All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 108
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NewsFarfetch losses spiral despite sales gains
Farfetch has suffered widening losses during its third quarter despite a spike in sales.
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AnalysisAmazon versus the EU – what are the implications for retail?
The clash between the European Union and etail giant Amazon is a case of ethics versus big data.
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NewsAlibaba Singles’ Day sales surpass $70bn, spurred by luxury
Alibaba posted record sales of $74bn (£56bn) for its annual Singles’ Day Sales event, which this year was extended beyond the usual one day of deals.
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NewsMarks & Spencer adds Early Learning Centre to online brand stable
Marks & Spencer is to sell Early Learning Centre products on its website in its latest tie-up with a complementary brand to build online appeal.
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AnalysisNo Limits: Retail’s five best apprentice schemes
As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, Retail Week looks into why these schemes can’t be a casualty of the pandemic and shines a spotlight on some of retail’s best apprenticeship programmes.
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OpinionFour ways to better merge physical and digital: lessons from global retail
How can retailers better merge the physical and digital worlds? Nicki Sprinz, managing director of digital experience agency ustwo, shares examples from around the world.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Vaccine joy sparks share price snakes and ladders
Welcome news of a coronavirus vaccine has sparked a stock market shift as investors rushed to buy and sell shares. Big-name retail and other consumer stocks shunned during the pandemic were back in fashion, while lockdown stars took a hit.
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DataRanking: Top 30 growth retailers led by Gymshark, Boohoo and Farfetch
Dominated by etailers, our latest Top 30 Growth Retailers ranking is critical reading in the run-up to Christmas as shoppers increasingly migrate online.
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NewsAldi to roll out click and collect to 200 stores before Christmas
Aldi is to extend its click-and-collect trial to more than 200 additional stores before Christmas as it ramps up its online proposition.
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Opinion‘Retailers must be smarter than ever to pass Black Friday demand test’
With ecommerce sales already at a record high, the anticipated spike in online orders expected over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday period will put even greater strain on retailers and logistics providers alike.
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Retail VoiceHow product experience helps drive ROI
In today’s retail market, it is not enough for websites to display a solitary product image with a few bullet points providing washing instructions. Consumers are looking for much more than this.
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Opinion‘As lockdown bites, retailers can’t afford to squabble like cats in a bag’
As the retail industry labours under the restrictions of a second lockdown, some are adopting a beggar-thy-neighbour attitude that is in the interests of nobody.
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DataCoronavirus Consumer Pulse: Web traffic spikes ahead of second lockdown
Amid the coronavirus crisis, it has arguably never been more important, nor more difficult, for retailers to understand their customers.
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VideoWatch: Amazon’s emotional Christmas advert
Entitled ‘The show must go on’, Amazon’s Christmas campaign tells the story of a young dancer.
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Opinion‘Retailers’ cash is stronger than expected, but the outlook has weakened’
HSBC UK head of retail and leisure James Sawley takes the temperature of retail performance and finances as a new lockdown begins.
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InterviewInterview: Very boss Henry Birch – ‘If it’s not a record peak, I’m resigning’
If you were compiling a list of retailers that are doing better today than they were two years ago, it probably would not be a very long one.
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NewsAlibaba and Richemont invest in Farfetch for China push
Ecommerce giant Alibaba and luxury goods powerhouse Richemont are to invest in upscale online retailer Farfetch as the trio launch a Chinese partnership.
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Retail VoiceHow augmented reality is bridging the digital divide in retail
With a retail peak that will predominantly play out online this year, especially given the new lockdown restrictions, Capita examines how technology can help keep customers happy
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AnalysisAnalysis: Simon Roberts’ new vision for Sainsbury’s future
Four months into his new role as Sainsbury’s chief executive, Simon Roberts has unveiled his strategic vision for the grocer and its stable of brands.
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OpinionMichael Jary: ‘New normal? Retail needs to get used to the new weird’
Back in March I wrote on Retail Week that coronavirus would bring a tipping point: a permanent change in industry structure. At the time some readers wondered whether I might be hyperbolising. It turns out I hardly knew the half of it.