All Amazon articles – Page 81
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NewsAmazon tax affairs in Luxembourg to be probed by European Commission
The European Commission is poised to launch a probe into an unorthodox tax deal, which allows Amazon to reap state subsidies in Luxembourg.
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OpinionComment: How retail’s newcomers can challenge their larger rivals
As retailers Aldi and Hotel Chocolat have shown, smaller retailers can create challenges for large businesses by focusing on customer needs.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What does the ultimate tech-enabled store of the future look like?
New technology is transforming retail. Retail Week examines how these innovations can be used to enhance the shopping experience.
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NewsAmazon offers customers chance to read books a month before release
Amazon is offering customers a chance to read new books a month before their official release date as part of a programme called Kindle First.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco tunes into multichannel transformation
As Tesco’s Building Tomorrow’s Tesco project takes off, Vishal Bansal is the engineer transforming the retailer’s multichannel operations.
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NewsAmazon expands hardware lab as it enters Internet of Things fray
Amazon is expanding its hardware division as it seeks to experiment with internet-connected smart gadgets for the home.
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OpinionComment: Will digital innovation turn Mothercare around?
Following Mothercare’s plans to become a digitally-led business, will the retailer be able to understand its customers digital demands?
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AnalysisInternational analysis: The global etailers big enough to rival Amazon
Powerful online retailers are emerging globally and giving the etail giant Amazon a run for its money. Retail Week takes a closer look.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco’s Robin Terrell and Jason Tarry profiled
UPDATED: Tesco multichannel director Robin Terrell and clothing boss Jason Tarry have both been handed new roles as part of the grocer’s reshuffle, unveiled on Monday.
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NewsAmazon beats Apple and Argos to top online retailer crown, says IMRG
Amazon fended off competition from Apple and Argos to claim the top spot in a ranking of the retailers with the most online traffic, according to figures from IMRG.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Alibaba’s IPO indicates etailer’s future plans
Chinese etailer Alibaba’s IPO is underway and the online retailer has made the largest ever debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco’s Robin Terrell on the retailer’s multichannel future
Retail Week spoke to Tesco’s former multichannel director Robin Terrell prior to his taking over running the retailer’s UK leadership team.
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NewsTech & Ecomm Summit: All Saints' conversion surges after cutting checkout time
All Saints is partnering with Amazon to test a payment system and has found speeding up its checkout process significantly boosts conversion rates.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Amazon, Aldi, Scottish independence and Ocado
Retail news round-up on September 12, 2014: Amazon to open new London office, Aldi to double UK stores, Justin King warns Scottish independence will increase prices and more.
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InterviewQ&A: Net-a-Porter Group, chief information officer, Hugh Fahy
Hugh Fahy, chief information officer for the Net-a-Porter Group speaks to Retail Week about his non-retail background and proudest achievement.
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OpinionComment: How physical retailers can succeed against etailers
In the face of etailers, brick and mortar retailers show that in-store experience is a powerful resource but that online offer is still key.
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OpinionComment: Retailers need a radical approach to compete with etailers
As UK trading standards are unenforced for many websites, traditional retailers must innovate to compete with etailers’ advantages.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Marks & Spencer, Amazon and JD Williams
Retail news round-up on September 5, 2014: M&S will not rebrand Isis range, Amazon chief financial officer to retire and JD Williams launches first TV ad campaign
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AnalysisAnalysis: How etailer Zalando has become a fashion frontrunner
German etailer Zalando has gone from online start-up to a business that is bigger than Asos in less than six years. Retail Week finds out more.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Eight ways Tesco could once again become the envy of the industry
Broker Bernstein believes Tesco’s future can be “great again” with Dave Lewis in charge, but how quickly this can happen is “uncertain”.