All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 162
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News
Asda casts slide-rule over variety store group B&M
Asda is mulling a £4.4bn bid for variety store star B&M, it has been reported.
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Opinion
Lord Kirkham’s view: Retail’s key principle is adapt or die
You know what has changed in society and our retail world over the past 50 years? Everything.
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Shop Direct sale scrapped by Barclay brothers
The Barclay brothers have decided not to sell or float Shop Direct due to declining investor appetite.
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Arcadia merges bricks and clicks with in-store ordering
Topshop owner Arcadia has rolled out a new system across 1,400 stores that allows customers to order products online while out shopping.
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Exclusive: Bertrand Bodson to exit Sainsbury's Argos
Sainsbury’s Argos chief digital and marketing officer Bertrand Bodson is leaving the business, Retail Week can reveal.
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Zalando sales rise as it launches membership scheme
Zalando has posted surging half-year sales and launched a new premium membership scheme in its native Germany.
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Opinion
Opinion: Seb James on why Amazon is not invulnerable
On July 11, Amazon trumpeted a retail event: Prime Day. We must all pause for a moment and marvel at the ability of this Seattle monolith to change the way that, 4,777 miles away, all of us now think about shopping.
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Opinion
Blog: Poor stock control can lose customers
Tempted by the summer Sales last week I spent far too much at one particular fashion retailer’s website.
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Analysis
Analysis: Peak stuff? It’s leisure spend that’s vulnerable
Ikea reckons consumers have hit “peak stuff”. Next’s Lord Wolfson says there’s a “continuing trend towards spending on experiences”, and Dixons Carphone’s Seb James thinks “shoppers are now only grazing on ownership”.
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Missguided chief financial officer departs
Missguided’s chief financial officer Paul Masters has left the business after two years in the role.
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Asos sales spike as it ploughs investment into tech
Asos has posted a jump in third-quarter sales, bolstered by a leap in its active customer and total order numbers.
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Data
Data: Did Amazon Prime Day resonate with shoppers?
Amazon’s third annual Prime Day took place earlier this week to much fanfare, but did it deliver the sales spike the etailer hoped for?
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Opinion
Opinion: Amazon Prime Day? More like a car boot Sale
Yesterday might have only marked the third Amazon Prime Day, but the sales bonanza has rapidly established itself in the retail calendar.
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News
Feelunique launches unlimited next-day delivery service
Feelunique is rolling out a new service called Unlimited Delivery, which will allow shoppers to pay an annual fee for free next-day delivery.
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Opinion: Amazon’s Prime Day is changing how people shop
This week consumers were expected to go into overdrive as smartphones were swiped, laptops desperately booted up and orders barked into Echo devices as online Goliath Amazon staged its third Prime Day.
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Amazon patents shape-shifting robotic mannequin tech
Amazon has filed a patent for a robotic fashion mannequin that can change dimensions to allow a shopper to see how clothes fit on different sizes.
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Analysis
Online secret shopper: Next must start with customers
With its share price having dropped more than 50% from its 2015 high, Next has fallen off its pedestal. Ecommerce expert James Hammersley investigates.
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News
June retail sales rise helped by weather and inflation
Retail sales rose by 1.2% like-for-like in June as warm weather benefited categories ranging from summer clothing and outdoor toys to food.
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Opinion
Opinion: Amazon Prime Day is brazen shopper acquisition
Amazon makes no attempt to hide what Prime Day is all about. Hint: it’s in the name.
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News
Amazon raises curtain on Prime Day discounts
Amazon has unveiled details of some of its biggest Prime Day deals as the start time of the promotional spectacular nears.