All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 142
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NewsTesco bosses build support for online sales tax
Tesco is quietly building support from rival retailers for the introduction of an online sales tax.
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NewsUber Eats plots push into grocery deliveries
Uber is eyeing a push into grocery deliveries as growth in its core ride-sharing business stalls.
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NewsFarfetch losses widen as it snaps up New Guards Group
Luxury etailer Farfetch has suffered widening second-quarter losses despite a surge in sales, as it revealed the acquisition of a new brand platform.
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NewsAO launches ‘game changing’ mobile phone business
Electricals and white goods etailer AO.com has unveiled a mobile phones business designed to “shake up the market”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can apps save the shopping centre?
As the rash of retail CVAs batters the bottom line of some of the UK’s biggest retail landlords, Retail Week looks at whether data can save the shopping centre.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Should retailers follow Amazon and sell ads on their websites?
Amazon has amassed a £10bn-a-year business from letting brands advertise on its website. Should other retailers follow suit?
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OpinionOpinion: Stores can beat online by avoiding the tyranny of choice
The gloomy Danish philosopher Kierkegaard found much of life to be painful, but it can be assumed he would have harboured a particular ennui for online shopping.
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NewsDixons Carphone launches ‘world-first’ AR experience
Dixons Carphone has integrated an augmented reality experience into the Currys PC World website – previously only available on an app – in what the retailer describes as a “world-first”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Boohoo’s shock pounce on Karen Millen and Coast
Boohoo’s surprise acquisition of Karen Millen and Coast has left some people scratching their heads about what the online fast-fashion specialist expects to gain from the move.
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NewsBoohoo swoops on Karen Millen and Coast but jobs axed
Online fashion giant Boohoo has bought the Karen Millen and Coast brands for £18.2m.
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NewsBoohoo to snap up Karen Millen and Coast in pre-pack
Online fast fashion retailer Boohoo is reportedly on the verge of buying high street fashion brands Karen Millen and Coast out of administration.
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NewsHarrods poaches former Burberry director for new digital role
Harrods has poached Burberry’s former ecommerce director for a newly created digital director’s role focused on driving the department store’s “digital and omnichannel strategy”.
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NewsMarks & Spencer strategy director to head Ocado Retail
Marks & Spencer strategy director Melanie Smith has been named chief executive of Ocado Retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Pets at Home is becoming Amazon-proof
After posting its 10th consecutive quarter of like-for-like growth, Pets at Home boss Peter Pritchard tells Retail Week how the business is holding off the onslaught of online rivals.
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NewsPets at Home raises guidance after ‘strong start’ to the year
Pets at Home posted increased sales during its first quarter and raised its full year guidance but “remains cautiously optimistic” in the current climate.
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NewsWish.com valued at $11bn in new fundraising
Mobile shopping specialist Wish has completed a new round of fundraising valuing it at $11.2bn.
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NewsZalando raises profit outlook after ‘strongest ever’ second quarter
Zalando has raised its profit outlook to the upper half, after hailing its “strongest-ever second-quarter active customer growth” and fastest site growth since 2013.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The weird and wonderful world of Wish.com
Great search functionality? Not really. Big-name brands? Not so many, although growing. Speed-of-light fulfilment? Definitely not. Why exactly is Wish.com the most downloaded app in the world?
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NewsFindel makes ‘solid start to the year’ ahead of AGM
Findel has said it has made a “solid start to the year” and its full-year financial guidance remains unchanged, ahead of its AGM this afternoon.
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AnalysisCoping with the ‘rent of online’ – customer acquisition costs
Bricks-and-mortar retailers may lament rent and business rates, but etailers have their own overheads: customer acquisition costs – and they are spiralling. George MacDonald investigates how they are coping with this digital overhead.