All Multichannel articles – Page 261
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Opinion
Welcome to the new world disorder
Last weekend I stumbled across a photographic exhibition called Shutting Up Shop at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Analysis
Fee delivery
Web sales soared again this Christmas and many retailers spurred on shoppers with free delivery over the period. But, Liz Morrell asks, how much of a difference does it make?
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Opinion
Fraudsters going for the jackpot
The logic that large retailers can afford better anti-fraud security is not something that criminals appear to be taking for granted.
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News
M and M growth strong over Christmas
Online retailer M and M Direct enjoyed strong Christmas trade, with sales growth of 29 per cent in the nine weeks to December 30.
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News
Ideal Shopping Direct sales rocket
TV and internet retailer Ideal Shopping Direct unveiled a sharp sales hike for the 17 weeks to December 30, 2007.
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News
Findel sales set new record
Home shopping group Findel delivered record sales for the 39 weeks ending December 28.
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Analysis
On shaky ground
The opening of several major city centre developments will transform cities across the country, while the end of empty property rate relief is likely to send rents soaring. Ben Cooper examines some of the key property issues facing retailers in 2008
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News
Redcats to shut Empirestores with loss of 850 jobs
Home shopping specialist Redcats is to shut its agency business Empirestores, with the likely loss of 850 jobs, to focus on its e-tail operations.
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AnalysisA fitting solution
N Brown subsidiary JD Williams has taken on a product lifecycle management system that allows it to keep its product offer apace with today’s fast fashion and still improve quality. By Joanna Perry
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News
Online searches for post-Christmas Sales soar
Boxing Day was the busiest online shopping day of 2007 and the number of bargain hunters searching for post-Christmas Sales online more than trebled during the festive holiday period.
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Opinion
Online Sales have a long way to go
Newspaper images of shoppers fighting their way into stores would have deterred many from the high street Sales.
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News
Play.com offshoot ups ante against Amazon
Play.com has intensified its march on Amazon’s market share as it aims to double the size of its product exchange site PlayTrade.
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News
Music download sales double in 2007
UK consumers downloaded nearly 50 per cent more music tracks in 2007, helped by a end-of-year surge in iPod sales.
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News
Play.com to launch music download service
Play.com is set to launch a rival to Apple’s iTunes, called PlayDigital, which will offer up to 1 million songs for customers to download.
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News
Ocado to push into general merchandise
Ocado, the home shopping business in which retailer John Lewis is a stakeholder, is to push into new categories including babywear and flowers.
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News
Dixons web visits soar
Christmas Day visits to Dixons.co.uk jumped 100 per cent on last year, with Boxing Day visits up 40 per cent.
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News
Record Christmas for Amazon
E-tail giant Amazon.co.uk broke all its sales records this festive season, receiving orders for 950,000 items in the run-up to Christmas.
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News
Shoppers let down by online deliveries
A Government consumer watchdog has said complaints about the delivery of goods ordered online are up nearly 30 per cent on last year.
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Opinion
Time to batten down hatches
Whether next year brings more retail woes or not, cost control and differentiation will be vital