Latest online retail news – Page 99
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NewsMySale targets health and beauty acquisitions
Flash sales site MySale has ambitions to acquire health and beauty retailers, its boss has said.
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NewsMarks & Spencer pilots one-hour food deliveries
Marks & Spencer has kickstarted the trial of a new food delivery service as it moves to ramp up its convenience credentials in the hotly competitive grocery sector.
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NewsAmazon likely to bid to stream Premier League football
Amazon is understood to be interested in snapping up the rights to stream Premier League streaming rights.
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NewsHoF losses widen as transformation costs bite
House of Fraser has posted widening losses and a drop in like-for-like sales in its half-year update, but new boss Alex Williamson is “optimistic”.
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NewsZalando launches fashion start-up acceleration platform
Zalando has unveiled Zalando Build, a new programme which will allow start-ups to become rapidly integrated onto the etailer’s fashion site.
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NewsOcado CFO cautions on costs as it grows new warehouse
Ocado has cautioned that costs will rise in its current financial year as it presses ahead with plans to grow its new Andover warehouse.
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NewsOcado sales soar as it scales up fulfilment centres
Ocado sales continued to rise in its third quarter, with group sales up 14.3% in the 13 weeks to August 27.
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NewsAmazon pilots one-hour delivery at London Fashion Week
Amazon is piloting one-hour home delivery of on-trend clothing during London Fashion Week.
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NewsCleverGift bags top start-up prize at Tech. Awards
CleverGift was named Start-up of the Year at the Tech. Awards powered by Retail Week, after winning the majority vote from the retail judges.
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NewsMissguided poaches Thomas Pink chief operating officer
Missguided has poached Thomas Pink’s chief operating officer Steve Price, formerly joint managing director of Karen Millen.
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NewsShop Direct uses AI and social media to find new customers
Shop Direct’s retail and technology director Jon Rudoe says that the etailer has has “tremendous success” mining its data and social media to target new customers.
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NewsHabitat ramps up digital offer with click-and-collect
Habitat has launched its first click-and-collect service, enabling customers to pick up small homeware products ordered online from over 2,300 locations.
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NewsFacebook’s Harbech: Mobile discovery will transform retail
Facebook’s head of retail and ecommerce Martin Harbech says lots of retailers are “underestimating the opportunity” of mobile in product discovery.
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NewsMissguided hires ex-Shop Direct exec Jones as online boss
Missguided has appointed Shop Direct’s former second-in-command Gareth Jones as chief executive of its online division.
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NewsJohn Lewis to shutter Edinburgh distribution centre
John Lewis will close its Edinburgh distribution hub next month, resulting in 78 job losses.
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NewsJD Sports profits and sales climb in ‘record’ half-year
JD Sports has posted a jump in profits and sales for its interim results, bolstered by international store expansion and online growth.
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NewsMove of the week: Multiple departures as summer ends
No sooner had the August Bank Holiday signalled the end of the summer break than a number of retail leaders were searching for new employment.
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NewsLipsy to shut down website and drive sales through Next
Lipsy is shutting down its website as the business focuses on selling through its own stores and via partnerships with Next and Asos.
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NewsEve Sleep pens German partnership with Karstadt
Eve Sleep has launched a tie-up with German department store chain Karstadt as it ramps up its international ambitions.
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NewsBoohoo hires tech entrepreneur as non-exec director
Boohoo has hired tech entrepreneur and founder of The Phone House Pierre Marie Jean-Louis Cuilleret as a non-executive director.