All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 191
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NewsDune harnesses Instagram to drive online sales
Dune has boosted its online sales by deploying user-generated content on its product pages.
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NewsOnline grocery sales to reach £11bn this year
Online grocery sales are expected to hit £11.1bn in the UK this year as shoppers increasingly buy food online.
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NewsToday in retail: Retailers with staying power
With great power comes great responsibility – just ask the likes of Jeff Bezos, Seb James, Dave Lewis and Mike Coupe.
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NewsFarfetch and Condé Nast pen partnership deal
Farfetch has partnered with Condé Nast to create a ‘content-to-commerce’ partnership, integrating Farfetch product with Condé Nast editorial.
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NewsKurt Geiger snaps up ex-Boots executive Robin Phillips
Former Boots and Waitrose executive Robin Phillips has joined Kurt Geiger as its new director of digital, Retail Week has learned.
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OpinionRetailers battle for customer votes after election farce
Business confidence plummeted in the aftermath of last week’s tragicomic general election.
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AnalysisPower List 2017: Reinvention, revivals and Brexit
Few will be surprised about who is sat atop this year’s Retail Week Power List.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Next, Jaeger and more
Retail news round-up: Next to launch its own-label brand; Jaeger creditors to receive less than 2p in the pound; and Number of online grocery shopping increases.
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NewsOcado unveils financing plans as profits rise
Ocado has revealed plans to raise hundreds of millions of pounds by launching bonds and extending its credit facility.
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AnalysisHow can Sir Philip Green stop the rot at Arcadia?
Fashion giant Arcadia, owner of famous fascias such as Topshop, Evans and Dorothy Perkins, suffered a steep fall in profits last year.
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NewsAgenda: Tesco, WHSmith and Majestic Wine update
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with full-year figures from Majestic Wine and quarterly updates from Tesco and WHSmith on the agenda.
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AnalysisEcommerce and data hit hardest by seasonless fashion
Trans-seasonal buying is affecting the inner workings of fashion businesses in a range of different ways – find out how in Retail Week’s new report.
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Retail VoiceAre marketplaces the new face of retail?
Retailers need to rethink the role of online marketplaces in today’s global environment, as eCommera explains.
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NewsEx-M&S and Monsoon bosses team up for store launch
Former Marks & Spencer fashion supremo Kate Bostock and ex-Monsoon chief executive Rose Foster have teamed up for a kidswear store launch.
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NewsUpdated: Boohoo sales rocket amid £50m share listing
Boohoo has unveiled surging first-quarter sales and successfully raised £50m through the listing of new shares to help fund a new warehouse.
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NewsNew Look's former owner Apax tables bid for Shop Direct
The previous joint owner of New Look, Apax Partners, and former custodian of Phones 4U, BC Partners, have both lodged bids for Shop Direct.
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Retail VoiceYour guide to preventing abandoned baskets
With 52% of retailers citing friction in the online checkout process as the biggest driver of basket abandonment, Klarna talks solutions.
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NewsUK retail sales fall as consumers still feel squeezed
UK retail like-for-like sales fell by 0.4% in May as consumers feel the strain from rising inflation.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five ways Iceland delivered cool profits
Just two years ago, Iceland suffered plunging profits and sales as boss Malcolm Walker admitted his business was going through “exceptionally challenging” times.
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OpinionOpinion: Was Ocado’s first overseas deal worth the wait?
It’s been a long time coming, but was news of Ocado’s hotly anticipated maiden international tie-up worth the rather protracted wait?