Latest online retail news – Page 289
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Robert Dyas to double online offer
Hardware chain Robert Dyas is to revamp its website to reflect its rebranding last year and boost sales through the online channel.
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NewsRelaunched Spar site focuses on healthy lifestyle
Symbol group Spar UK has relaunched its website to push its community involvement and champion its investment in athletics sponsorship.
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NewsRestructuring bears fruit as Flying Brands profits rise
Home shopping group Flying Brands strategy to focus on its core gardening and gift divisions is bearing fruit, the retailer said as it posted improved full-year results.
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NewsBenetton launches interactive catalogue
Italian fashion group Benetton has launched a multimedia element to its worldwide catalogues that will give customers behind-the-scenes access to its new collections.
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NewsRepublic ups online query response rates
Republic’s integration of new online customer service technology has led to 90% of enquiries on Republic.co.uk being dealt with by its automated help section, allowing swifter response rates.
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NewsHomebase unveils networking website
Homebase has launched a social networking site to promote its gardening credentials.
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NewsRWC2010: Amazon rules out stores and grocery offer
Amazon UK has ruled out opening stores and offering food “for the foreseeable future”, its managing director, Brian McBride, has told the Retail Week Conference.
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NewsRWC2010: Multichannel retailers debate future role of catalogues
N Brown chief executive Alan White has said the ultimate goal for multichannel retailers is to ditch catalogues and concentrate on digital sales.
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NewsRWC2010: Ebay to launch specialist fashion channel
Ebay is to launch a specialist fashion section within the next two months, the online giant’s UK managing director has revealed at the Retail Week Conference.
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NewsBarratts to launch iPhone app
Barratts will release an iPhone application to coincide with the opening of a new concept store on London’s Oxford Street this month.
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QVC sales up 2.3%
Sales at QVC in the UK grew 2.3% in 2009 reaching £367.9m for the TV shopping business after a stronger second half.
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NewsSelfridges tests debut transactional website
Selfridges has launched a beta version of its eagerly anticipated transactional website.
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NewsFindel mulls offloading home shopping brands
Findel is understood to be planning to divest two of its home shopping brands, Confetti and I Want One of Those.
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NewsTraditional toys aid Modelzone growth
Model and hobby retailer Modelzone is benefiting from consumers returning to more traditional toys and games, with like-for-like sales up 7% last year.
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NewsJ Crew hits UK after deal with Net-a-Porter
US fashion brand J Crew will be available in the UK for the first time after striking a partnership with etailer Net-a-Porter.
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Astley Clarke adds talent as growth continues
Luxury jewellery etailer Astley Clarke has strengthened its team as sales for the brand continue to grow.
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NewsLondon Fashion Week goes digital with live-streamed 3D video
The fashion world this week descended on London Fashion Week in what was the first season that the event streamed its shows digitally to a global audience.
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NewsGap reveals online plans and plots entry into Italy
Gap has confirmed plans to bring a direct ecommerce offer for both its eponymous fascia and Banana Republic to the UK later this year.
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Customer satisfaction with top retailers improves
Customers’ satisfaction with retailers improved for the first time after three quarters of small declines, according to the National Customer Satisfaction Index.
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NewsOcado appoints former Reuters director as non-exec
Ocado has lined up former finance director of Reuters David Grigson as a senior non-executive director.