All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 345
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OpinionComment: How Matt Davies put petrol in Halfords’ tank
What difference does it make if 19 seconds are cut from a Chip and PIN transaction time? If there’s not much going through the tills it amounts to the square root of very little.
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NewsOnline retail sales up 15% in October
Online retail sales grew 15% in October against last year, demonstrating consistently high growth over the past three months.
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NewsMarks & Spencer Sale leads to online delivery delays
Marks & Spencer has warned its customers that they face delays on the delivery of their online shopping after the retailer experienced high demand for its products following its one-day Sale promotion last week.
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NewsChinese ecommerce giant Alibaba smashes one-day sales record by 80%
China’s largest ecommerce company, Alibaba Group Holding, broke its one-day sales record by more than 80% yesterday according to reports.
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NewsAmazon to launch Sunday deliveries ahead of Christmas rush
Amazon is to launch a pilot service to deliver on Sundays in London over the crucial Christmas period.
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NewsAsos launches standalone Chinese website with 365-day delivery
Fashion etailer Asos has launched its standalone Chinese website, Asos.com/cn.
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Analysis
China Singles’ Day: What do retailers need to know?
Emerging in China as a light-hearted protest against Valentine’s Day, Singles’ Day has evolved into the biggest individual shopping day in the world, with singletons flocking to the internet to buy gifts for themselves or fellow unmarried friends.
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NewsDixons to enter Christmas tablet war this week with exclusive deal
Electricals giant Dixons will join the Christmas tablet war this week when it launches its exclusive tie-up.
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OpinionComment: Big Brother really is watching at Morrisons
Morrisons has recently teamed up with Telefónica Dynamic Insights, the data arm of the O2 mobile network, to target consumers who shop at other grocers.
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OpinionBlog: Pets at Home on going mobile
Why go mobile? That’s the question many retailers are wrestling with at the moment and there are many watching the trendsetters for evidence of ROI.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Technological innovations track the impact of shopping centres experiences
Digital and technological innovations mean the impact of experiential activities on shopper behaviour can be tracked more closely than ever before. Laura Heywood finds out how retailers and landlords are benefiting.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I be prepared for peaks in demand and stop online services from falling over?
When months of planning have gone into preparing for a launch or for peak shopping season, no one wants their site to fall at the last hurdle.
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Opinion
Comment: Online entry won’t halt Morrisons decline
Morrisons is hoping to be showered with the riches of online and convenience, but in reality the belated entry into both has inflicted serious damage on the grocer. 2014/15 is set to be a painful year of slowly clawing back shoppers, rather than the breakthrough the grocer so badly needs.
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AnalysisHalfords: six ways boss Matt Davies has improved performance
Motor accessories and cycling specialist Halfords is in the midst of a turnaround under chief executive Matt Davies.
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NewsMorrisons like-for-likes dip as it plots convenience and online push
Morrisons like-for-likes dipped 2.4%, excluding fuel, in its third quarter as it continues its push into convenience.
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AnalysisMobile phone data: What do retailers need to know?
Morrisons has successfully used mobile phone location data to encourage new shoppers into its stores.
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OpinionComment: Is innovation in retail ambitious enough?
We retailers can justifiably be proud of our ability to innovate - it’s in our blood. Day-in, day-out we create new products, new store and online experiences and a never-ending array of promotional mechanics.
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OpinionBlog: Very's Edit shows why editorial content is so important
Very Edit is not a new app, but it’s one that deserves a mention. The app is an editorial endeavour, providing shoppers with fashion magazine-style content in a similar vein to Asos’ print magazine.
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OpinionComment: A very merry mobile Christmas and what that means for retailers in-store
It’s interesting to see that since our last post, John Lewis is predicting that 2013 will be the first “mobile Christmas”, when sales on smartphones and tablets are expected to overtake sales on desktops on Christmas Day.
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NewsMarks & Spencer posts first-half profit fall
Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland insisted progress is being made at the bellwether retailer, despite a fall in interim profits.