All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 477
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Opinion
£119.95 lamb anyone?
Amazon’s trial food range would only suit the weirdest palates, but the fact it’s doing it is still bad news for Ocado.
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OpinionShowcasing store technology
The finals of the skillVM visual merchandising competition last week made me think about the best place for in-store technology in the future.
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NewsAmazon launches UK food offer
Amazon has launched a grocery offer in the UK offering thousands of household goods and food.
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NewsOcado expects £1.18bn IPO valuation
Home shopping group Ocado has set a price range of between 200p to 275p per share for its IPO and expects a market capitalisation of about £1.18bn.
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NewsN Brown sales hit by election uncertainty
The new government and uncertainty surrounding the measures in the emergency budget has led to a more subdued period of trading for home shopping group N Brown.
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NewsMy-Wardrobe receives £6m investment
Online fashion retailer My-Wardrobe has received a $9m (£6m) investment led by venture capital group Balderton Capital to drive the growth of the business.
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NewsHouse of Fraser forecasts sales lift
Department store House of Fraser has forecast a sales increase as it announces the introduction of a range of multi-channel initiatives in a bid to improve the customer experience.
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News
Shoppers spent £250bn online over last 10 years
Consumers spent £250bn shopping online over the last 10 years and the market will double in the next decade.
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AnalysisOcado moves to deliver on flotation
Ocado is bullish about its plans to float, but with the online grocer yet to make a pre-tax profit, is the IPO a good deal for investors
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OpinionThe ecommerce World Cup
Etailers chasing overseas expansion face a series of obstacles to success
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NewsCocosa boss stands down to join Farfetch
Cocosa managing director Andrew Robb has stepped down from the invitation-only luxury fashion etailer to join Farfetch, a website that pulls together independent retail businesses, as chief operating officer.
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AnalysisThe customer knows best
OC&C’s customer research on a selection of retailers and their propositions will give the high street plenty to think about
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NewsEBay to include barcode scanner in iPhone apps
EBay is planning to integrate barcode scanning technology into all of its iPhone apps, following the acquisition of barcode technology company RedLaser last week.
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AnalysisStock clearance: Taking stock of all the options
Retailers have never had a greater choice of channels through which to clear excess stock
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Opinion
Nick Samuel
The untimely death of former Hobbs chief executive Nick Samuel was very sad news.
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NewsFormer Hobbs chief executive Nick Samuel dies
Nick Samuel, former chief executive of womenswear retailer Hobbs and former finance director of womenswear chain Karen Millen has died.
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NewsCharles Tyrwhitt invests to improve customer data
Multichannel menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt is working with Experian QAS to improve its customer contact data management system to help reach its sales targets.
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NewsOnline retail to grow by £8bn
The size and pace of online retail growth will outstrip the broader retail market in the next two years according to PayPal.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse buys software to cut online fraud
Carphone Warehouse is to use Accertify’s Interceptas software in its attempt to prevent online fraud.
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NewsRepublic looks to grow with multichannel pilot
Republic is to trial multichannel services from September as part of plans to accelerate the business following its sale to private equity house TPG for £300m.