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UK stores must adapt to the rise and rise of digital shopping, or face becoming obsolete. That’s the conclusion that British Land, owner of 29m sq ft of retail space, has come to in recent …
As thoughts turn to summer holidays, TUI Travel, owner of Thomson, is going mobile, offering an app to its customers that can take them through from choosing a holiday, to getting to the airport and …
William Hill, the UK’s largest bookmaker, has placed all its 2390 high street retail location on the NearMe location based mobile application, confirming William Hill’s continued adoption of mobile technology to support the increasing demand …
Despite wanting to shop in bricks and mortar stores – especially boutique and independent shops – consumers are being put off because they simply can’t find them as they have no mobile or online presence, …
Monitise is tapping into the growing interest for mobile point of sale (mPOS) services with the launch of a white-labelled mobile payment service that helps banks, mobile operators and acquirers offer their business customers the …
Local aavigation app M8 (your local ‘mate’ – geddit?) has added leading online restaurant review and booking service, Bookatable to its lineup of freely available features to allow M8 users to read reviews, book tables …
Sainsbury’s today said its online grocery sales were approaching £1bn a year, and continue to grow by 20% a year, proving the success of its multichannel strategy.
The update came as the supermarket reported a 4.5% …
Morrisons this week said its multichannel ambitions were developing according to plan. The supermarket said it remained in discussions with online-only grocer Ocado as it prepares to launch its own online food ordering service …
Marks & Spencer this week proclaimed a transformation of its supply chain operations as it looks to a future of international multichannel retailing.
Alan Stewart, chief finance officer at M&S , was speaking as the retailer …
by Phil McGriskin
Business secretary Vince Cable recently placed retail at the forefront of the government’s plans, stating that it “has an important role to play” in developing the UK’s multichannel, export-led growth. Speaking at Retail …
In today’s Internet Retailing newsletter we have the latest from Sainsbury’s, now close to turning over £1bn a year from online grocery orders, from Morrisons, which reported a dip in first quarter sales this week …
Ecommerce sales grew during April, with many retailers reporting that sizeable proportions of their online transactions came via mobile commerce, the British Retail Consortium said today.
Internet sales during the month rose by 8.3%, slightly …
Commentators have broadly welcomed the new consumer rights bill proposed in today’s Queen’s Speech, which is set to update customer rights in the light of online retailing.
The Consumer Bill of Rights, outlined in today’s …
Next today reported a 2.2% boost to sales, thanks once again to its growing internet business.
The fashion retailer said that a 1.9% fall in retail sales was counteracted by an 8.9% rise in the internet-led …
Traders at this year’s Real Food Festival, which took place at London’s Southbank Centre over the May bank holiday weekend, were able to take card payments via mobile phone without having to invest in any …
Iceland Foods has returned to online shopping, trialling a service that enables customers to place orders worth £25 or more up to 10pm for free next-day delivery.
The frozen food specialist is trialling the service at …
Selfridges is launching a Click&Collect service this week, with what it says is one of the earliest collection times on offer in the UK.
The launch comes ahead of a planned global expansion of Selfridges‘ ecommerce …
There’s still time to win one of 10 free tickets to this year’s Internet Retailing Awards.
Judges of the event say they will still take into consideration nominations received today and tomorrow. Everyone who puts forward …
Early figures detected a fall in overall UK consumer spending in April – but a rise in online spending.
Visa Europe’s UK Expenditure Index, based on spending on Visa debit, credit and prepaid cards which account …
Three-quarters (74%) of UK consumers say a good delivery experience encourages them to shop again with a retailer, according to a new study.
The fifth annual IMRG UK Consumer Home Delivery Review also found more than …
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