All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 521
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Asos festive sales dazzle
Asos sales soared 86 per cent year on year for the seven weeks to January 20.
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EBay and Amazon lead the field online
EBay and Amazon have maintained their positions as the UK’s most popular online retailers.
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EBTM turns a profit
Branded music apparel retailer Everything But The Music (EBTM) made 3.59 million in the year to October 31 last year.
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Opinion
Welcome to the new world disorder
Last weekend I stumbled across a photographic exhibition called Shutting Up Shop at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Play.com offshoot ups ante against Amazon
Play.com has intensified its march on Amazon’s market share as it aims to double the size of its product exchange site PlayTrade.
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Ocado to push into general merchandise
Ocado, the home shopping business in which retailer John Lewis is a stakeholder, is to push into new categories including babywear and flowers.
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Analysis
A complete service
The potential for multiple channels has meant that retailers have had to rethink their customer service strategies. Joanna Perry discovers how the right technology can help
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AnalysisPromises, promises: retailers fulfilling pre-Christmas online orders
Fulfilling online orders placed just days before Christmas sounds like a nightmare but, as Charlotte Dennis-Jones discovers, plenty of retailers believe that it can be done
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Asda takes on Amazon with online book launch
Asda has launched 300,000 book titles online to grab a bigger slice of the Amazon-dominated market.
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AnalysisHome shopping sector at home with consumer credit
Credit crunch? What credit crunch? As the consumer debt squeeze takes its toll on the UK retail industry, the home shopping sector is continuing to reap the benefits of credit.
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NewsTopshop drives online with Facebook tie-up
Topshop is promoting products on Facebook to drive traffic to its web site in the latest sign of the growing importance of social networking sites to retailers.
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Asos to up marketing as it posts record sales
Asos will almost double its marketing spend next year to raise its profile, as the online fashion retailer’s interim results smashed market expectations.
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Amazon still top of the online charts
Amazon has been ranked the most popular UK online retailer for the sixth quarter running, according to an IMRG/Hitwise report.
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Amazon launches digital book
Amazon has launched an electronic device that could replace the traditional printed book.
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Adili to create own label and wholesale arm
Ethical e-tailer Adili is to launch an own-label fashion range and a wholesale operation following its decision to float on AIM.
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Analysis
Net effect for Mosaic
Mosaic has completed its mission to get all its brands online by the end of this year. And, as Joanna Perry finds out, the latest additions are all set for the Christmas period
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M&S’s Lane Fox backs online social networking
Marks & Spencer non-executive director Martha Lane Fox has highlighted the benefits of online social networking to retailers.
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M&S’s Lane Fox backs online social networking
Marks & Spencer non-executive director Martha Lane Fox has highlighted the benefits of online social networking to retailers.
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Hamleys ups web ante with £50m sales target
Hamleys is ramping up its online business with a sales target of 50 million in the next five years, up from the 4 million it has forecast for the year to March.
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Net-A-Porter bolsters growth with database IT
Net-A-Porter has upgraded from a free version of its database software to a paid-for one to support its continued growth.