All Online retail & ecommerce articles – Page 79
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DataData: Golden quarter trading tracker – weekly online and footfall trends
The golden quarter is well underway. Our weekly updates enable you to take the temperature of trading online and in bricks-and-mortar locations week by week during this crucial period.
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NewsIn The Style names Very Group executive Perkins as new boss
In The Style has appointed Very Group executive Sam Perkins as its new boss, with founder Adam Frisby stepping into a new board-level role.
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DataData: Majority of customers don’t plan to buy products this Black Friday
After a year of Brexit red tape, staff shortages and supply chain issues, many retailers would have been hoping for a bumper Black Friday period. However, exclusive research for Retail Week has found the majority of UK consumers are not planning on making any major, discretionary purchases this year.
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Opinion‘M&S – how Norman and Rowe are turning a great institution into a great business’
The leadership of Marks & Spencer will not rest on pleasing short-term profits but they are proof that their strategy is working, writes George MacDonald
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VideoWatch: Boohoo and Lounge Underwear execs on rapidly scaling online businesses
Boohoo chief information officer Jo Graham and Lounge Underwear founders Dan and Mel Marsden were among the tech leaders and innovators recognised in our annual Tech 100 report. They join Retail Week’s latest virtual panel to discuss how tech leaders can enable retail businesses to grow at pace.
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DataData: Grocery sales fall in October as Kantar predicts big shop is here to stay
Grocery sales slid in the month of October and supermarket visits remained lower than pre-pandemic levels as Kantar predicted that the coronavirus-fuelled big shop is here to stay.
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NewsUS rapid-delivery giant Gopuff launches in ten UK cities
US rapid delivery giant Gopuff has launched across ten UK cities on the same day Superdrug rolled out a two-hour home-delivery service.
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VideoWatch: Beauty Pie and Octopus Ventures on driving the digital future
The annual Tech 100 report, published last week, champions the top global leaders influencing retail innovation. Beauty Pie founder Marcia Kilgore and Octopus Ventures co-chief executive Alliott Cole were among the leaders recognised in the ranking and they joined Retail Week to discuss the innovative thinking required of the retail industry.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ready shopper one – how the metaverse will change how customers shop
When Facebook revealed its intention to rebrand the group as Meta in October, the announcement catapulted both the term and concept into public discourse. Retail Week examines what the metaverse is and the opportunities that the next chapter of virtual living holds for retail brands.
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NewsAngling Direct websites closed amid cyber security ‘incident’
Specialist retailer Angling Direct’s websites have been hit by a “cyber security incident”.
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Retail VoiceEvery day is now Black Friday – and retailers need to prepare
Retailers must protect themselves from online fraudsters as they approach the busiest shopping period of the year, says Brittany Allen, trust and safety architect at Sift.
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NewsSainsbury’s delays toy promotion as boss predicts Christmas shortages
Stock shortages due to the ongoing supply chain crisis have forced Sainsbury’s to delay its toy promotion by a week, with boss Simon Roberts predicting further shortages over Christmas.
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AnalysisTech 100: The global leaders disrupting digital commerce as we know it
Retail Week has unveiled its annual index of the top 100 tech leaders influencing retail.
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Opinion‘It’s the power of imagination that makes technology deliver brilliantly for customers’
Retailers are still just scratching the surface when it comes to leveraging tech for the benefit of the consumer, writes Danny Emmett, chief operating officer of AO.com.
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Opinion‘Amazon’s Christmas costs warning is bad news – not good – for rivals’
Amazon’s update last week showed that it is not immune to the disruptive forces battering retail at present – but any smugness about the online Goliath’s challenges is missing the point.
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NewsTHG shares plummet to record low as BlackRock sells half its stake
THG’s largest institutional investor BlackRock has sold almost half of its shares as the online retailer faces ongoing concerns around its corporate governance and business model.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to roll out in-store opticians branches
Marks & Spencer is to take on health retail giants such as Boots and Specsavers by opening opticians branches across its estate.
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DataData: Fashion stores to lose £15bn in sales by 2025
Clothing stores across the UK will lose almost £15bn in sales between now and 2025, according to stark forecasts set out in a new report.
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AnalysisRetail Horizon: Frictionless sustainability, lean machines and digital-first – the trends that will shape retail in 2022
Retail Week has relaunched its subscriber-exclusive strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon, mapping out the winning strategies for businesses in 2022 and beyond. Retail Week research director Lisa Byfield-Green explores the key macroeconomic trends that will shape the sector in the coming year