All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 400
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Opinion
Blog: Waitrose to launch online video channel
Waitrose is to launch an online video channel, Waitrose TV, later this autumn.
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News
Best Buy appoints president of global ecommerce
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has appointed Scott Durchslag as president of global ecommerce. The retailer hopes the former Expedia Worldwide president will oversee its online transformation.Durchslag will be responsible for all of the company’s ecommerce channels, including BestBuy.com.The appointment comes at a time when Best Buy founder Richard Schulze ...
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News
Former M&S fashion boss Kate Bostock joins Asos
Kate Bostock, former Marks & Spencer fashion boss, is to join the board of etail powerhouse Asos.
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News
Asda to roll out click and collect grocery service to 100 shops by year end
Asda is to roll out its click and collect grocery service to 100 stores by the end of the year following a 6-store trial.
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Opinion
Comment: Some good ideas are emerging on 'showrooming'
In the otherwise futile battle against showrooming – do you really think making it harder for your shoppers to compare prices on their mobile devices isn’t going to backfire? – some chains have started to get clever.
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Analysis
Chain Reaction: 10 things you didn't know about the cycles etailer
Sales at cycles etailer Chain Reaction boomed last year despite profits being hit by investment in extra staff.
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News
Dixons.co.uk online brand ditched
Electricals retailer Dixons is to close its Dixons.co.uk business as it harmonises its online and store businesses.
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Chain Reaction sales rise as Olympics boosts demand
Sales at cycles etailer Chain Reaction boomed last year despite profits being hit by investment in extra staff.
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Opinion
Comment: Rents may be higher, but etailers need physical stores
Blurring the sense of difference between the real and virtual worlds should be the aim of all retailers.
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Analysis
Online delivery charges: What do retailers need to know?
Sainsbury’s is to implement a minimum order for online shoppers in an attempt to “discourage” smaller baskets. Retail Week looks at the reasons behind the move and what its rivals are doing.
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Opinion
Blog: An idea from over here that’s doing rather well over there
Nobody does customer service like the Americans. So it was fantastic when our Clienteling tool helped Cole Haan win one of eight Store Operations Superstar Awards from Retail Touchpoints.
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News
Restaurant chain Harvester signs up to Apple's Passbook
Restaurant chain Harvester has become one of the first UK brands to sign up to Passbook, Apple’s new feature that allows iPhone users to keep coupons, tickets and boarding passes in one place.
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Analysis
Sites: PC World Vs Comet
Jeremy Garner, Executive creative director at Weapon7, shares his view of good and bad websites.
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Analysis
Profile: Matthew Moulding, founder and chief executive, The Hut
The Hut is an entrepreneurial retail success story, and its founder and chief executive is eyeing an eventual float.
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Analysis
International analysis: Why Esprit and H&M fail to match Inditex’s growth
It has been a mixed couple of weeks for some of the leading global fashion chains. Inditex continued its stellar performance with half-year profits jumping by almost a third as it sustained growth in sluggish economies in both Western Europe and emerging markets.
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Analysis
Analysis: The rise of the supermarkets
Food retail has been transformed in the last 20 years. Rebecca Thomson looks at how the sector has changed and its prospects.
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News
Profits climb at Abel & Cole as sale speculation mounts
Home delivery grocer Abel & Cole’s profits rocketed in the year to August 12 and a sale is thought likely.
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Opinion
Retail Surgery: How should brands use their web presence to support both online and offline customers?
How should brands use their web presence to support both online and offline customers?
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News
Sainsbury's introduces minimum online order size
Sainsbury’s has implemented a minimum order for online shoppers as it tries to “discourage” smaller baskets.
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Debenhams appoints Google retail head to its board
Google head of retail Peter Fitzgerald has been appointed to the board of Debenhams as a non-executive director to help grow the department store group’s online business.