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Land Securities to extend product search across all its centres
December 20, 2012 – 1:52 pm | Comments Off
Land Securities to extend product search across all its centres

Commercial property company Land Securities says visitors to all of its shopping centres will soon be able to search for the product they’re seeking from their mobile devices.
The developer has signed an exclusive agreement with …

A change in the way we shop: November retail sales figures from the ONS and IMRG
December 20, 2012 – 12:29 pm | Comments Off
A change in the way we shop: November retail sales figures from the ONS and IMRG

Shoppers’ spending stayed flat in November – but more of the money they did part with was spent online, according to official figures out today.
The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) retail sales figures for November …

New First Choice website launches on hybris
December 20, 2012 – 12:05 pm | One Comment
New First Choice website launches on hybris

A new First Choice website has been launched, promising users the chance to explore holidays in more detail before buying.
Platform provider hybris says it has completed the launch of the new site, built on …

Record-breaking sales continue in the run-up to Christmas
December 18, 2012 – 12:35 pm | 4 Comments
Record-breaking sales continue in the run-up to Christmas

Retailers are continuing to report record online sales as Christmas approaches. Reporting on its figures for the seven days to December 15, John Lewis said records set just the previous week had already been smashed. …

Online sales already well underway, a week before Christmas
December 18, 2012 – 12:30 pm | 2 Comments
Online sales already well underway, a week before Christmas

Traditional post-Christmas sales are already underway at a number of retailers, with still more preparing for early starts to clearance. That could benefit the 46% of men who, says website Escentual.com, have yet do their …

ANALYSIS Top 50 online retailers perform well as the Christmas rush continues
December 18, 2012 – 12:15 pm | One Comment
ANALYSIS Top 50 online retailers perform well as the Christmas rush continues

by Mark Gunn of Compuware Gomez
A reported £2bn was spent by UK shoppers last weekend and many retailers will aim to continue to take full advantage of what promises to be a bumper Christmas build …

GUEST COMMENT Making returns simple after Christmas
December 18, 2012 – 12:00 pm | One Comment
GUEST COMMENT Making returns simple after Christmas

Earlier this month Alibaba Group officials hailed the success of the two shopping websites it owns, Tmall and Taobao Marketplace, in together passing the RMB $1 trillion ($157bn, or £97bn) sales milestone for the first …

What customers want from the high street: research offers answers
December 18, 2012 – 10:50 am | One Comment
What customers want from the high street: research offers answers

It seems UK shoppers remains torn between the merits of online and high street shopping, according to two studies out this week.
On the one hand, it seems, consumers would rather buy in-store, according to the …

Heading into the last days of pre-Christmas online shopping
December 18, 2012 – 10:28 am | Comments Off
Heading into the last days of pre-Christmas online shopping

Today is the last day for standard pre-Christmas delivery at the Post Office, though some retailers are offering priority Christmas delivery for orders made right up to Saturday. And sites from The Body Shop to …

Russell & Bromley launches ecommerce store
December 18, 2012 – 8:54 am | Comments Off
Russell & Bromley launches ecommerce store

Russell & Bromley has launched its first ecommerce website.
The British shoe retailer has developed the site in response to the demands of customers who were visiting its information-only site and asking where they could buy …

Online customers shopping later for Christmas 2012
December 14, 2012 – 12:03 pm | One Comment
Online customers shopping later for Christmas 2012

Cyber Monday, previously established as the busiest online shopping day of the year, has been eclipsed for the second year in a row, according to new analysis.
Data from a range of companies working in the …

Ecommerce more popular in the UK than any other major country
December 14, 2012 – 11:57 am | One Comment
Ecommerce more popular in the UK than any other major country

Retailers and suppliers have welcomed a report that suggests internet shopping is more popular in the UK than any other major country as evidence of a national shift in the way we shop.
At more than …

GUEST COMMENT How to stay afloat in a sea of big data
December 14, 2012 – 11:18 am | Comments Off
GUEST COMMENT How to stay afloat in a sea of big data

by Francois Ajenstat
The amount of data available to retailers is growing at a phenomenal rate. Whether it is pulled from stock level analysis information, customer loyalty cards or online shopping trends, it’s clear that there …

Laura Ashley online sales grow by more than a fifth
December 14, 2012 – 9:56 am | Comments Off
Laura Ashley online sales grow by more than a fifth

Laura Ashley today reported an autumnal boost to its ecommerce sales of more than a fifth, thanks to expansion in m-commerce and overseas.
The fashion retailer said ecommerce sales grew by 22.6% in the 19 weeks …

Olympics help grow multichannel sales at Sports Direct
December 14, 2012 – 9:30 am | Comments Off
Olympics help grow multichannel sales at Sports Direct

Olympic fever boosted sales at Sports Direct both online and off in the first half of its financial year.
The multichannel retailer said this week that online sales grew by 54% in the 26 weeks to …

Multichannel overseas expansion delivers 24% boost to Supergroup online sales
December 14, 2012 – 9:08 am | Comments Off
Multichannel overseas expansion delivers 24% boost to Supergroup online sales

Online sales at Superdry-owner Supergroup grew by almost a quarter in the first half of its financial year, the company said this week.
The fashion retailer saw internet sales rise by 24% in the 26 weeks …

The rise and rise of multichannel shopping
December 14, 2012 – 9:06 am | Comments Off
The rise and rise of multichannel shopping

A sea change in the way we shop is being detected by many in the run up to this Christmas. It’s a theme for two of the stories in today’s Internet Retailing newsletter, where we report …

Microsoft-powered geo-locatable trousers
December 12, 2012 – 8:31 pm | Comments Off
Microsoft-powered geo-locatable trousers

As Christmas looms and I find myself dashing off this last mobile missive of 2012, my thoughts turn to drink and mince pies… sorry, that’s better. Right, with crumbs in my beard and my head …

Retailers with no multichannel strategy will struggle to benefit from the estimated £4.6bn Xmas spend, warns Venda
December 12, 2012 – 12:12 pm | Comments Off
Retailers with no multichannel strategy will struggle to benefit from the estimated £4.6bn Xmas spend, warns Venda

UK retailers are unprepared for the peak Christmas fortnight, is the stark prediction from on-demand commerce solutions provider Venda. It has warned that retailers who have failed to embrace a multichannel e-commerce strategy will risk …

£3.5bn of Christmas sales to be purchased on or influenced by smartphones, finds Deloitte
December 12, 2012 – 12:11 pm | 2 Comments
£3.5bn of Christmas sales to be purchased on or influenced by smartphones, finds Deloitte

£3.5 billion of Christmas retail sales will be purchased on or influenced by smartphones, according to business advisory firm Deloitte. The influence of smartphones far outweighs the value of direct sales made through them, with …