Latest online retail news – Page 279
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NewsSelfridges multichannel director departs
Selfridges multichannel director Peter Robinson has left the business six months after the launch of its transactional website.
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Meijer launches product locator app
Meijer has launched a product locator app called Find-it, built upon Point Inside’s mobile destination content platform. Shoppers will be able to see the location of more than 100,000 items in a Meijer store using their smartphones, eliminating the need to ask store employees where to find particular items. The ...
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NewsZara unveils transactional website
Zara has unveiled its new transactional website allowing UK customers to buy its entire fashion collection online for the first time online.
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NewsAdvertising regulations extended to social media sites
Advertising regulations will be extended to cover retailers’ websites and non paid-for messages on social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, from March 1 next year.
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NewsOcado shares fall again on analyst comment
Online grocer Ocado saw its share price fall yesterday (August 31) after a leading retail analyst predicted a decline in its market share and questioned its growth strategy.
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NewsEBay to push fashion credentials through major advertising push
EBay is preparing to launch its autumn advertising campaign, its biggest yet, to push its Fashion Outlet offer.
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NewsAndy Bond gets a Wiggle on
Former Asda CEO Andy Bond is back in the saddle as he takes a stake in fast-growing bikes etailer Wiggle
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NewsStruggling Fat Face hit by another departure
Lifestyle retailer Fat Face has suffered another blow to its ecommerce arm with the resignation of ecommerce and communications director Dan Miles, less than four months after taking the role.
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NewsTheo Paphitis builds team for DNA Lingerie brand launch
DNA Lingerie, the lingerie retail business being developed by entrepreneur Theo Paphitis, has appointed former Schuh head of ecommerce Dan Lumb as ecommerce director and is expected to open its first stores in the spring.
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NewsOcado shares continue to freefall
Ocado has suffered a disappointing first month of trading on the London Stock Exchange, with its shares losing 20.7% of their value.
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NewsFreemans thinks big as it returns to profit
Home shopping group Freemans Grattan Holdings claims it has returned to profit after a major business restructuring, and plans to launch a plus-size offer for customers early next year.
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NewsGap sites go live
Gap Sites go live Gap and Banana Republic were due to launch their long-awaited European transactional websites today.
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NewsSite goes live ahead of Asos Marketplace launch
Fashion etailer Asos has today launched a holding page for its Marketplace website, which will become a global marketplace where shoppers and independent retailers will be able to buy and sell clothing to fellow consumers online.
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NewsTesco to open drive-through supermarket
Tesco will this week launch the UK’s first drive-through supermarket in Baldock in Hertfordshire.
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NewsN Brown launches Simply Be in America
N Brown has launched its first catalogue in the US as it continues to seek growth in international markets.
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NewsGap starts selling online in the UK
Gap has soft launched its first transactional websites in the UK.
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NewsH&M launches iPhone app
H&M has launched its first iPhone application today ahead of the planned launch of its transactional website next month.
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NewsGap sales and profits rise
Profits at Gap rose 3% in its second quarter to July 31 to $234m (£150.7m) the US fashion giant reported.
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NewsMyleene Klass fronts Marks & Spencer TV
Marks & Spencer has launched an online fashion show fronted by its brand ambassador Myleene Klass.
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NewsOnline sales jump 18% year-on-year
Online sales leaped 18% year on year to £5bn in July, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.