All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 423
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NewsHMV and Asda best-placed to take Game’s market share
HMV and Asda are best-placed to scoop up market share following Game store closures in a competitive entertainment market.
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OpinionThreat of store closures for Argos
Home Retail’s troubling full-year figures and the appointment of strategy consultants OC&C by new Argos boss John Walden has put the spotlight on the future of the general merchandiser’s store portfolio.
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Analysis
Sites: Urban Outfitters Vs Brand Alley
David Van Reyk, Managing director at DropGifts, shares his view of good and bad websites.
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AnalysisE-wallets: What do retailers need to know?
E-wallets provide a quick and easy way for shoppers to pay in store and online and are gaining favour with retailers.
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NewsInternaçionale to launch transactional website
Value fashion chain Internaçionale will launch its first transactional website this month, triggering a raft of multichannel services.
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NewsN Brown to launch click-and-collect service
Home shopping group N Brown is introducing a click-and-collect service using convenience stores as it seeks to widen its customer base by strengthening its multichannel offer.
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OpinionMultichannel boost for N Brown
Home shopping group N Brown’s full-year profits came in a little shy of some analysts’ expectations but all sorts of developments are under way which should position the retailer well for the future.
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NewsThe Argos store is not dead, insists Home Retail’s Duddy
Home Retail chief executive stands by bricks in face of fierce criticism.
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NewsOcado: What lies ahead for the etailer?
The hope is that Ocado’s new fulfilment centre will put operational issues firmly behind it.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: The outlook for Argos
It is an uncomfortable truth that the catalogue showroom store format has died a painful death everywhere else in the world, except in the UK.
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NewsSainsbury's launches music download service
Sainsbury’s has launched an MP3 music download service.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The future of the Argos store network
As Home Retail boss Terry Duddy prepared to release full-year figures for his flagship Argos business, he would have known that store numbers would be a big talking point.
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OpinionC&A puts Facebook likes on hangers
Fashion retailer C&A wouldn’t be the first retailer that springs to mind when considering innovative marketing techniques, but its latest campaign, Fashion Like, would suggest otherwise.
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Analysis10 things you didn’t know about N Brown
Multichannel retailer N Brown, owner of businesses such as Figleaves, revealed a “robust” set of results today. Here’s 10 things you might not know about the business.
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NewsN Brown delivers "robust" year as Figleaves makes first profit
Home shopping fashion retailer N Brown posted a 2.5% lift in pretax profit to £96.9m for the 53 weeks to March 3 as its online lingerie business Figleaves made its first ever profit.
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AnalysisThe future of Britain’s high streets
As retailers reduce their store portfolios amid difficult trading and increasing online sales, talk is rife about the future of the high street. Nicola Harrison considers changes in the retail property landscape.
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AnalysisSupermarkets: Realigning store spend
Tesco will not take January’s profit warning lying down and as it reappraises its store offer the implications will be felt across the grocery sector. Mark Faithfull looks at how supermarkets are realigning their store spend.
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OpinionMusic independents are making a comeback
I wrote this column on Independent Record Store Day, an annual event celebrating the joy of musical discovery in just such an establishment near you.
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OpinionRetail property development: Changing for the better
As every week goes by, it seems yet another story emerges of retailers consolidating their store portfolios.
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Opinion
Nike at Boxpark: Retail theatre, technology and a full supporting cast
Even the best retail technology requires excellent staff to deliver results, as demonstrated in the two leading edge Nike stores at the Boxpark pop-up mall in Shoreditch.