All Multichannel articles – Page 168
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NewsAll Saints hires etail boss as management shake-up continues
Fashion retailer All Saints has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of a global ecommerce director.
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OpinionWaterstones and Amazon: A good partnership?
Will the Kindle partnership with Amazon cost Waterstones in the long run, asks Philip Downer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Simon Calver promises to restore Mothercare's fortunes
New chief executive Simon Calver explains how a focus on ‘basic retail’ will restore Mothercare to health.
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AnalysisProfile: Jon Kamaluddin, international director, Asos
As Asos continues to build its overseas business to drive sales, its international director relishes the challenges of global growth.
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OpinionNo time for baby steps in Mothercare revival
New Mothercare boss Simon Calver’s candid assessment of the challenges that face the retailer in its core UK market has bought him valuable breathing space.
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NewsDwell looks to expand store count
Dwell sees scope for up to 100 stores as it looks for smaller, quirkier shops.
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NewsMultiyork widens offer with entry-level range
Furniture retailer Multiyork has introduced a new entry-level price point range to widen its offer as it gears up to relaunch its website.
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AnalysisSites: Lakeland Vs Vom Fass
Alan Morris, Executive chairman at Retail Assist, shares his view of good and bad websites.
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AnalysisDiamond Jubilee: How retail has changed over 60 years
As the nation hangs out the bunting and prepares for street parties to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Rebecca Thomson looks at the transformation of retail during her reign.
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OpinionAsos: The online giant continues to reward investors
As the recriminations continue following Facebook’s botched IPO, there is one online business that carries on rewarding investors – Asos.
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NewsSuperdrug considers localised product offer
Superdrug is considering localising its product offer in stores to better meet local needs.
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OpinionDoes the weather really have an effect on retail?
“Make mine a double,” the Queen must have said. And so the final bank holiday weekend this side of the summer is extra-long and a valuable opportunity for many retailers to make up some of the sales lost over the past few difficult months.
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NewsLittlewoods to launch interactive Facebook TV show
Littlewoods, in what it claims is a retail first, is to broadcast a live interactive TV show on Facebook, hosted by brand ambassador Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.
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GalleryIn pictures: Tesco F&F pop-up opens
Tesco today opened its F&F pop-up store in Covent Garden in time for the Diamond Jubilee weekend.
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NewsAurora launches PayPal mobile payments in-store
Customers shopping at womenswear chains Oasis, Warehouse, Coast and Karen Millen can now pay for items by PayPal in-store using their mobile phones.
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Macy’s acquires minority stake in online retailer VIPStore
US department store group Macy’s has acquired a $15m (£9.5m) minority stake in Chinese online retailer VIPStore. Macy’s will sell its merchandise to Chinese consumers through a dedicated section on the website. The initiative will allow Macy’s to “test the waters a little bit and learn”, said chief financial officer ...
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OpinionWhat impact will the recession have online?
So we’re in recession again. Cue further rending of garments and raise the wailing a semitone or two. The tune’s becoming familiar now.
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OpinionM-commerce puts the high street under pressure
To click or to wander? Last month, Boston Consulting Group published findings stating that the UK has the largest internet economy of the G20.
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GalleryIn pictures: PayPal Etail Awards 2012
Photos from the PayPal Etail Awards drinks reception, awards ceremony and after party, at the Grange Hotel in London.
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NewsJohn Lewis posts sales uplift
John Lewis recorded a “solid” week last week with sales up 11.6%.