All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 74
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Opinion
‘Investors must separate wheat from chaff as etailers race to market’
The acceleration of online retail sales during the pandemic has brought a race to market as ecommerce players rush to pull off IPOs.
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News
Studio reports ‘outstanding’ Christmas as customers turn to value
Studio Retail has recorded an “outstanding” golden quarter after customer numbers soared.
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Analysis
Analysis: How retail fared during the most unpredictable Christmas in history
In what has been one of the most unpredictable Christmases ever, retail has still found some reasons to celebrate. Retail Week explores what a Covid Christmas looked like.
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Analysis
Deep dive: The great retail reset – should retail prepare for the roaring ’20s?
How we live, work and shop has changed. 2021 is the year the retail industry will fundamentally change, too.
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News
Asos to launch £90m warehouse, creating 2,000 jobs
Asos has unveiled plans to open a new £90m warehouse to support “ever-increasing customer demand” and help it accelerate its delivery capabilities.
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Debenhams closes Irish online business as retailers face new Brexit tariffs
Department store chain Debenhams has been forced to close its digital Irish business to avoid tariffs now required under the Brexit deal.
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Joules Christmas sales bolstered by online
Fashion and lifestyle brand Joules was propped up this Christmas by its online business.
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Analysis
Strategic report: How retailer pricing strategies are losing customers
In a hyper-competitive market where retailers are struggling to survive, the right pricing strategy is making and breaking businesses. Read Retail Week’s new report to find out how AI could optimise pricing and drive loyalty.
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Opinion
‘Forget Jaeger – Topshop should be the prize for M&S’
It makes complete sense for Marks & Spencer to add fashion brands to its offer, particularly online, as has successfully been done by rival Next.
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Analysis
Brexit: What Boris Johnson’s Christmas Eve deal means for retail
While it came down to the wire, Boris Johnson and his team did manage to deliver a Brexit deal. Retail Week goes behind the sloganeering to see what has changed for retail and what that will mean going forward
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News
Aldi hails strong Christmas trading with surges in-store and online
Discount supermarket chain Aldi has reported strong Christmas trading, driven by growth both in-store and online with its wine and special-buys offer.
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News
eBay £7bn advertising deal faces CMA probe
Online marketplace eBay is facing an investigation by the UK markets watchdog over the proposed £7bn sale of its advertising arm to a Norwegian firm.
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Online fashion retailer Mytheresa reveals IPO plans
Fashion etailer Mytheresa has unveiled plans for a Wall Street IPO.
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Analysis
What next? Tesco, John Lewis and Dixons Carphone CEOs predict trends for 2021
After the most unpredictable year in history, which trends do retail’s biggest bosses think will be prevalent in 2021? Retail Week finds out.
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News
Beijing launches antitrust probe into online titan Alibaba
Beijing has launched an antitrust investigation into ecommerce titan Alibaba as part of a crackdown on monopolistic behaviour in China’s booming online market.
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Opinion
Retail’s 12 gifts to the nation in a year like no other
In a miserable year, retailers once again went above and beyond not just to to make life bearable, but to enhance it.
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News
The Entertainer to offer click and collect until midday on Christmas Eve
Toy retailer The Entertainer has confirmed it will be operating click and collect for customers until midday on Christmas Eve and has launched its January sales early.
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News
Waitrose bolsters top team with trading and online appointments
Waitrose has announced the appointments of trading and online directors expected to play key roles in future growth.
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News
Online Christmas delivery times widen as couriers struggle to meet demand
Retailers’ promised delivery time is longer than ever before this year, which could derail shoppers receiving online orders ahead of Christmas.