All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 496
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OpinionTwitter.com/Twelpforce
Best Buy has a reputation for excellent customer service and online savvy that has its UK rivals worried even before its debut here next year. Some of its efforts in social media are examples of both.
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Manufacturers sign to product reviews network
Reevoo has added consumer electronics brands Toshiba, Hotpoint and Sharp to its network of retailers and suppliers who use its service to publish product reviews on their sites.
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NewsMarks & Spencer poised for online expansion to hit etail targets
Marks & Spencer is expected to reveal online expansion plans on Tuesday, when it is holding a strategy day for investors.
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OpinionRetail can close the online divide
We need to start a wide-ranging national effort to ensure that as many people as possible are brought into the digital world.
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Discount voucher sites ready for festive bonanza
Discount voucher sites are gearing up for a busy Christmas in the expectation that cash-strapped shoppers will be hunting for festive deals online.
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NewsAmazon.com to launch e-reader
Amazon is to shake up the books and fashion markets ahead of Christmas with the international launch of its Kindle e-reader and a new clothing outlet.
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NewsGadgetshop launches offline ad assault
Etailer Gadgetshop.com has launched its debut offline advertising campaign to bolster sales in the run-up to Christmas.
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OpinionTesco bids to step out of Asos’s online shadow
Tesco has launched what has widely been reported as its challenge to Asos; its much anticipated online clothing offer.
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OpinionConsumers go upwardly mobile
Retailers who believe that m-commerce is a long way off should think again with the news that there will be two mobile phone subscriptions for every three people in the world by the end of this year.The announcement, from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), that there will be 4.6 billion ...
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NewsAmazon launches Kindle internationally
Amazon has launched its Kindle worldwide for the first time making its popular e-reader available in over 100 countries.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to sell online into 73 more countries
Marks & Spencer has massively extended its online international delivery service, adding 73 countries to the list served.
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NewsTesco launches online fashion shop
Tesco has launched its standalone online fashion shop and hopes that sales will grow to account for 10% of total clothing turnover.
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NewsAmazon launches standalone footwear site Javari
Amazon UK has launched its standalone footwear and handbag site, Javari.co.uk.
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NewsOnline retailers welcome postcode system for Republic of Ireland
Retailers have welcomed the revival of plans to introduce a national postcode system in the Republic of Ireland and believe the move should help catalogue and online businesses operate efficiently there.
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NewsHalfords mobilises SMS text-and-reserve service
Halfords has launched a text-and-reserve service to add to its multichannel proposition.
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NewsSchuh overhauls website as profits defy market woe
Fashion footwear retailer Schuh is to relaunch its website next month after outperforming the market with a 21% leap in EBITDA for the year to March.
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NewsAsos sales bolstered by international expansion
Fashion etailer Asos pushed ahead with overseas expansion and improved delivery options to help deliver strong first-half sales growth.
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OpinionSocial media is ideal for online ads
Despite the growing evidence that customers spend more of their time these days online, retailers valiantly cling to traditional and long understood media like TVand press — Just 20% of retail media spend goes online.
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NewsFlying Brands moves fulfilment functions to UK
Flying Brands has moved some of the fulfillment functions of its flower business to the UK from Jersey and as appointed a new sales and marketing director.
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NewsAsos posts 47% sales increase
Asos has reported a 47% first-half increase in sales, with profits “marginally ahead” of last year.