All Multichannel articles – Page 197
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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 ...
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NewsTesco’s Amazon-style site due to launch in January
Tesco is gearing up for the launch in January of its Amazon-style online marketplace offer, which will target customers through previous buying habits and Clubcard data.
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NewsHome Retail starts search for its new Argos boss
Home Retail Group has formally begun the search for a new managing director of its flagship Argos business with the appointment of headhunters.
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NewsOcado’s lack of update raises City eyebrows
Broker Panmure has questioned why Ocado has not updated the City after the online grocer’s joint broker Goldman Sachs slashed its operating profit forecasts for the next three years.
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NewsGame multichannel deal pleases the sceptical City
A further push by Game into multichannel retail was welcomed by analysts, but the City wants to see the games specialist to “dramatically” reduce its store numbers.
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NewsM&S names partner to build multichannel platform
Marks & Spencer has appointed technology firm SapientNitro to create its own multichannel platform as it bids to increase multichannel sales to between £800 and £1bn by 2014.
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NewsReiss hires ecommerce director to drive multichannel growth
Reiss has drafted in former Boux Avenue ecommerce director Dan Lumb to spearhead Reiss’s strategy of growing the multichannel business at an international level.
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NewsHarrods to launch online magazine and new mobile site
Harrods is to launch an online magazine and transactional mobile site this autumn as it develops its digital offer.
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NewsIdeal World to launch customer rewards programme
Ideal Shopping Direct is to launch a customer rewards programme for its Ideal World brand.
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NewsAurora aims to emulate Asos with international online strategy
Fashion group Aurora is seeking to add external brands to its international local-language websites in a bid to emulate the success of rival etailer Asos.
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NewsAnn Summers takes clubwear in-store
Lingerie and sex toy specialist Ann Summers is to start selling clubwear in its stores after a 300% jump in sales in the category from its party plan and web channel.
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NewsBroker pinpoints value in Home Retail
Broker Morgan Stanley has become a buyer of Argos-owner Home Retail for the first time since the business was founded through demerger from GUS in 2006.