In today’s Internet Retailing newsletter, we report on the strong financial progress being made by IRUK500 retailers from Moss Bros to Boohoo.com and ScS. All are reporting impressive online growth, even, in the case of ScS, where shoppers clearly prefer to research online and buy in the store. No surprise, then, that Aldi this week announced it too is to start selling online next year. It’s clear that the multichannel advantage is available to all retailers who make the decision to add the digital channel to their physical stores.
Today we also report on MySale as it updates the market on its plans to be a leading UK online flash sales operator, while our guest comment comes from Joe Ballard of Hybris, who considers the webification of the high street.
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.
