All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 290
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Analysis
Comment: Retailers need to stop behaving like retailers
As the world’s most successful brands are categorised into several retail categories, retailers must innovate their image to remain relevant.
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Opinion
Comment: How will Amazon's acquisition of Twitch shape the gaming market?
For specialist game retailers Amazon’s purchase of Twitch simply reinforces the extent to which gaming as a pastime has shifted towards the digital.
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News
Furniture Village plots expansion after securing £6m investment
Furniture Village has secured a £6m investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF), which will help it accelerate store expansion.
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News
Amazon buys video-game live-streaming site Twitch for £585m
Amazon has moved further into gaming by snapping up live-streaming gaming network Twitch for $970m (£585m), beating Google to the acquisition.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on footfall, Amazon, Furniture Village and East
Retail news round-up on August 26, 2014: Footfall plunges over rainy Bank Holiday, Furniture Village gets £6m investment, Amazon acquires gaming firm and more.
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News
International analysis: Ahold's invests in ranges and online to drive sales
Dutch retailer Ahold has revealed further sales declines in its latest bout of financial results, blaming the highly competitive supermarket channel.
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News
Screwfix makes two key appointments across ecommerce and supply chain
Kingfisher-owned Screwfix has bolstered its management team with the appointment of two new directors across ecommerce and supply chain.
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News
Scandinavian clothing giant Lindex set for first UK store
Swedish fashion retailer Lindex is preparing to open its first UK store at Westfield Stratford City as part of a drive to expand its international presence.
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News
EBay mulls spin-off of payments firm PayPal next year
Ecommerce giant eBay is mulling a spin-off of its online payments business PayPal as early as next year, according to reports.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Burberry, eBay, Co-op and Gap
Retail news round-up on August 22, 2014: Burberry boss cashes in £5.19m in share sale, eBay eyes PayPal sale, Co-op Bank shareholders call for speedier overhaul and Gap targets India.
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Analysis
Analysis: Can retail's big-hitters sooth a troubled maternity market?
Maternity specialist retailers are facing turbulent times as online retailers and supermarkets are stealing their market share.
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Opinion
Blog: Fashion retailers build store loyalty among online shoppers
The current digital retail revolution in fashion is every bit as transformational as the rise supermarkets were to food in the 1950s.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: What metrics really matter for the ecommerce market?
Too many managers spend time trying to get the page load speed as low as possible, with little return for their efforts.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: How can I improve the performance of customer-facing staff?
Variation in staff performance is a fact of life – at one end of the scale there are the less able, at the other the high flyers.
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Analysis
Marketing campaign: Warehouse turns publisher with 'Tales of the City'
Warehouse is the latest retailer to turn publisher with its new content platform which will give customers a reason to visit its website more regularly.
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News
Warehouse launches online magazine as it makes first foray into footwear
Warehouse has launched an online content platform called ‘Tales of the City’ as it debuts its first footwear collection.
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News
Infographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from the week ending August 20, 2014: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top womenswear retailers.
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Analysis
Analysis: How are Christmas supply chains evolving?
Planning for the Christmas period is well under way, and with more channels than ever the pressure on supply chains has never been greater.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on BrightHouse, Amazon, Nisa and Westfield Bradford
Retail news round-up on August 21, 2014: BrightHouse hires Rothschild to explore IPO option, Amazon strengthens Chinese operations, Nisa to ramp up its digital offer and Westfield Bradford signs New Look and JD Sports
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Analysis
Analysis: Will German etail giant Zalando disrupt the UK market?
Zalando launched a flash Sales site in the UK today, which could signal it is vying making a push in to the UK market. Will it disrupt the market?