Ralph Lauren joins a growing number of luxury retailers looking to tap into a burgeoning interesting in designer brands with the launch of a subscription-based apparel rental scheme.

Bookshop.org shares a £1m profit with indie book stores as it fast tracks them to ecommerce

03 Mar 2021by Paul Skeldon

Bookshop.org – the ‘rebel alliance’ independent online bookstore aggregator set up to fight the dominance of Amazon – has generated more than £1m for UK independent bookstores since November.

Bookshop.org Growth 2000 Industry

UK third most popular market globally for online cross-border shopping

03 Mar 2021by Paul Skeldon

The UK is the third most shopped market for international online purchases, topped only by China and the US – while more than two thirds (68%) of shoppers surveyed made ecommerce purchases outside their home country in 2020

Growth 2000 Growth 3000 Europe International

eBay invests in small businesses that support disadvantaged communities

25 Feb 2021by Paul Skeldon

eBay UK is putting its weight behind social retail for SME retailers, with a three-year, multi-million pound training and finance support package

Covid-19 eBay Growth 2000 Marketplaces Mobile Social Commerce

European shoppers open to ‘shoppertainment’ as Chinese live streaming starts to take off

24 Feb 2021by Paul Skeldon

As many as 70% of European shoppers are at least interested in experimenting with live streaming ‘shoppertainment’ as a way of enhancing their experience of ecommerce, a study by Chinese marketplace giant AliExpress reveals

Aliexpress Growth 2000 Growth 3000 Europe International LIve streaming Mobile Strategy & Innovation Strategy and Innovation

UK sites see 28% boost to sales in February as Valentine’s Day goes totally digital – and there is no going back

24 Feb 2021by Paul Skeldon

Valentine’s Day 2021 ushered in a new early online peak for retailers, with websites seeing a 28% rise in sales in the first week of February and a 23% rise the following week as consumers got in early to buy gifts

Growth 2000 Peak valentine's day

Local traders at Leeds Kirkgate Market trial apps to allow local home delivery

17 Feb 2021by Paul Skeldon

Independent traders at Leeds Kirkgate Market are the first to trial the ability to offer home delivery to their local community thanks to a pair of apps developed by Hermes.

Delivery Growth 2000 Mobile

Cox & Cox rides homeware boom with explosion of online and mobile sales...

17 Feb 2021by Paul Skeldon

A strong Q4, with sales 85.4% up on the previous year, has rounded off a strong year of growth for homewares retailer Cox & Cox, with online and mobile – along with AR – lifting the company.

Cox & Cox Growth 2000 Homeware Mobile Technology

... and looks to transform online homewares with mobile AR Room Builder tool

17 Feb 2021by Paul Skeldon

Homeware retailer Cox & Cox is rolling out ‘Room Builder’ software that will allow customers to design rooms virtually – from furniture to paint colour – save it, share it and message it in as it adapts to the online homewares boom

Cox & Cox Growth 2000 Homeware Strategy and Innovation Technology

Simple experiences, good price and environmental awareness: research shows how cemented changing shopping habits have become

17 Feb 2021by Paul Skeldon

More than half (55%) of consumers now shop online more frequently than they did during the pandemic – and for frequent online shoppers, this figure rises to 65%.

Customer Growth 2000 Industry

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