Latest online retail news – Page 301
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NewsFreemans Grattan relaunches website
Home shopping group Freemans Grattan will this month relaunch its Kaleidoscope homewares and fashion website to deliver an improved customer experience.
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NewsEfficiencies and pricing drive Flying Brands profit
Cost efficiencies have begun to improve profitability at multichannel retailer Flying Brands.
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NewsThe Entertainer ramps up digital marketing
Toy specialist The Entertainer is to extend its digital advertising efforts in anticipation of a bumper Christmas online.
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NewsRough Trade website to match in-store offer
Iconic independent music retailer Rough Trade will relaunch its website in September to synchronise its online operations with what it does in stores.
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NewsHow does Sainsburys.co.uk compare?
Last week Sainsbury’s launched its non-food offer online. But how does the site compare with those of rivals Tesco and Asda?
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NewsAsda builds social site to push transparency
Asda is to launch a social networking website next week as part of its plan to become a more transparent business.
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PayPal suffers global shutdown
PayPal’s online payment service was unavailable for over an hour from 6.30pm onwards UK time on Monday, according to reports.The outage was due to an “internal issue”, according to a PayPal spokesman, with users of the payment service across the world affected. Although the problem was said to have only ...
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NewsSpotify attracts high profile investors
Spotify, the digital music download service, is close to securing new funding from investors including the charitable foundation of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing.
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NewsRobert Dyas tests online kiosk at new-look store in Maidenhead
Hardware chain Robert Dyas is trialling an internet kiosk in its new-look store in Maidenhead, which opened last week.
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NewsWaitrose to sell John Lewis homewares
Waitrose is to sell John Lewis kitchen and homewares products on its website and in its top performing stores.
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NewsFlying Brands improves trading after cost efficiency programme
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands has reported improved trading in its interim results as it reaps the benefits from its cost efficiency programme.
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NewsSainsbury’s launches non-food online to rival Tesco and Asda
Sainsbury’s this week locked horns with rivals Tesco and Asda as it launched its non-food online offer.
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Book Depository to take on US market
Online retailer The Book Depository has revealed a 50 per cent hike in revenue to £62m in the year to June 30 as it lays out plans to take on the £9bn US book market.
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NewsThe Earring Boutique moves ahead with expansion plans as sales rocket
Online jewellery retailer The Earring Boutique is ploughing ahead with its expansion plans after notching up a 50 per cent increase in like-for-like sales in the three months to date.
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Vente-privee enjoys a sales increase
Private sales website Vente-privee has enjoyed a sales increase of 40 per cent in the first half of this year. Sales rocketed to £290m for the period as shoppers took advantage of goods with more than 70 per cent off normal retail price.The Paris-based retailer, which launched a UK site ...
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NewsAmazon takeover to open Zappos up to new markets
E-tailer Zappos has been a household name in the US for some time. The shoe specialist has been on a phenomenal growth path, with sales skyrocketing from $1.6m (£969,820) in 2001 to more than $1bn (£606.1m) last year.
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NewsRazwar.com takes razor blades online
Razors and blades have been synonymous with the marketing strategy that has been used to sell them since King C Gillette started using razor blade handles as a loss-leader to encourage ongoing sales of his disposable razor blades in 1901.
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NewsWhite Stuff overhauls merchandising
Growing multichannel retailer White Stuff is to improve its planning and merchandising activity with the introduction of a system from Island Pacific.
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NewsSpotify takes on iTunes with new application
Music streaming service Spotify is taking on download giant iTunes with a new application that would allow iPhone users to listen to millions of songs on the move.