All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 369
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Marks and Spencer, Lush and supermarkets
Retail news round-up on January 7, 2014: Lush posts Christmas sales surge as full year profits fall, Marks & Spencer house broker Citi cuts £10m from annual pre-tax profit forecast, Major supermarket chains to sign up for twice as much warehouse space in 2014
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AnalysisAnalysis: 13 retail predictions for 2014
What can retail expect from 2014? Rebecca Thomson takes a look at what the industry will be doing – and talking about – this year, as well as the key trends
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NewsJigsaw reports strong Christmas following full year profits rise
Premium fashion retailer Jigsaw has reported a strong Christmas trading period after growing full year profits by 21%.
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NewsAsda achieves record trading day over Christmas
Walmart owned grocer Asda recorded its biggest ever trading day over the critical Christmas peak.
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NewsEtailer Net-a-Porter narrows losses after reducing discounts
Fashion etailer Net-a-Porter recorded an increase in sales and narrowed losses last year following a reduction in discounting.
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OpinionComment: A new year brings new opportunities for retailers
The New Year is often portrayed as an opportunity for a fresh start. As such, rather than focusing on the retail failures of 2013, why not take a look at the successes of some of last year’s more innovative retailers instead?
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NewsJohn Lewis full-price strategy pays off as Christmas margins hold firm
John Lewis margins held firm over Christmas after it maintained its full-price strategy over the festive period, according to boss Andy Street.
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NewsAsda poll shows older women are going online to make savings
More than 80% of older women use the internet to save money as they become more tech-savvy to make their pensions stretch further, according to the Asda Mumdex.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Burberry, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Phase Eight and Christmas footfall
Retail news round-up on December 30, 2013: Burberry and Sainsbury’s top takeover targets in 2014, says UBS, Footfall edges up in December as price cuts woo shoppers and Waitrose boss Mark Price questions future of supermarket loyalty cards.
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NewsMobile accounts for 76% of Christmas Day traffic at John Lewis
Mobile devices accounted for 76% of John Lewis’s online traffic on Christmas Day, the highest level of mobile traffic the retailer has seen.
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NewsMore than half of Amazon Christmas shoppers used mobile devices
More than half of Amazon customers shopped using a mobile device over the Christmas period, the etailer reported in its round-up of holiday statistics.
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NewsChristmas and Boxing Day online sales expected to have topped £890m
Etail sales on Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year are expected to have made more than £890m as shoppers browse the Sales while at home.
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NewsChristmas Day online shopping boom expected
Retail traffic is expected to surge online today as shoppers search out bargains and gifts they did not receive.
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NewsAsda to roll out 3D printing service to 50 stores
Asda is rolling out its 3D printing service to 50 stores in January following two trials that it called “a resounding success”.
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales break £160m barrier for first time
John Lewis generated another record week as sales broke through the £160m barrier for the first time ever.
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OpinionComment: Christmas has come early for Dixons this year
Along with all the year-end festivities going on this week, it seems like UK retail has something else to celebrate: the complete turnaround of Dixons.
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NewsJD Sports rolls out in-store mobile payment with PayPal
JD Sports has rolled out mobile payment across its six brands and 630 UK stores in a partnership with PayPal.
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NewsTesco pilots new loyalty app for Clubcard
Tesco is trialling a new app that allows Clubcard users to receive and redeem their loyalty coupons on their smartphones.
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NewsMorrisons launches online grocery website
Morrisons has launched its long-awaited online grocery website as the grocer attempts to grab a slice of the rapidly growing online food market.
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NewsShop Direct predicts mobile Christmas as touchscreen traffic tops 50%
Etail giant Shop Direct is predicting a bigger mobile Christmas than first indicated after traffic to its sites from smartphones and tablets topped 50%.