Latest online retail news – Page 199
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NewsRetail Week Live: Expand product choice but stay true to the brand, advise panel
Retail Week Live panel focuses in on choice and projecting a strong brand image as key to winning customers.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Shop Direct ramps up testing to boost sales, says boss Baldock
Shop Direct is ramping up testing as it seeks to use its “treasure trove” of data to boost sales, boss Alex Baldock told Retail Week Live.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Bricks-and-mortar retailers have edge over pure-plays, says Hointer boss
With the right technology, retailers can exploit their network of stores to gain the upper hand over pure-plays, says US store boss.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Big brands don't need to pay Google, says Vente-Privee founder
Vente-Privee founder Jacques-Antoine Granjon insisted that big brands don’t need to pay Google to drive traffic.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Wearables are coming as peripheries to existing devices, says Google MD
Google managing director Dan Cobley reveals what the future holds for wearable technology and the possibilities for retail.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Ocado boss expects Amazon to be its biggest future threat
Amazon, not Tesco, will be Ocado’s biggest threat in 20 years’ time says boss Tim Steiner as he insisted Morrisons has not missed the boat online.
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NewsHome Retail to exceed profit expectations as Argos and Homebase sales rise
Argos and Homebase like-for-like sales surged in the eight weeks to March 1 as it expects full-year profits to be ahead of expectations.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Jack Wills, Ocado and John Lewis
Retail news round-up on March 13, 2014: Jack Wills likely to announce chairman, Ocado founder doubles pay, and John Lewis to open at Heathrow Terminal 2.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Sainsbury's wants to eliminate 'depressing' checkouts
Sainsbury’s director of space and formats Kevin Barrett says he wants to eliminate the ‘depressing’ payment experience and replace it with mobile.
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Retail Week Live: LCP director identifies John Lewis as top in omnichannel integration
Stuart Higgins, retail director at LCP Consulting, reveals the change needed for companies to become fully integrated omnichannel retailers.
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Retail Week Live: Far Fetch sets sights on multichannel
Speaking at Retail Week Live, Far Fetch chief operating officer Andrew Robb says multichannel is now the retailer’s focus.
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NewsRetail Week Live: 'No easy answer on business rates', says Cable
Business Secretary Vince Cable admits there is ‘a sense of unfairness’ between online and physical retailers over business rates.
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NewsRetail Week Live: China different to every other market, says Asos CIO
China is “different to anywhere else” as a market, Asos chief information officer Pete Marsden said at Retail Week Live today.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Twitter influences shopper decisions, says company's MD
56% of consumers are influenced by Twitter before they buy, claims Twitter managing director Bruce Daisley.
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NewsFrench Connection to launch its first overseas website in Germany
French Connection will launch its first overseas website this year as it aims to grow its international business.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Business Secretary Vince Cable hails retail an economic "bellwether"
Business Secretary Vince Cable highlighted the significant potential of online and international growth to the retail sector today as he called retail a “bellwether” of the economy.
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NewsOcado fights back against Tesco with free Wednesday delivery roll-out
Ocado is rolling out free deliveries on Wednesday as it fights back against Tesco’s fulfillment charge cuts.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Philip Clarke - Tesco must take the lead in reshaping retail
Tesco needs to “take the lead in reshaping the industry” in a multichannel age, chief executive Philip Clarke said at Retail Week Live today.
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NewsInterim Mothercare boss Newton-Jones could take on role permanently
Interim boss Mark Newton-Jones is thought to be interested in taking on the role permanently, sources close to Mothercare told Retail Week.
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NewsOcado reports quarterly sales rise as customer orders jump 18%
Online grocer Ocado reported a quarterly sales rise, with gross sales surging 22.6% to £227.5m in the 12 weeks to February 23.