All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 161
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Analysis
Asda's tribunal appeal, chief executives depart
Words and numbers, September 8 2017: Asda loses employment tribunal, three chief executives depart, plus AI transforming consumer experiences, and Tech. powered by Retail Week.
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News
Boohoo hires tech entrepreneur as non-exec director
Boohoo has hired tech entrepreneur and founder of The Phone House Pierre Marie Jean-Louis Cuilleret as a non-executive director.
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News
Koovs full-year sales rocket but losses remain
Koovs has revealed soaring full-year sales and steady losses as it aims for profitability in 2020.
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News
Ebay tunes into physical media boom with online hub
Ebay has rolled out a dedicated section of its online marketplace called The Entertainment Shop to cash in on the resurgence of physical media.
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News
Updated: Hut Group acquires skincare brand Espa
The Hut Group has acquired luxury skincare brand Espa in a deal thought to be worth over £100m.
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News
Made.com to spearhead homewares offer at The Mailbox
Made.com will spearhead the new homewares proposition at The Mailbox in Birmingham after securing space for a phsyical showroom.
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Opinion
Opinion: The three tech-led models disrupting retail
The ability of technology to disrupt the retail market is well-known, but does the emerging trend of online to offline suggest that things may be changing?
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Gallery
First look: Amazon debuts its fashion credentials
Amazon has launched its maiden campaign for its UK own-label fashion offer Find, emphasising its fashion-forward credentials in a series of shots.
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Analysis
AI in action: The transformation of retail
The opportunities presented by artificial intelligence are potentially transformative. And far from it being a technology of tomorrow, many retailers are already exploiting it.
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News
BHS.com sales jump as website wins back shoppers
BHS.com has posted surging second quarter sales as the fledgling online business continues to attract new shoppers.
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News
Notonthehighstreet.com boss Simon Belsham exits
Notonthehighstreet boss Simon Belsham has departed the retailer for personal reasons, Retail Week can reveal.
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Interview
Interview: Amazon’s innovation boss Paul Misener
Asked to pick his favourite innovation at the retail giant to date, Amazon’s Paul Misener replies: “I really can’t choose just one.”
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News
Apax swoops for luxury retailer Matchesfashion.com
Private equity firm Apax is set to acquire a majority stake in luxury fashion retailer Matchesfashion.com following a bidding war.
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News
Matchesfashion nears £800m sale to Apax Partners
Matchesfashion.com is fast approaching an £800m sale to Apax Partners as the bidding war for the luxury retailer heats up.
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Report Store
Keeping Up With the Ever-Changing Consumer
How to build long-lasting relationships with disengaged shoppers
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Analysis
GDPR: Ticking time bomb or blessing in disguise?
The EU-wide implementation of the stringent General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect next May. Why should retailers care and what are the silver linings?
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News
Ocado launches Amazon Alexa ordering app
Ocado has launched an app for Amazon’s Alexa voice service system today, allowing consumers to add to and track existing orders.
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Opinion
Opinion: Amazon-Whole Foods deal will make waves in UK
Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods will complete next week – a deal that will upgrade the niche grocer to a genuine disruptor in the UK market.
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Analysis
Asda's sales growth return, Amazon's new warehouse
Words and numbers, August 25, 2017: Asda’s first quarterly sales rise in three years, Amazon to create 1,000 jobs in Bristol, B&Q and Bunnings’ results, and Co-op Food boss on gender diversity.
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Analysis
What can retailers learn from the Edinburgh Fringe?
As the world’s largest arts festival, The Edinburgh Fringe, heads into its closing weekend, organisers and performers will be lauding another hugely successful event.