All Multichannel articles – Page 196
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NewsWickes sets up advice website for tradesmen
DIY retailer Wickes has launched an online advice hub for tradesmen to help improve their business skills and drive its sales.
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NewsMultichannel is trumping pure-plays, says Browett
Big electricals brands are increasingly offering multichannel retailers preferential terms over pure-play etailers, Dixons boss John Browett has revealed.
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NewsMorrisons hires Apple director to lead online food launch
Morrisons has hired a digital heavy-hitter from Apple to lead its online food launch as it takes its next steps into etailing.
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NewsDebenhams claims retail world-first with smartphone innovation
Department store group Debenhams has claimed a retail world-first after deploying innovative smartphone technology to bring print ads to life.
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OpinionPut your best foot forward online
With so much choice on the web, retailers must give people a reason to pick them, says David Wild
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NewsSimply Be to open first bricks-and-mortar store
Home shopping group N Brown is to open its first bricks-and-mortar store for its plus-size brand Simply Be at Liverpool One on September 22.
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NewsBurberry switches marketing spend into digital media
Luxury fashion group Burberry now allocates 60% of its marketing budget to digital media – more than three times the average.
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AnalysisValue fashion online
Primark has quashed reports it is launching a transactional website. We examine the pros and cons of making such as move
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Home Depot to roll out click and collect
Home Depot is to roll out its Buy Online, Pickup In-Store service across its US stores during the third quarter of 2011. The service currently runs in around 100 Home Depot stores. The move is in line with the retailers’s stated focus on “interconnected retail”, based on the view that ...
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NewsJohn Lewis to use Waitrose stores to double its click-and-collect network
John Lewis is to double the size of its click-and-collect operation by adding an extra 60 Waitrose branches to its network of stores at which customers can pick up goods.
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NewsWaitrose vows the worst of online problems are behind it
Online scope for Waitrose.com to become more personalised following overhaul, says ecommerce boss
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NewsReiss plans for future with click-and-collect
Premium fashion retailer Reiss is to launch a click-and-collect service and international websites in local languages as it ramps up its online offering under new ecommerce director Dan Lumb.
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NewsTesco opens virtual store in South Korea
Tesco Homeplus in South Korea has opened what it claims is the world’s first virtual store in Seoul subway, following an initial trial in July.
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GalleryIn pictures: Ocado's virtual shopping wall goes live
The integrated window display at London’s One New Change shopping centre allows shoppers to purchase groceries on their mobile phones, then have them delivered to their door.
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NewsFunky Pigeon trial stores open
WHSmith has opened its first three Funky Pigeon shops, selling stationery and greetings cards.
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NewsSubscription site Stylist Pick to relaunch
Online accessories specialist Stylist Pick is to relaunch its site and push the button on a TV advertising campaign this autumn.
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NewsOcado launches 'shopping wall' at top shopping centre
Online grocer Ocado is to enable shoppers to order goods by scanning from a window display in an experimental venture reminiscent of an innovation tried by Tesco in Korea.
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NewsPrimark denies transactional website launch
UPDATED: Value fashion giant Primark has denied reports that it is to launch a transactional website.
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NewsAsda launches mobile groceries site
Asda has launched a mobile optimised transactional site for its groceries offer.
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Walmart to reorganise its ecommerce business
Walmart is to reorganise its ecommerce business in several key markets. It has disclosed the departure of two senior online executives as part of a strategy to better integrate online retailing with local bricks and mortar operations.Raul Vazquez, who was in charge of ecommerce initiatives in developed markets, including the ...