All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 65
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News
Boohoo profits surge as sales rocket across globe
Boohoo has posted a spike in sales and profits as coronavirus lockdowns across the globe spurred growth in all of its international markets.
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News
Marks & Spencer launches tech recruitment drive to turbocharge online growth
Marks & Spencer has begun a recruitment push to find 85 tech specialists following a consumer shift online during the Covid pandemic.
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News
Aldi eyes possible cashierless store format with ‘Shop & Go’ trademark
Aldi has trademarked ‘Shop & Go’ with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), paving the way for the potential launch of a cashierless store format.
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Amazon profits soar as online demand booms
Online giant Amazon has reported skyrocketing sales and earnings as the pandemic-stoked shift to online continued.
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Opinion
‘Big grocers could yet take Deliveroo off their menu’
Newly floated Deliveroo has dished up a banquet of grocery delivery deals since its IPO – but whether there is sustained appetite from the supermarkets for the platform must be open to question.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Eataly serves up mouthwatering first UK store
After more than a year’s delay, Eataly has opened its first UK dining and food retail market at London’s Broadgate.
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Retail Voice
How we are levelling the playing field for small businesses
As we start to look beyond the pandemic, there has never been a greater need for small and medium-sized businesses to strengthen their online position, says head of SMB for Europe Martin Machinandiarena
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News
Marks & Spencer reshapes its food division’s top team
Marks & Spencer has made changes to its food leadership team through a raft of promotions and moves.
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Data
Data: Aldi wins back market share as customers return to supermarkets
Discounter Aldi has seen its grocery market share grow for the first time in the last year, as many customers who had been buying food online returned to supermarkets in April.
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News
Waitrose to create 400 new jobs as it extends Deliveroo partnership
Waitrose is set to create 400 new jobs as it extends its home delivery partnership with Deliveroo to 110 new stores.
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Opinion
Lisa Hooker: ‘Vaccine confidence is driving a golden generation of shoppers’
For the first time in months, non-essential retailers and outdoor hospitality businesses have reopened in England.
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Retail Voice
How online retailers can take advantage of the new omnicommerce landscape
It has never been more important for online retailers to broaden their offering across multiple sales channels, says Sacha Wilson, senior director tax technology solutions at Avalara
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News
Former Sainsbury’s boss King backs Snappy Group delivery start-up
Former Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has joined Snappy Group, a start-up that helps local corner shops sell online, after personally making a “significant investment” in the business.
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News
Gousto swings into black as boss says grocery delivery is here to stay
Gousto has delivered its first ever full-year profit as its chief executive backs the grocery home-delivery revolution to outlast the pandemic.
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News
Retail sales recover in March as Covid restrictions start to ease
Retail sales rose in March but across the quarter were “subdued overall”.
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News
The Hut gobbles up snacks specialist in £43m deal
Online giant The Hut Group (THG) is to acquire healthy snack bar business Brighter Foods, strengthening its presence in a high-growth category.
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Interview
Interview: Music Magpie boss on how recycling and reinvention has spurred success
As Music Magpie goes public, co-founder and chief executive Steve Oliver tells Retail Week about its brand evolution and how it is incentivising customers to buy into the green economy
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News
Bloom & Wild buys Dutch rival Bloomon in European expansion push
Online florist Bloom & Wild has acquired Dutch rival Bloomon for an undisclosed sum as it ramps up plans to grow into Europe.
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Analysis
Billion-pound funds and energy targets – how Amazon, Asos and Ikea are marking Earth Day
On Earth Day, Retail Week looks at how some big-name retailers aim to act on sustainability.