All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 402
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AnalysisAnalysis: Using IT to lead the way in retail
An innovative reserve and collect scheme and integrated online shopping solutions are two uses of IT that are enabling retail brands to stand out in the marketplace. Claire Burke discovers what’s new.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Cloud-based services - Who is leading the race?
Apple and Amazon might be retail giants, but they didn’t get where they are by being one-trick ponies. Jessica Twentyman charts their battle to lead in the race to provide cloud-based services.
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NewsVideo: Littlewoods launches autumn ad campaign
Online department store Littlewoods has invested £2.3m in its autumn advertising campaign which highlights the benefits of its payment plan.
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AnalysisHow Best Buy is targeting shoppers’ smartphones with in-store offers
Last week, Best Buy described a trial it’s doing with eBay’s barcode scanning app for the iPhone, RedLaser.
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AnalysisInfographic: EBay's mobile evolution
As eBay app downloads hit the 100 million mark, Retail Week looks at how the etailer has progressed in its mobile development.
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OpinionComment: The future of UK retail from 2013
Today Jon Copestake is speaking at the Retail Week Technology Summit 2012 about the outlook for retail. Here are his thoughts.
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NewsEBay apps downloaded 100 million times
EBay’s mobile apps has been downloaded 100 million times since launching its first app in 2007.
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OpinionComment: How social commerce might just save social
This year has seen the largest investment by brands in social channels, technologies and platforms to date and the forecast for 2013/2014 is even larger.
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NewsWHSmith rolls out in-store customer WiFi
WHSmith is rolling out free customer WiFi to 603 of its 1,100 high street stores across the UK.
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OpinionComment: What's the difference between multi-channel and omni-channel?
Why not opt for Martini-channel when seeking to convince others that you are in retailing’s technological vanguard?
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OpinionComment: Mobile will become the lynchpin of multichannel
The way consumers engage with brands and retailers is going mobile. Analyst firm Gartner suggested that by 2013 more online search will be conducted on smartphones than on the PC or laptop.
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NewsBoden profits hit by cotton price hike as overseas sales soar
Boden’s full year profit was hit by increased cotton prices last year.
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InterviewQ&A: Kiddicare bosses Scott Weavers-Wright and Richard Pennycook
Kiddicare unveiled its plans to become a £200m business by 2016 today ahead of the launch of its first store in Nottingham next Wednesday. Chief executive Scott Weavers-Wright and chairman Richard Pennycook outline their vision for the future of the business to Alex Lawson
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail innovators - Turning ideas into reality
In the search for growth, innovation is more important than ever. Sarah Butler finds out how to do it and talks to some of the best in the business about how to generate, and implement, new ideas.
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NewsKiddicare hails new era as it targets £200m sales
Baby etailer Kiddicare is targeting a rapid rise in turnover to £200m by 2016 as it pushes the button on a radical transformation of its brand and operations.
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NewsAsos boss Nick Robertson questions need for physical stores
Asos boss Nick Robertson has questioned what role the physical store will play for the next generation of shoppers.
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NewsOcado third-quarter sales up 10%
Sales at Ocado grew 9.9% year on year to £162.6m in the third quarter as the rate of sales growth slowed, as the online grocer battled the negative impact of the Olympics.
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NewsEBay ties up with Nectar to offer customer loyalty programme
EBay has partnered with loyalty programme Nectar so its card holders can automatically collect point while shopping on the marketplace.
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Redcoon considers first bricks-and-mortar store
Online electronics retailer Redcoon, owned by Metro controlled Media-Saturn, is considering opening its first bricks-and-mortar store early next year, according to founder Reiner Heckel.Heckel said that consumer electronics and white goods suppliers treat physical store operators as preferred customers when selling products, including newly launched lines, at the expense of ...
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Opinion
Blog: Rise of the machines
A virtual fitting room brings the benefits of the physical fitting room to the online store, boosting profitability by improving conversion rates and reducing garment returns.