Will rain + Valentine’s Day = online sales surge?

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In today’s InternetRetailing newsletter we report on the effect of rain and Valentine’s Day on online retail.

We’re also tracing links between the store and online in our IRX 2014 preview, featuring Doug Glenwright of Tui Travel, our guest comment from Jon Maddison of Lyris on how email can act as an an online store assistant, while we report on figures from eBay Enterprise on the sales-boosting power of ship-from-store technologies. Finally, we also report on how Tesco has hit the headlines as its website passwords are shared online.

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On February 26, we’ll be joined by Azzam Sheikh, SEO and social media manager of National Tyres and Autocare, and Nils Michaelis, marketing analyst at Trustpilot, to explain how National Tyres and Autocare used online reviews to engage their customers, increasing conversions by 8.7%, in a webinar, Utilise online reviews to increase your conversions. The event starts at 11am. Find out more here

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