All Technology articles – Page 268
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AnalysisResponsive web design: What do retailers need to know?
With shoppers using tablets and mobiles as well as desktop PCs to view a retailer’s site, responsive web design means it will resize itself for that device
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NewsOcado launches Facebook tie-up
Ocado is allowing shoppers use their Facebook profiles to shop the retailer’s site and will ultimately look to sell products through the social media site.
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OpinionBlog: Amazon offers customisable pages and posts
Online giant Amazon has launched Amazon Pages and Posts to improve the look, feel and performance of other retailers’ pages on its site.
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Opinion
Blog: eBay is putting the fun into Christmas shopping
It’s not Christmas without an eBay festive themed pop-up shop.
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Opinion
Blog: Ignore your customers and provide them with a better service
‘The customer is king’ is a long accepted truism in retail. Everything retailers do revolves around the customer.
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OpinionComment: Retail today is web, web, web
Consumers can fulfil their every need online, so it’s vital retailers invest.
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OpinionComment: Christmas will be the real multichannel test
The sceptics remain in the ascendancy when it comes to whether the UK can replicate the consumer feeding frenzy witnessed around Black Friday in the US.
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AnalysisCyber Monday: What do retailers need to know?
Cyber Monday falls next week and is forecast to be the busiest online shopping day of the year. Retailers need to prepare for a surge in traffic and orders.
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News
C&A rolls out click-and-collect services
Clothing retailer C&A has rolled out click-and-collect services across its operations in Germany.The service will allow customers to pick up items ordered online from any C&A store, at no extra charge. It came a week after rival retailer Karstadt unveiled a similar service.“With click-and-collect, we come one step closer to ...
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Opinion
Blog: Bringing the virtual fitting room instore
Virtual fitting rooms offer an opportunity to converge the online and offline shopping experiences.
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AnalysisVideo: Tesco introduces virtual fitting room mirrors
Tesco has introduced virtual fitting room mirrors to three of its stores to allow shoppers to try on clothes without wearing them.
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NewsM&S appoints supply chain director as Darrell Stein splits role
Marks & Spencer has appointed a dedicated director to oversee the ongoing overhaul of its supply chain, a central plank of chief executive Marc Bolland’s improvement strategy.
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OpinionComment: Are JC Penney's latest moves bold or foolish?
When a CEO takes over a troubled chain, bold moves are generally encouraged. But when the chain is a much-beloved 110-year-old, 1,100-store $17 billion household name, bold can be very bad.
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OpinionComment: Stores must give shoppers a reason to visit
Remember the days when Kingfisher practically owned the high street? It seems that, once it was broken up, some of the brands just couldn’t survive without that corporate centre run by Sir Geoff Mulcahy.
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NewsTesco sets out digital stall to drive UK food recovery
Tesco is upping the pace of innovation in its digital operations as it bids to restore its core UK food arm.
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OpinionBlog: Morrisons takes on wine challenge with taste test tool
Wine buying, especially online, remains shrouded in mystery and many consumers still feel intimidated about making a purchase.
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Opinion
Blog: Making post-Christmas returns less painful
The secret to making the post-Christmas returns period less painful is to make returns less painful all year round.
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NewsThorntons plots online push
Thorntons is gunning to make online a £10m division as the chocolatier seeks to bolster its multichannel business.
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NewsClaire's plots transactional website launch as turnaround gains pace
Claire’s Accessories is plotting the launch of its transactional website and new format stores as the retailer’s turnaround progresses.
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OpinionComment: Are you Experience? Retail property doesn't get digital...yet
New build under threat, but is property waking up to the digital reality?