All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 338
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NewsRetailers pray for Christmas miracle over final four days
Retailers face a nail-biting Christmas as festive trading goes right to the wire. They hope for a last-minute surge of shoppers, kicked off by payday tomorrow (Friday December 20).
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NewsGoogle Glass eyes ecommerce with wink photo-taking function
Google has added a new feature to Google Glass to allow users to take a pictures by winking that could be used to pay for products in the future.
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OpinionComment: Last-minute shoppers key to Christmas cheer
Christmas going to the wire has become as big a tradition for retail as the sight of sprouts and mince pies on the grocers’ shelves
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OpinionBlog: Mobile retail – great for staff, fantastic for customers
Why should so much of retail in store be tethered to the till? For example, the payments we take, and the employee engagement of offering customers the opportunity to become part of the brand community, or the query of stock location.
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OpinionComment: Convergence of media will be the key trend of 2014
Here at Carat we believe that the convergence of media (effectively using technology to drive people towards buying things in a simpler way) is set to become the main driving force behind the innovation and success in the modern retail landscape and I see no reason why this will not be the predominant trend in 2014.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, M&S, House of Fraser and White Stuff
Retail news round-up on December 18, 2013: Tesco plots Indian market entry, M&S agrees to gender neutral toys, House of Fraser could be bought by Galeries Lafayette, White Stuff hires new search agency
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NewsAnn Summers sets up shop on eBay as it starts international push
Ann Summers has launched a shop on eBay which gives it a platform to trade overseas.
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NewsLittlewoods Ireland withdraws Christmas jumper after legal wrangle
Littlewoods Ireland has agreed to withdraw from sale a Christmas jumper which was the subject of a legal wrangle.
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NewsDixons out of ‘hospital ward’ and determined to outmuscle Amazon
Dixons chief executive Sebastian James has declared the retailer is out of the “hospital ward” and is planning to throw down the gauntlet to Amazon next year.
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NewsComment: Sports Direct has a lot to play for
Soaring sales and a double-digit rise in profits might reasonably be expected to be cause for celebration.
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NewsSuperGroup to focus on 'changing perceptions' on womenswear offer
SuperGroup is to promote its womenswear next year to change consumer perception about its offer.
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AnalysisInnovation: Westfield trials same-day delivery in the US
Westfield Labs is trialling a same-day delivery pilot in two of its US shopping centres over the Christmas period.
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AnalysisInfographic: Retail's best tablet optimised websites
As tablets appear set to become the must-have gift at Christmas 2013, Retail Week takes a look at which retailers have the best tablet optimised websites.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Dixons, online sales, Burberry, BHS and Dunnes Stores
Retail news round-up on December 17, 2013: Dixons profits rocketed in its first half driven by UK arm, November online sales hit record high of £10.1bn and Burberry opens first stand-alone beauty store.
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OpinionComment: What are iBeacons and why should retailers care?
If you follow mobile tech or digital retail news, you will have heard about a mysterious new technology called iBeacons that seems to be being billed as changing everything in retail.
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NewsOnline retail sales hit record high as £10bn spent in November
Online retail sales hit £10.1bn in November, the highest ever monthly spend as Christmas comes early for etailers.
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In pictures: Ocado takes cheeky swipe at rivals with ad campaign
Ocado has launched a mischievous advertising campaign on the streets outside its competitors stores telling shoppers that visiting shops is a drag.
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NewsWaitrose pays compensation after online orders hit by IT glitch
Waitrose is to pay compensation to customers after an IT problem forced the grocer to cancel 400 orders just days before Christmas.
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NewsJohn Lewis trials mobile point-of-sale with transactional tablets
John Lewis is trialling mobile point of sale over the Christmas period in three stores as it ramps up its use of shopping technology.
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AnalysisReview of the year: How multichannel grocery took off in 2013
The grocers’ multichannel efforts shifted up a gear in 2013. Here are some of the main developments: