All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 215
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News
Zalando’s profits and revenue rocket as customer base grows
German etailer Zalando has posted surging sales and profits during 2015 as it attracted a growing number of customers to its website.
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MySale posts first-half profit as improvements to business take hold
MySale, the fashion etailer, has posted an improved first-half performance as strategic initiatives bore fruit.
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Opinion
Neil Saunders: Great US retail names must adapt if they are to survive
Department stores launches once made national news. Now the headlines are about how retailers must match up to online stores.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why Morrisons link-up with Amazon will reshape UK grocery
Amazon’s tie-up with Morrisons could see it become a scalable entrant into the UK grocery market – and its rivals will need to react, fast.
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Analysis
Morrisons reveals Amazon partnership: What the analysts say
Morrisons has secured a deal with Amazon to supply ambient, fresh and frozen goods to Prime Now and Pantry. This is what the analysts said.
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Opinion
Opinion: Amazon deal means Morrisons can play to its manufacturing strength
A latecomer to the ecommerce party, grocer Morrisons now seems determined to be its life and soul with an Amazon tie-up.
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News
Morrisons unveils Amazon supply tie-up to bolster online presence
Morrisons has unveiled a tie-up with Amazon that will see hundreds of its products become available to the etailer’s customers.
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Almost 1m retail jobs at risk from impact of digital and spiralling costs
Almost 1 million retail jobs could be lost in the next decade as high streets struggle with the impact of digital and spiralling costs.
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Opinion
How can retailers turn social media engagement into revenue?
This is the central question addressed by a new interactive guide from Retail Week that details how retailers can make social commerce pay.
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Analysis
Infographic: Primark's ambitious expansion plans plus key facts and figures
The week in words and numbers, February 26, 2016: Andy Clarke on Asda’s fourth-quarter results, Steinhoff’s bid for Argos, plus more.
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Agenda: MySale interims and Wickes owner Travis Perkins full-years
Retail Week looks ahead to next week with MySale’s interim results and full-year figures from Wickes owner Travis Perkins on the agenda.
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Argos partners with Google on real-time product advertising trial
Google is working with Argos on a new online advertising tool that updates shoppers with live product availability from local stores.
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Analysis
Analysis: 'Boys' toys' specialist Menkind’s boss on building a 'grown-up' retailer
Menkind’s chief executive talks to Retail Week about acquiring Red5, how hoverboards ruined Christmas and reducing gifting purchase peaks.
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Mobile sales exceed desktop purchases for first time ever
Online sales via mobile devices surpassed those made from computers in the fourth quarter of 2015/16, research by IMRG has revealed.
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Analysis
Analysis: How can retailers tackle the problem of productivity?
Productivity is rising up the retail boardroom agenda. Retail Week gathered retailers to discuss how to drive greater efficiency.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Hut Group and Amazon
Retail news round-up on February 24, 2016: The Hut Group snaps up haircare brand Grow Gorgeous, and Amazon starts selling own-label fashion brands.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why automation is not the enemy for retail marketers
While the rise of automation will affect roles across the retail sector, the best marketing strategies will combine data with human insight.
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News
Findel drafts in former Home Retail executive as non-exec director
Online retailer Findel has drafted in former Home Retail Group executive Gregor Ball as an independent non-executive director.
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Opinion
Opinion: Mobilising the forces of retail online and in store
Physical store growth is the corollary of ecommerce not its victim, and these two are mobilising the sector in tandem.
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News
Retail sales jump in January as cold snap drives fashion and footwear
Retail sales volumes jumped 5.2% in January as fashion, footwear and homewares retailers reaped the rewards of the winter chill.