In today’s InternetRetailing newsletter, we’ve news of growing sales – at least online. We report on a 17% uplift to internet sales in May, according to the BRC, though the organisation fears that the ongoing supermarket price war is hitting overall retail sales. Ted Baker also reports fast ecommerce growth today, while retailers from Sainsbury’s to la prairie are also developing their internet strategies.
Today we also report on Rakuten Marketing’s tips for etailers targeting Father’s Day shoppers, and on local letterbox as it strikes a logistics partnership.
Click to read more on our upcoming events, including our third annual Internet Retailing Awards.
Our webinars
LogMeIn’s Lauren Freedman joins M-Retailing editor Paul Skeldon in a webinar that will consider how retailers can most effectively develop new ways of engaging with their customers, no matter when or how they interact with their brand. Five strategies for building effective mobile engagement will take place at 2pm on June 17. Click here for more information and to register for the free event.
Click to visit the Internet Retailing webinars page to find out about any upcoming webinars and to catch up on any that you may have missed.
Our awards
Judges for the 2014 Internet Retailing Awards will soon be unveiling this year’s winners. Shortlisted for the awards are retailers from John Lewis and Amazon to Asos and Cult Pens. Click to see the shortlist in full. The winners will be revealed at an exclusive event at One Mayfair on Thursday June 26. Visit internetretailingawards.net for more information or to buy a ticket to the event.
Catch-up on IRX 2014
If you missed an Internet Retailing Expo 2014 presentation that you’d like to catch up on, you can do so now through the post-event website. Visitors to www.internetretailingexpo.com can access all the presentations that we’ve been given permission to share with our audiences.
