All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 441

  • Opinion

    Rapid expansion for The Hut

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Retail Week Knowledge Bank’s newly added profile for The Hut shows that the online retailer’s rapidly expanding coverage has given it some form of protection against the decision by the Government to scrap VAT tax relief for low value shipments from the Channel Islands in April 2012.

  • eBay is opening its first UK high street store
    News

    Ebay to open high street store

    2011-11-17T12:44:00Z

    Ebay is opening a pop-up shop just off Oxford Street in London’s West End in December which will allow customers to shop using their mobile phones.

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    News

    Tesco trials web and store augmented technology

    2011-11-17T10:04:00Z

    Tesco customers can see how products will look in their homes as well as watch film trailers in store with new augmented reality technology online and in shops.

  • Opinion

    Aurora expands mobile point-of-sale trial

    2011-11-16T15:18:00Z

    Aurora Fashions is expanding its trial of its mobile point of sale system, with 23 stores expected to have iPads by the time the Christmas peak hits. The company is running one of the retail industry’s first mobile point-of-sale trials in relatively high traffic stores, and it says it’s going well so far.

  • Opinion

    Amazon ramps up Christmas offer

    2011-11-15T14:35:00Z

    With Amazon predicting December 5 as its busiest day in the run-up to Christmas, it’s important all retailers are prepared for the peak in traffic and for the alterations their sites will need to aid customers in shopping for gifts.

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    News

    Ocado launches Blackberry app

    2011-11-15T09:05:00Z

    Ocado has launched the first ever supermarket app for the Blackberry mobile phone as it continues its “mission to deliver on the go shopping”.

  • Opinion

    Simply tap

    2011-11-14T12:14:00Z

    Launched earlier this month, instant mobile checkout service Simply Tap promises to play a pivotal role in the future of m-commerce.

  • News

    Sears launches mobile shopping walls

    2011-11-14T07:00:00Z

    Department store group Sears has launched mobile shopping walls across the country at airports, malls, movie theatres and bus shelters.The walls allow customers to buy Sears and Kmart toys through their mobile devices using QR codes. They feature the company’s top toys and corresponding QR codes deliver shopper product information, ...

  • News

    Amazon offers to handle sales tax for sellers

    2011-11-14T07:00:00Z

    Amazon is offering to handle sales tax for its sellers despite years of fighting state regulators. The internet retailer aims to profit by claiming a fee equivalent to 2.9% of the taxes collected. The optional service is to roll out on February 1, 2012 and will be offered to Amazon ...

  • The Hut will retain its Channel Islands base
    News

    The Hut will retain Channel Islands base despite VAT loophole closure

    2011-11-11T12:35:00Z

    Online retail group The Hut will retain its Channel Islands base despite the Government revealing it will close the VAT loophole that has allowed it and other retailers including HMV, Asda and Play.com to sell products VAT-free into the UK.

  • Consumers want mobiles to be faster
    News

    UK’s mobile economy needs support, says eBay

    2011-11-11T07:00:00Z

    EBay has today submitted a Mobile Manifesto to the Government outlining what industry and policymakers must do to support the UK’s growing mobile economy.

  • The new MFI’s goal is to combine affordability and service online
    News

    MFI to relaunch online despite challenging trading environment

    2011-11-11T07:00:00Z

    Furniture retailer MFI is to be reborn at the end of the month as an online retailer almost three years to the day after the company collapsed amid the punishing trading conditions of 2008.

  • Matthew Stych
    Analysis

    Woolworths marketing overhaul to drive growth

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The management of Woolworths in Australia has unveiled a raft of measures designed to drive growth and profitability in the face of a resurgent challenge to its supremacy, particularly in grocery retailing from arch-rival Coles.

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    Analysis

    Christmas expectations: What do retailers need to know?

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    An ill wind is blowing in the run-up to Christmas as signs point to a dip in spending over the festive period. Is there any hope of good cheer on the horizon?

  • The experts gathered to discuss the big m-commerce issues of the day
    Analysis

    Push the button

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Retail Week and PayPal got together with a group of retailers to hear about their most pressing mobile commerce issues.

  • Peter Williams
    Opinion

    Need any more stores? I doubt it

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Retailers must get the right multichannel mix of bricks and clicks, says Peter Williams.

  • The transactional website will predominantly target women aged 30 to 50
    News

    Mydeco.com to vie for John Lewis share

    2011-11-10T10:18:00Z

    Mydeco.com, the homewares and furniture aggregator website, plans to take on John Lewis as it launches a transactional website targeting the department store’s customer.

  • Chain Reaction is looking to build the brand with a physical presence
    News

    Etailer Chain Reaction on hunt for out-of-town locations in UK

    2011-11-10T09:47:00Z

    Northern Ireland-based bikes etailer Chain Reaction Cycles is to open stores in the UK in another example of a predominantly online retailer eyeing opportunities in physical space.

  • Mydeco will run the transactional site separately from its existing affiliate site
    News

    Mydeco.com to launch transactional site

    2011-11-04T12:08:00Z

    Mydeco.com, the homewares and furniture aggregator website, is transforming itself into a fully fledged retailer when it launches a transactional site later this month, Retail Week can reveal.

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    Gallery

    In pictures: Retail Week Etail Power List 2011

    2011-11-04T11:53:00Z

    Retail Week was at the ICA in London to launch the Etail Power List 2011, to annouce the 50 most powerful people in online retail.