All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 86
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Greggs and Hotel Chocolat are creating new recipes for success
With the coronavirus pandemic laying waste to once-thriving city centres and travel hubs across the UK, both Greggs and Hotel Chocolat offer insights into trading in the new normal
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AnalysisResearch: Five leading retailers reveal their 2021 CX strategies
Leaders from Seasalt, Hotel Chocolat and more have revealed how, and where, they will be investing in customer experience to future proof their businesses for 2021 in Retail Week’s latest report.
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NewsAldi boss Hurley eyes ‘significant’ click-and-collect opportunity
Aldi UK boss Giles Hurley believes the grocer has “significant” potential to grow its burgeoning click-and-collect proposition as it expands its online presence.
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NewsAmazon set to launch Prime Day next month
Amazon has confirmed that its annual sales event Prime Day will launch next month after being delayed earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsJohn Lewis opens virtual Christmas shop for first time
Department store group John lewis has opened a Christmas shop on its website for the first time.
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NewsBoohoo probe uncovers ‘many failings’ in Leicester supply chain
An independent review into Boohoo’s UK supply chain has uncovered “many failings” in its work with garment manufacturers in Leicester.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The discounters do digital
The discounters have lost share during the pandemic as more and more grocery shoppers switched to online. But digital moves are afoot at Aldi, Lidl and Poundland. Retail Week reports.
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NewsMorrisons unveils food box subscriptions to meet growing grocery delivery demand
Morrisons has launched home delivery subscription boxes for customers to keep up with the growing demand for grocery deliveries.
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Retail VoiceHow retailers can craft an international roadmap in these testing times
Building and sustaining a successful cross-border ecommerce strategy for your company is easier than it might first appear.
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NewsAldi makes click and collect available to customers for first time
Discounter Aldi has rolled out its click-and-collect trial to its first store, making the service available to customers for the first time.
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NewsLovehoney chief executive steps down after 12 months
Lovehoney chief executive Sarah Warby has stepped down from her post for “family reasons” after just 12 months in the role, the retailer has confirmed.
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NewsRevo calls on government to cap business rates at 30% as part of consultation
Revo has called on the government to cap business rates at 30% and to extend support measures beyond April next year as the first part of the reform consultation period closes.
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NewsKingfisher ecommerce sales soar as Garnier praises ‘resilient’ results
B&Q owner Kingfisher has seen ecommerce sales soar in the first half of the year and pre-tax profits climb in what chief executive Thierry Garnier hailed as a “resilient” set of results.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can retail survive a second national coronavirus lockdown?
As Covid restrictions tighten and the prospect looms of further ‘circuit breaker’ measures, Retail Week looks at how the industry would fare in a second lockdown.
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Opinion‘Christmas time, Covid tests and wine? Retailers must adapt for a taxing Golden Quarter’
In little more than a week’s time, retail’s traditional Golden Quarter begins, but it would take more than three wise men to work out how it may go this year.
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NewsSuperdry cautious as coronavirus hits profits
Fashion retailer Superdry has cautioned that ongoing uncertainty and disruption because of the Covid pandemic may affect performance as it posted a slump in sales and profits.
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AnalysisEight reasons why Next boss Wolfson is feeling optimistic
Despite the troubles plaguing the fashion sector during the coronavirus pandemic, Next boss Lord Wolfson remains surprisingly upbeat about the future of the business. Retail Week finds out why.
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OpinionAndy Clarke: ‘Consumers haven’t felt the real pain yet, but they will’
It’s the cliché of 2020 to read that we are in unprecedented times, or this, that and the other have been changed forever by the Covid crisis.
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AnalysisProfile: Amazon’s new UK boss Boumphrey – not your average Amazonian
Amazon has named its EU fashion chief John Boumphrey as its new UK boss – and it is far from the first time that the long-standing Amazon executive has turned his hand to something new.