All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 100
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NewsOnline Christmas delivery times widen as couriers struggle to meet demand
Retailers’ promised delivery time is longer than ever before this year, which could derail shoppers receiving online orders ahead of Christmas.
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DataData: John Lewis’ look at how lockdown changed shopping in 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing lockdowns saw sales of alarm clocks and lunch boxes slump, while purchases of loungewear and fitness trackers jumped.
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NewsRetailers rein in promotional activity ahead of Christmas after Black Friday flurry
Retailer promotional activity this year hit a high around the Black Friday period before since dropping away in the run-up to Christmas.
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NewsLockdown and Black Friday combine to deliver bumper online sales
Online sales rocketed last month to deliver the highest growth in more than a decade, boosted by the impact of lockdown and Black Friday promotions.
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NewsZara owner reports recovery as online sales grow and stores improve
Fashion giant Inditex, which owns Zara, celebrated a “strong recovery in operations” during its third quarter ahead of more lockdowns in various countries.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven consumer trends for 2021 that retailers need to know
The coronavirus crisis has had a profound effect on every area of retail and consumer behaviour, turbo-charging some trends and creating some completely new behaviours. Looking ahead to 2021, Retail Week considers some of the trends that may emerge.
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AnalysisStrategic report: Seven steps to ecommerce profitability and longevity
Making sure your ecommerce model is both profitable and future-proofed couldn’t be more important in the strange new normal we find ourselves operating in. Find out how by downloading Retail Week’s latest report.
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AnalysisTech 100 trends: Marketplaces, delivery innovation and pandemic power players
Following the publication of the annual Tech 100 index, Retail Week explores key trends shared by the global leaders transforming digital commerce.
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Opinion‘This rapid change is not destroying retail but reshaping it’
At a time of mass redundancies on the high street it is only right to be sanguine about the prospects for the job market in 2021.
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AnalysisThree trends on how, what and where consumers will shop this Christmas
Christmas trading is different this year and there are some big new trends in how, what and where shoppers are purchasing their festive gifts.
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Retail VoiceAgile fulfilment in retail: how Fenwick moved quickly to navigate the crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic presented huge challenges for retailers. With issues around reopening, enforcing social distancing and fluctuating lockdown rules, the industry has definitely had a tough time over the last nine months.
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Retail VoiceUnderstanding online customer behaviour is the key to a successful 2021
This year is nearly at an end and, while retailers are hoping for the best during peak, the attention of many is now shifting to what 2021 might hold.
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AnalysisHow can retailers mitigate the £5bn returns headache?
RWRC’s Supply Chain 2021 report looks at how the coronavirus crisis has exacerbated returns rates and why it is imperative retailers act now to protect their bottom line
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Retail VoiceAlways do what you’ve always done? Expect to see what you’ve always seen from your marketing
As the end of 2020 approaches, I can’t help but wonder how the Queen will sum it up in her holiday season speech. ‘Anno Peculiare’ anyone? (1).
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘The job losses are awful, but fashion needs a cull’
I joined the retail industry rather a long time ago – in 1987 to be precise, at Freemans, the traditional mailorder business that produced a 1,000-page catalogue twice a year.
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NewsStudio Retail prepares for sale as profits boom
Online value retailer Studio has announced plans to explore its sale options as profits and sales soared during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsJoules trading ‘ahead of expectations’ despite overall sales decline
Joules has recorded a strong uplift in ecommerce sales in its first half despite lost in-store sales throughout the lockdown periods.
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OpinionRoger Wade: ‘We need to level the playing field between online and high street’
Last week brought the end of shopping restrictions as retail returned across the UK. Sadly, the second lockdown did more damage than we ever expected as high street retailers suffered a double blow of not only the pandemic, but online competition.
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Retail VoiceHow to gain a sharper edge in ecommerce
Even before the pandemic, the efficiency, speed and increased sales that ecommerce and back-end technology could bring were top priorities for retailers.
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Retail VoiceFive ways contactless click and collect will drive customers back to stores
In what have been challenging times for most retailers, contactless click and collect offers them a safe way to entice customers back into shops.