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Online speed set to accelerate as broadband popularity rises
Communications regulator Ofcom has reported that about two-thirds of UK households now have broadband internet connections. It found that 3 million households signed up for broadband during 2006 and the average speed of internet connections has risen from 3.6Mbit per second in 2006 to 4.6Mbit per second by June 2007. ...
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Habitat closes in on e-tail as it rejigs site
Habitat has overhauled its UK web site this week in a move thought to be its first step towards creating a fully transactional site. The furniture retailer is testing an e-commerce platform in France as it considers a similar package for other markets. Habitat has refreshed its UK site with ...
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Reevoo woos retailers with relaunch
Online product review company Reevoo has relaunched its web site with a new service as it aims to double its retail customers over the next six months. Last month, Reevoo.com relaunched to drive traffic to retailer’s web sites. Customers click on the product review, choose from a list of retailers ...
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Sears underperforms in second quarter
Sales dwindle at both Kmart grocery chain and eponymous department store business
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Tesco gears up for catalogue drive in autumn
Tesco is to integrate its online and store non-food buying teams as it prepares for its much-anticipated catalogue launch this autumn.
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Figleaves signs Redline to help ease Christmas rush
Lingerie e-tailer Figleaves.com has brought in Redline Networks to help it cope with the festive rush.
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Harrods finds web supremo to head online push
Luxury department store Harrods has signed former La Redoute Web guru Jean-Marie Boucher to spearhead its online expansion.
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Toys R Us sues Amazon
Toys R Us has filed a lawsuit against Amazon .com, alleging breach of the exclusivity arrangement that Toys R Us has to sell merchandise on Amazon’s Web site. Toys R Us struck the deal in 2000.
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JLP speeds up its site
John Lewis is using technology from Redline Networks to speed up the performance of the JohnLewis.com Web site.
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JD Williams gets online overhaul from Zendor
Home shopping company JD Williams has revamped its shopping Web sites with the help of Zendor. Both operations are owned by N Brown.Zendor created six grid-based page templates, which JD Williams staff can update without disturbing the look and feel of the site.JD Williams can now update all its 23 ...
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Rise of online shoppers slows amid signs of market maturity
The small, but steady, rise of Internet shopping levels is beginning to slow, according to a report from AMR Research.
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Amazon’s virtual mall strategy could backfire
Amazon’s move to offer space on its Web site to other retailers as part of a virtual mall strategy could run into trouble, experts have warned.
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Banks join fight on online fraud
With Chip and PIN widely predicted to encourage fraud migration to online retailing and other ‘cardholder not present’ operations, banks are investigating new technology options to provide a secure alternative. Favourite is the sort of PIN-enabled technology with which customers will become familiar over the next couple of years. Consult ...
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AsSeenOnScreen sales up
AsSeenOnScreen , the online retailer, said that like-for-like sales increased by 300 per cent in the six months to December 31. The business expects to ‘break even on an ebitda basis for the year’.