All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 378
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NewsMarks & Spencer's digital strategy blooms for Mother's Day
Marks & Spencer has created a QR Code made out of almost 10,000 fresh flowers for Mother’s Day.
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OpinionBlog: Supermarkets could teach fashion retailers some online lessons
Grocers Asda and Morrisons have both recently revealed plans to push their own brand clothing ranges through their websites amid a backdrop where many fashion retailers are finding trade tough.
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Opinion
Blog: Can’t all sectors use social media like retail?
Retail rules the social media game. But our research has shown that not all sectors are equal in the social media world – and some have a much harder job than retailers to get engagement from their customers on social.
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Analysis
Advertising on Amazon: What do retailers need to know?
For the first time retailers can purchase display advertisements with retail giant Amazon to draw traffic to their own sites.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I optimise my email marketing campaigns for mobile devices?
How can I optimise my email marketing campaigns for mobile devices?
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NewsTesco launches website to reassure customers on horse meat contamination
Tesco has launched its Food News website as it attempts to reassure customers over its supply chain following the horse meat scandal.
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OpinionComment: Click-and-collect could be retailers’ trump card
I’m sure that we are all tired of reading about how the internet is killing shops. At least the horse meat scandal gave a bit of variety.
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Alfamart launches new online shopping service
Convenience group Alfamart has launched alfaonline.com, a new online shopping service.Alfamart IT director Bambang Setiawan Djoj said: “Alfamart is the first convenience store retailer in Indonesia that has launched an ecommerce site.”Customers can have goods delivered to their homes or visit their nearest Alfamart store. The service is available at ...
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AnalysisRetail Week Live 2013: A glimpse of the future
This year’s Retail Week Live will include the unveiling of our Innovation Report - Retail 2020. Caroline Parry finds out what the study and associated session have in store for delegates
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NewsM-commerce truly arrives in 2012 as sales hit £7.5bn
M-commerce sales hit £7.5bn in 2012, which has been branded the year in which “mobile truly arrived” by internet trade body IMRG.
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OpinionBlog: Video tool Vine could drive engagement for retailers
Like Draw Something and Google Wave before it, Vine is the latest social media trend to come out of nowhere and attract interest very quickly.
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Zalando reports revenue increase
Online shoe and fashion retailer Zalando’s revenues increased 125% to E1.15bn (£1.01bn) in 2012.Preliminary EBIT loss widened to E90m (£79.2m) after a loss of E60m (£52.8m) in the previous period.The retailer said it broke even at EBIT level in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
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AnalysisIn numbers: Omnichannel strategy - what the leaders think
The ecommerce, multichannel and digital directors from over 50 retailers were surveyed by executive search firm Green Park about their business’ omnichannel strategy. Retail Week summarises the findings.
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NewsDixons shuts Pixmania stores in turnaround bid
Dixons has closed all of its Pixmania stores and reduced its online operations as it bids to turn around the unprofitable French business.
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OpinionComment: Why Best Buy's claim it has 'ended showrooming' is wrong
On February 15, Best Buy put out a statement saying it had ended showrooming by introducing a new price-match program.
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NewsFashion retailer Matches hires Pixmania boss Ulric Jerome
Fashion retailer Matches has hired Ulric Jerome, founder of Pixmania, the French online business owned by Dixons, as its chief operating officer.
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NewsTesco ramps up global online business with Thai and Chinese web debut
Tesco is expanding its web business by launching online grocery in Thailand next month, followed by is Chinese internet debut in the spring.
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Opinion
Blog: And the winner is... retail
All eyes might be on Hollywood for the Oscars this weekend, but those in the retail technology business know the really big prizes are dished out in June at the annual BT Retail Week Technology Awards.
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NewsFred Perry wins counterfeit jumper dispute with The Hut Group
Menswear brand Fred Perry has settled a dispute with online retail business The Hut Group over the sale of counterfeit jumpers.
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AnalysisRestructuring for online growth: What retailers need to know
As sales rise faster online than in traditional bricks and mortar stores, retailers are starting to restructure to reflect this shift.