More online retail – Page 155
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AnalysisInfographic: Online shopping around the world
Retail Week takes a look at the impact of online shopping around the world.
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OpinionComment: Dixons’ celebrates first-half profit
Dixons has much to feel festive about. Last week, the Currys and PC World owner revealed its UK business had made a first-half profit for the first time in five years.
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OpinionBlog: Amazon offers customisable pages and posts
Online giant Amazon has launched Amazon Pages and Posts to improve the look, feel and performance of other retailers’ pages on its site.
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AnalysisSites: Waitrose Vs Sainsbury's
Dominic Monkhouse, managing director of PEER 1 Hosting, shares his view of good and bad apps.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Argos, I Can Shop From Here
Argos declared its intention to move away from its traditional catalogue heritage last month and instead focus on multichannel.
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OpinionComment: Christmas will be the real multichannel test
The sceptics remain in the ascendancy when it comes to whether the UK can replicate the consumer feeding frenzy witnessed around Black Friday in the US.
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OpinionComment: Retail today is web, web, web
Consumers can fulfil their every need online, so it’s vital retailers invest.
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Opinion
Blog: Ignore your customers and provide them with a better service
‘The customer is king’ is a long accepted truism in retail. Everything retailers do revolves around the customer.
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Blog: eBay is putting the fun into Christmas shopping
It’s not Christmas without an eBay festive themed pop-up shop.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Sir Philip Green - 10 years at the top of fashion
In his decade-long tenure at Arcadia, Sir Philip Green has confounded his critics, rode out tough trading and pushed his retail empire in new directions.
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AnalysisCyber Monday: What do retailers need to know?
Cyber Monday falls next week and is forecast to be the busiest online shopping day of the year. Retailers need to prepare for a surge in traffic and orders.
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OpinionBlog: Google glasses make me feel like Marty McFly
Former Shop Direct boss Mark Newton-Jones was waxing lyrical about the rise of mobile shopping at our sister magazine Drapers’ Fashion Summit last week.
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InterviewInterview: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on Littlewoods' Facebook TV show
Littlewoods launched the latest installment of its popular Facebook TV Show Littlewoods Live last week which had nearly 5,000 viewers tuning in. Gemma Goldfingle speaks to one of its charismatic hosts Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen to find out how to the format works and why using social media in retail is crucial in the digital age.
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AnalysisComet: The state of play
Almost a month after Comet’s collapse into administration, Retail Week takes a look at the state of play at the beleaguered retailer.
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AnalysisApps: Asos Vs Shopstyle
Richard Downey, mobile marketing director at Fetch, shares his view of good and bad apps.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: Should I be personalising content for my online customers?
How can I ensure I’m not missing a trick when it comes to personalising content for my customers?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Where next for the books market?
The growth of ereaders and etail means bricks-and-mortar books retailing has been hit hard. Rebecca Thomson looks at how booksellers can survive and how the market is likely to evolve.
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OpinionComment: Stores must give shoppers a reason to visit
Remember the days when Kingfisher practically owned the high street? It seems that, once it was broken up, some of the brands just couldn’t survive without that corporate centre run by Sir Geoff Mulcahy.
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OpinionComment: Are JC Penney's latest moves bold or foolish?
When a CEO takes over a troubled chain, bold moves are generally encouraged. But when the chain is a much-beloved 110-year-old, 1,100-store $17 billion household name, bold can be very bad.