N Brown Group, the company that owns Figleaves.com, says that online sales now account for more than 40% of its total sales. The company also unveiled plans to cross-sell footwear, fashion and lingerie between the Figleaves audience and its other shoppers.

Multichannel retailer T.M. Lewin has unveiled three new international websites and says it has ‘large ambitions’ for further expansion overseas.

Sales at M&S Direct rose by almost half over the summer, the retailer revealed today. The rollout of Shop Your Way continues. However, the company warned, ‘more challenging’ times lie ahead.

Tesco’s online grocery service has seen spending rise on the back of improvements to its service – but its non-food internet service Tesco Direct is recording ‘modest losses’.

In the latest of our previews ahead of our annual conference, Internet Retailing 2010, we speak to David Walmsley, director of ecommerce at Dixons Retail about his company’s strategy to ‘win on the internet’.

Online retailers have had it easy over the last decade, but existing strategies must be redrawn as the market reaches maturity, competition increases and total growth in the market slows, says respected retail consultancy Verdict.

An online takeaway website that won significant investment after an appearance on Dragon’s Den has signed up its 2,500th restaurant, and says orders now top £200,000 a week.

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House of Fraser saw online sales rise by 150% in the first six months of its current financial year. The fast growth in web transactions is supported by the retailer’s development of its multichannel service.

Tesco is set to open up its virtual shopping offer to international markets. Shoppers in Poland, China and the Czech Republic will be among the next to be able to order from Tesco for home delivery.

In this week’s preview of our annual conference, Internet Retailing 2010, we talk to Dave Hughes, M&S Direct director, about the challenges of innovation.

Flying Brands reported today that it had sold a mail order first day covers business as it looks to concentrate on online businesses.

Online sales rose by 15% in August, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. That’s the equivalent of every UK shopper spending £72 over the internet.

A multichannel strategy is bearing fruit at the John Lewis Partnership as both John Lewis and Waitrose report fast growth in online sales, the latest results from the John Lewis Partnership show.

The time customers can place an order for next-day delivery is getting steadily later at fashion retailer Next, which will introduce a 9pm cut off in October.

Boden, the internet and mail order fashion company, has reported a healthy rise in both profits and sales in its latest financial year. Regular customer numbers grew to more than a million in the course of the 12-month period.

Online grocer Ocado today saw its share price slip by more than 4% despite reporting a 30% growth in sales in its first update since flotation. Elsewhere, Morrisons is expected to announce the upcoming launch of its online service when it reports first-half results on Thursday.

DSG International sees strong growth in its online channel, led by multichannel and Reserve & Collect offerings.

Zara is the latest fashion retailer to sell online in the UK, following hard on the heels of Gap, and coming as H&M draws nearer to selling over the internet in this country. At the same time, eBay is pushing its own Fashion Outlet in a new advertising campaign.

From tomorrow HMV will sell fashion for gig goers and music fans, selling brands such as Boxfresh and Eastpak in-store initially, while online sales will come in the future.