In today’s InternetRetailing newsletter, we’re congratulating the winners in last night’s Internet Retailing Awards. For details of who won which award, read this story. Our plaudits both go to winners and to the shortlisted retailers – we hope you enjoyed the night. Whether you took an award home or not, all of you are companies that are leading the way in keeping UK retail bang up to date, and today we also have a story about how one shortlisted company, John Lewis, is thinking about stores in the context of its omnichannel strategy.
There’s no getting away from the fact that stores and digital remain key to our fast-evolving retail environment, and today we feature a very interesting interview with Jack Smith of New Look in today’s IRC 2015 preview. In it Smith focuses on how the fashion retailer is making it easier for on-the-go customers to buy. Meanwhile, today’s guest comment, from Gavin Ray of ip.access, also looks at the convergence of digital and store retailing. Ray considers how retailers can best use digital technology to bring shoppers to the high street. Following London Fashion Week, we also have detailed analysis from Rakhee Jogia of Rakuten Marketing of how digital marketing came into its own over the course of the week.
Today we’re sharing the in-depth retail review of the B&Q website that features in the latest issue of Internet Retailing magazine. Read here what our team of experienced industry professionals thought of the recently upgraded site.
The Internet Retailing Awards
The Internet Retailing Retailing Awards will be held on September 24 at the Mandarin Oriental, London. Nominations are now open – click here to nominate your own company or one whose work you admire, and tickets are now available to buy.
The Internet Retailing Conference
This week we have new speakers to unveil for the tenth annual Internet Retailing Conference, to be held in the Novotel Hammersmith, London, hotel on October 14. Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, member of the board and executive director – marketing & International at Marks and Spencer will be a keynote speaker. Also joining the line up are David Lindsay, senior vice president – technology at Farfetch.com and Aaron Chatterley, founder of Feelunique. Find out more about the line-up and about details including how to buy tickets on the Internet Retailing Conference website.
Our research reports
Our research editors research and produce regular reports on pertinent ecommerce issues. The latest, on Conversion Rate Optimisation, comes from Liz Morrell who explains here why this is a must-read report. Click on the links too to download your free copies of the Seasonal Commerce Report and Customer Experience Report.
