More online retail – Page 6
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AnalysisDigital marketing’s new rules: Inside Asos, New Look and Urban Decay’s social strategies
This deep dive is the sixth in our ‘Consumer 2025 – from acquisition to advocacy’ series.
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InterviewQ&A: Bohomoon founder Katie Lynch on taking the business from her bedroom to the world
Retail Week sat down with jewellery etailer Bohomoon’s founder to discuss the journey from starting the business in her bedroom to reaching international success, expansion plans for 2025 and the importance of product and price
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AnalysisTikTok’s future remains in limbo – if a deal to save it falls through, how could UK retail be impacted?
While TikTok and its Chinese-based owner ByteDance has been given a stay of execution by incoming American president Donald Trump, the hugely successful social media app is still facing an uncertain future. How could a potential ban affect UK retailers and social commerce brands who have made TikTok their home?
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DataUK festive spending on buy now, pay later hit a record this year
One of the key figures coming out of the record UK online Christmas spending released earlier this week by Adobe Analytics was that 13.9% or £3.6bn of payments came through buy now, pay later providers
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AnalysisAfter a very merry ecommerce Christmas, Ocado aims to keep the cheer rolling into 2025
After delivering a record-breaking Christmas on the back of the best part of a year of constant growth, Ocado is riding high. How does it plan to keep up the momentum?
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DataThe Christmas trading 2024 retail league table
Find out how retailers fared during the critical 2024/25 Christmas trading period with our league table benchmarking sales performance across the industry.
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Innovation of the WeekMorrisons has launched an online private prescription service
Innovation of the Week is a series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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FeatureWhat will UK retail look like in 2035?
A lot can change in 10 years. In 2015, online shopping was still gaining speed, self-checkouts were only lightly sprinkled throughout the country, and BHS was still on the high street. So what could change for retail over the next decade? Retail Week takes a look into the future.
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AnalysisTen hot retail brands to watch in 2025
As the 2024 calendar year comes to a close, Retail Week puts the spotlight on the top 10 brands to keep an eye on in 2025.
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AnalysisHow nine retailers are supercharging their marketing with AI
This deep dive is the fifth in our ‘Consumer 2025 – from acquisition to advocacy’ series.
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InterviewQ&A: eBay luxury boss talks Christmas trends and being the ‘original’ secondhand marketplace
With the luxury fashion market in decline, the same can’t be said for pre-loved luxury. Retail Week spoke with eBay’s general manager of global luxury, Mari Corella, about the rise in interest in secondhand luxury fashion, trends ahead of Christmas and what the business has been doing to ensure authenticity
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InterviewQ&A: Baukjen CEO on making sustainable fashion ‘possible, interesting and profitable’
Retail Week visited Baukjen Headquarters in London and sat down with founder and chief executive Geoff van Sonsbeeck to discuss the brand’s progress to date, the importance of education when it comes to sustainability, and what is on the cards for the brand in 2025.
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DataRanking: The 50 most popular retail websites on Black Friday
Payday weekend propelled Black Friday into a bumper shopping weekend for Brits but which retailers lured in the most shoppers? Thanks to exclusive data compiled by Similarweb for Retail Week, we can reveal the victors of the promotional bonanza
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AnalysisWhat shoppers really think of artificial intelligence in retail
Artificial intelligence is proliferating across retailers large and small, but what do consumers really think of the rise of this new, exciting, but often misunderstood technology?
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AnalysisThat’s a wrap: Have Black Friday and Cyber Monday been boom or bust for UK retail this year?
After a depressingly slow November, retailers could have been forgiven for thinking that Christmas spending might never come. With the promotions coming to an end, did Black Friday and Cyber Monday actually deliver?
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AnalysisAfter a slow start to the golden quarter, here’s how Black Friday sales are looking
While Black Friday spend has been slightly subdued in the past couple of years due to low consumer confidence, a cost of living crisis, and the event typically falling before payday, this year is looking like a different story
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InterviewQ&A: AllSaints COO talks ongoing opportunities, AI and why kids fashion needed SmallSaints
Retail Week visited AllSaints head office in London and sat down with chief operating officer Catherine Jobling to discuss the brand’s year, some of its newest ventures, including its expansion into childrenswear, and the opportunities ahead.
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Opinion‘Retailers who miss the shift in customer interactions are likely to face an existential risk’
Shoppers are taking inspiration and guidance from a much wider range of sources than their preferred retailer, observes Accenture Song’s Sarah Lambert. That means retailers need to reach customers in new ways across new formats
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InterviewQ&A: THG Nutrition chief executive Neil Mistry explains why the Myprotein rebrand is the solution to declining sales
Retail Week speaks to THG Nutrition’s chief executive Neil Mistry about the recent Myprotein rebrand, striking retail partnerships with giants like WHSmith and Holland & Barrett, and how he’s trying to turn around declining sales.
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AnalysisAbercrombie & Fitch: how the American fashion giant became cool again
As Abercrombie & Fitch continues to grow in popularity and regains its status as a ‘cool’ brand, Retail Week explores what powered the American fashion giant’s turnaround