Today’s budget has much in it to help retail get back on its feet post-lockdown 3.0. InternetRetailing assess the key elements that will impact our sector and offers some expert commentary.
Lovehoney, the sexual wellbeing brand and online retailer, is going mobile-first as it sees 80% of its traffic coming from smartphones in the Covid ecommerce boom and an increasing need for editorially led content to help make the sale.
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.
Around half (50%) of shoppers call QR codes ‘the future of shopping’, despite their relative scarcity pre-pandemic – and the fact that they have been around since 1994.
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
Wickes and Toolstation both benefited from the strong online appetite for tools and equipment as traders tackled essential work and homeowners improved their houses during a year disrupted by Covid-19 lockdowns