to an in-store format.
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Opinion
Comment: Offer mums convenience and trust and retailers will earn their loyalty
It’s always bad news when companies have to lay off staff, and our thoughts are with the 700 or so Kiddicare workers who could lose their jobs if stores are closed.