More online retail – Page 47
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can apps save the shopping centre?
As the rash of retail CVAs batters the bottom line of some of the UK’s biggest retail landlords, Retail Week looks at whether data can save the shopping centre.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Should retailers follow Amazon and sell ads on their websites?
Amazon has amassed a £10bn-a-year business from letting brands advertise on its website. Should other retailers follow suit?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Boohoo’s shock pounce on Karen Millen and Coast
Boohoo’s surprise acquisition of Karen Millen and Coast has left some people scratching their heads about what the online fast-fashion specialist expects to gain from the move.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Pets at Home is becoming Amazon-proof
After posting its 10th consecutive quarter of like-for-like growth, Pets at Home boss Peter Pritchard tells Retail Week how the business is holding off the onslaught of online rivals.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The weird and wonderful world of Wish.com
Great search functionality? Not really. Big-name brands? Not so many, although growing. Speed-of-light fulfilment? Definitely not. Why exactly is Wish.com the most downloaded app in the world?
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AnalysisCoping with the ‘rent of online’ – customer acquisition costs
Bricks-and-mortar retailers may lament rent and business rates, but etailers have their own overheads: customer acquisition costs – and they are spiralling. George MacDonald investigates how they are coping with this digital overhead.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How ‘total retail’ has spurred Joules’ success
After posting an impressive set of full-year results, departing Joules boss Colin Porter pointed to the success of the fashion brand’s ‘total retail’ model. What is that and what can others learn from it?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Has Asos fallen out of fashion?
Once a darling of the stock market, struggling fashion retailer Asos issued another profit warning alongside its third-quarter trading update this week.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How can Topshop conquer online?
Topshop owner Arcadia has pledged to invest significantly in its online operations following its CVA, but it needs to spend wisely to compete with its pureplay rivals.
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AnalysisDon’t give up the day job: embracing side-hustle culture
The side hustle – a way to make money on the side – is going beyond car boot sales at the weekend or selling items on eBay. Many entrepreneurial workers are building their own empires while in full-time employment. Retail Week looks at how your company should adapt to this growing trend.
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OpinionLeader: Earth isn’t big enough for Amazon’s ambitions
Amazon’s annual Prime Day promotional extravaganza, which took place this week, will no doubt result in plenty of superlative-laden headlines – it usually does.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What will the new prime minister mean for retail?
As the battle to become the next prime minister nears its conclusion, Retail Week investigates the impact a Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt premiership would have on retail.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Amazon's Deliveroo deal hits the brakes
Patrick Blower’s take on the CMA putting a stinger in the road of Amazon’s major investment in Deliveroo.
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DataData: Online to eat up half of retail sales by 2028
Online shopping will account for more than half of all retail sales in the UK within the next 10 years, new research has predicted.
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OpinionOpinion: Online retailers must face up to inconvenient truths
Online retail sales growth slowed to 0.6% in the 12 weeks to June 2, versus 8% in 2018. While we can point to the weather as being partly to blame, I think there are a few larger trends at play here.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How The Hut Group is supercharging its growth
The Hut Group has recorded another year of swelling sales and profits – Retail Week speaks to boss Matthew Moulding about how it has done it.
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InterviewInterview: Zalando womenswear boss on building ‘the Spotify of fashion’
Zalando’s vice president of womenswear Sara Diez talks to Retail Week about how the online retailer is aiming to become the ultimate go-to destination for fashion
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Instagram be your biggest sales channel?
As Instagram sets out its plans to move from social to shopping, we ask if the platform can be retail’s next big sales channel?
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AnalysisAnalysis: How technology can save the high street
Hard times on the high street have been thrown into stark relief in the wake of news that Boots may close as many as 200 stores, while a CVA at Arcadia will result in about 50 closures.
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OpinionMissguided supply boss: Don’t demonise fashion’s democratisation
The retail sector’s issues around sustainability and ethics go much deeper than sounding off about a £1 bikini, says Missguided head of product quality and supply base Paul Smith