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AO says electricals shoppers are now online for good following Covid-19 shift

AO says electricals shoppers are now online for good following Covid-19 shift

24 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
AO founder John Roberts today predicted that electrical shoppers had moved online for good after the business rebounded to an £18m profit when Covid-19 hit in the first half of its financial year.
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Peak 2020 Asda expects record online Christmas, IMRG sees more retailers launch Black Friday events – but warns of high levels of demand

Peak 2020 Asda expects record online Christmas, IMRG sees more retailers launch Black Friday events – but warns of high levels of demand

20 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
InternetRetailing rounds up the latest news, insights and trends on how retailers and customers are planning for peak trading this year
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Shoppers turned online for food and early Christmas presents in October – sparking warnings of pressure on deliveries

Shoppers turned online for food and early Christmas presents in October – sparking warnings of pressure on deliveries

20 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
Online grocery sales nearly doubled in October, while beyond food, sales grew fast as shoppers appeared to have turned online to buy early for Christmas, according to the latest official data. Clothing was the only sector where sales were still below pre-pandemic levels, as measured in February
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Burberry shows that ‘excellent’ first half digital growth – as it adapted to changing shopper behaviour – did not make up for store closures

Burberry shows that ‘excellent’ first half digital growth – as it adapted to changing shopper behaviour – did not make up for store closures

12 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
Burberry today says it has seen “excellent” digital sales growth as it adapted quickly to the way that shoppers wanted to buy as the Covid-19 pandemic hit during the first half of its financial year. But its shops, dogged by lockdown closures in many markets, saw their like-for-like sales fall by 25% – and group sales and profits fell too
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John Lewis is taking an API, micro services and cloud-based approach to selling across channels

John Lewis is taking an API, micro services and cloud-based approach to selling across channels

10 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
John Lewis taking an API, micro services and cloud-based approach, as it ‘supercharges’ its online investment and works to adapt to the way that shoppers now want to buy.
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Clarks brings in new owner and CVA proposal to help it take its digital transformation forward amid Covid-19 challenges

Clarks brings in new owner and CVA proposal to help it take its digital transformation forward amid Covid-19 challenges

09 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
Clarks is set to have a new majority owner to enable it take forward its digital transformation plans – subject to shareholder approval for the transaction and for a CVA that changes the way that its shops pay rent
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Co-op membership app downloaded more than a million times since launch

Co-op membership app downloaded more than a million times since launch

06 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
The Co-op says its new membership app has been downloaded more than a million times since it was launched four weeks ago.


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More than 400 Argos and Sainsbury’s stores to close as online business doubles in the first half of the year

More than 400 Argos and Sainsbury’s stores to close as online business doubles in the first half of the year

05 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
Sainsbury’s and Argos customers spent twice as much online in the first half of its financial year as they did a year earlier – but spent less in its shops. By September, almost 40% of group sales took place online, up from about 19% a year earlier. Now the supermarket group has responded to that online shift with plans to close 420 standalone Argos shops, up to 80 branches of Sainsbury’s and all of its supermarket deli, meat and fish counters. In all, about 3,500 jobs will go – although the
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How Hugo Boss is using social media to boost its online sales during Covid-19 uncertainty

How Hugo Boss is using social media to boost its online sales during Covid-19 uncertainty

03 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
Hugo Boss today reported a 66% rise in its online sales in the latest quarter of the financial year – although that could not compensate for store closures and group sales fell by 24%. The brand is now using social media to raise awareness of its brand in new ways
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Purple Tuesday call for retailers to act to make it easier for disabled people to buy online

Purple Tuesday call for retailers to act to make it easier for disabled people to buy online

03 Nov 2020by Chloe Rigby
Shopping has become harder for disabled people both online and in-store during the Covid-19 pandemic, new research has found. Now retailers are now being urged to act in order to make websites and apps easier to use by people who are often looking to buy the essentials
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