All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 200
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VideoWatch: Quiz creates a showroom for fashion in Westfield
After announcing its intentions to float, we visit Quiz’s newly renovated store in Westfield to see how it is integrating the physical and digital space.
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AnalysisAmazon's acquisition of Whole Foods: what the experts say
What are the implications of Amazon’s shock purchase of grocery chain Whole Foods?
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OpinionBlog: Is fulfilment a new revenue stream for retailers?
First Amazon, now Zalando. Will third party fulfilment be run by retailers in the future?
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OpinionWhat Amazon’s Whole Foods deal means for grocers
The retail sector is used to change, but every so often an event occurs that shakes the industry to its core.
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NewsAmazon to acquire Whole Foods Market for $13.7bn
Amazon is to buy grocery specialist Whole Foods Market in an audacious push into bricks-and-mortar retail.
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NewsZalando launches tech-fuelled fulfilment service
Zalando has rolled out a supply chain service for retailers selling through its website that will employ its algorithms to predict demand.
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AnalysisScarlett & Jo: Eyeing a plus-sized opportunity
When fashion retail entrepreneur Gifi Fields launched his career at the height of the swinging Sixties, clothes were designed with Twiggy’s waifish figure in mind.
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AnalysisSeven ways to navigate post-election uncertainty
As the retail sector’s current state of uncertainty looks set to continue, we identify seven things retailers can do to successfully navigate it.
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OpinionOpinion: Politicians could learn from retail
Whatever your perspective on the outcome of this year’s general election, I get the sense that many voters will have felt torn between policies, promises and people across the spectrum of political parties.
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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.