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 – 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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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%.