Superdry today posted falling half-year sales and a pre-tax loss – but said Black Friday had been its biggest online trading day ever, as its cross-channel ’reset’ continues

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Ocado says most prices will be same or lower when it switches from Waitrose to M&S products

12 Dec 2019by Chloe Rigby

Ocado Retail today said that it will be able to substitute most Waitrose grocery items at the same price or lower when it starts to sell products from Marks & Spencer instead

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H&M and Zalando adopt bikes, solar panels in carbon-cutting drive

11 Dec 2019by Alex Sword

Major European fashion retailers H&M and Zalando announced new sustainability initiatives today in a bid to drive down their carbon footprints.

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Mandatory fee could reduce returns problem, study finds

11 Dec 2019by Alex Sword

A small fee could reduce returns in Germany by 80 million per year, according to a new study.

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The best and worst UK ecommerce sites as voted for by shoppers revealed

11 Dec 2019by Paul Skeldon

Which? has published its annual survey of the best and worst ecommerce websites in the UK and, while there are no surprises at the bottom, there are some interesting new players topping the list.

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Amazon tightens its grip on UK ecommerce, with 30% share

11 Dec 2019by Paul Skeldon

Amazon now has a market share of more than 30% of the UK’s ecommerce market, up from 28.8% in 2018, according to research from Edge by Ascential, which also rates the UK as the world’s third largest ecommerce market, behind China and the US

Industry Marketplaces Mobile

GAME and BELONG open UK’s largest gaming experience arena in HoF on London’s Oxford Street

11 Dec 2019by Paul Skeldon

GAME, a leading high street video games retailer, and BELONG, the largest network of gaming Local Area Network (LAN) centres in the UK open their brand-new experience venue tomorrow, Thursday 12th Decembe rin the Lower Ground floor of House of Fraser on Oxford Street

Industry Location Mobile Strategy & Innovation

Interflora becomes first UK retailer to launch ‘V-Commerce’ Alexa Skill

11 Dec 2019by Paul Skeldon

Interflora has launched a first-of-its-kind Amazon Alexa skill allowing customers to order and pay for flowers using only their voice. In what is a first for the UK’s retail sector, customers can now ask Alexa to ‘Open Interflora’, place an order, check out with Amazon Pay and send the flowers all through one simple voice interaction

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Mobile drives 52% of online fashion sales and 67% of traffic this Christmas shopping season

11 Dec 2019by Paul Skeldon

…but seasonal fashion shoppers on smartphones remain harder to convince than those on desktop: they spend less per order, seem more impatient and are still less likely to make a purchase

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