All Multichannel articles – Page 214
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News
The Hut Group buys Lookfantastic.com in £19.4m deal
The Hut Group has bought health and beauty etailer Lookfantastic Group in a £19.4m deal.
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NewsAsos outlines global ambitions as profits leap
Online fashion retailer Asos has reported a surge in first-half profits and plans a range of initiatives to ensure continued growth.
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NewsFake Next page removed from Facebook on child safety fears
Fashion group Next has had a fake page removed from Facebook because of concerns about child safety.
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NewsApple director joins Kingfisher board
Kingfisher has appointed a boss of trendy technology firm Apple to its board in a non-executive capacity.
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NewsBest Buy UK posts £29m loss
Losses are rising at the fledgling Best Buy UK business but shoppers like the new arrival in the electricals sector, Carphone Warehouse revealed.
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OpinionThe customer will be king in 2011
Customer habits are changing and retailers need to stay ahead of the game, says Richard Baker
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NewsM&S on track to hit £500m online sales over Christmas
Shop Your Way initiative helps retailer to meet target three months ahead of year-end schedule
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NewsCath Kidston adds web ratings to drive sales
Homewares and fashion retailer Cath Kidston has launched a ratings and reviews function on its website to build up its online community and drive sales.
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NewsAsos launches French and German websites
Online fashion specialist Asos launched dedicated transactional websites serving France and Germany last week.
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NewsBest Buy launches transactional website
Electricals group Best Buy took its offer to shoppers nationwide for the first time yesterday with the launch of its transactional website.
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NewsCo-founder steps down from My-wardrobe.com
My-wardrobe.com co-founder Andrew Curran is stepping down from the fashion etail business to take up an advisory role at luxury homewares etailer Amara.
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OpinionM&S’s overseas conundrum
Marks & Spencer may have made a mistake when it sold its shops in France and Spain almost a decade ago, but buying them back sounds downright odd.
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OpinionEtail is redefining the retail property market
The names of the retailers taking stands at this year’s British Council of Shopping Centres said everything about today’s retail property market. Five of the top six supermarkets were there competing for sites, as were value retailers Wilkinson, Poundland and Store Twenty One, vying for space in an increasingly crowded ...
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AnalysisThe influence of online on global retail
The digital revolution was the hot topic at the World Retail Congress last week and is changing every aspect of the industry.
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AnalysisHow to turn online sales into a profit
Selling online is one thing, making money from it is quite another. Charlotte Hardie reveals how to convert clicks into profit
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NewsBest Buy transactional website launches
Electricals group Best Buy has launched its transactional site, giving the new market entrant nationwide coverage at last.
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NewsSales rise at Next but so will prices
Fashion group Next has reported third quarter sales at the upper end of its guidance range and warned that clothing price rises will also be at the top end of expectations.
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NewsRoyal Mail trials evening delivery for online shoppers
Royal Mail is trialling evening deliveries in a move aimed at offering consumers more delivery options for goods bought online.
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Opinion
John Lewis to relaunch website
John Lewis is to use a single commerce platform to power a new website and manage customer interaction across all channels to drive sales and customer loyalty.
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Opinion
Debenhams new TV channel brings the retailer to life
Launched this week, Debenhams’ new TV channel brings the retailer to life. Although video is not a new idea in the fashion sector, Debenhams TV has launched with a variety of formats that will appeal to the department store group’s different consumers.