All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 198
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AnalysisOnline secret shopper: Three ways M&S can engage with customers
Following another M&S clothing sales fall (8.9% – the biggest in 10 years), what role can online play in engaging customers to drive growth?
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VideoInterview: Argos boss John Walden on the retailer’s digital transformation
As he prepares to stand down following the Sainsbury’s deal, John Walden recalls how he made Argos more than a catalogue specialist.
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Retail VoiceOpinion: Delivery solutions for the omnichannel consumer
How can retailers effectively tackle ecommerce and make a profit? The answer is in the efficiency of the modern-day supply chain.
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OpinionOpinion: Dollar Shave Club deal shows shape of retail to come
This holiday period is often called the ’silly season’. But recent deals show that making M&A hay in the summertime can be anything but silly.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Monsoon Accessorize, Amazon and more
Retail round-up: Monsoon Accessorize to shutter 141 shops, Amazon’s new Essex distribution centre and Jack Wills’ chairman to step down
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AnalysisAnalysis: Recession lessons that will help retailers trade through Brexit
As retailers prepare for any Brexit storm, we look at what can be learned from the success stories of the recent recession.
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AnalysisWatch: How can supply chain execs drive omnichannel profitability?
Current supply chains are not fit for purpose to deliver a successful omnichannel offering, claim 86% of retailers, so how can that be fixed?
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AnalysisAnalysis: 10 key performance indicators for the new retailing world
Retailers increasingly realise that they need to respond to new dynamics such as a shift from transactions to relationships.
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AnalysisBig box, little box, cardboard box: Why big retailers are shrinking
Big-box retailers are branching out of retail parks and adopting new channels such as smaller high street stores to target new shoppers.
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OpinionOpinion: Why retailers need negative reviews, and what to do with them
The rise of online retail has given shoppers more avenues than ever to offer feedback. How should retailers respond to negative reviews?
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NewsNew Look launches one-hour, consumer-controlled, next-day delivery
Fast-fashion retailer New Look has launched a one-hour, consumer-controlled delivery option, in partnership with delivery company DPD.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Carrefour China targets convenience expansion
Carrefour’s Chinese business is to open between 40 and 50 new convenience stores in Shanghai by the end of this year.
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NewsPretty Little Thing launches next-day click-and-collect
Fast-fashion etailer Pretty Little Thing has launched next-day click-and-collect, via a partnership with parcel delivery shop Doddle.
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NewsRetail Week Hackathon: 24 hours to drive online shoppers into store locations
Have you got what it takes to create the next industry-changing solution in just 24 hours? Entries close this week for the Retail Week Hackathon.
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NewsAmazon plans to open Doncaster warehouse creating 500 new jobs
Amazon is opening its third warehouse in Doncaster next year to strengthen its fulfilment offer, creating 500 permanent jobs.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why Rakuten could be stuck in a fatal decline
In its latest financial results, the Japanese etailer Rakuten has revealed that it is failing to keep pace with its rivals in the digital space.
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OpinionOpinion: How tech can help grocers compete with food start-ups
Over the past two decades, the process of shopping has been drastically altered by the rise of ecommerce, dominated by Amazon and eBay.
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NewsAlibaba first-quarter sales surge as mobile users drive growth
Alibaba reported its highest quarterly sales growth since its flotation in 2014 as mobile purchases outstripped desktop shoppers.
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OpinionBlog: Brexit and the rise of the retail robot
Our jobs are being replaced by robots. We’ve all read worrying headlines of that ilk that paint a scary picture of what life will be like in the future.
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NewsZalando boss: UK is still ‘very attractive’ despite Brexit
German etail giant Zalando says Britain remains “a very attractive potential market”, despite its vote to leave the EU earlier this year.