Online &amp; Digital

Online sales see mixed result during first week of lockdown

March 31, 2020

Beaverbrooks closes website and warehouse operations

March 30, 2020

Amazon tells employees to work from home

March 13, 2020

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10bn to tackle climate change

February 18, 2020

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Amazon hit by 600 warehouse accidents in past three years, GMB claims

February 18, 2020

Amazon warehouses have been hit by more than 600 “serious injuries or near misses” in the past three years, a...

OnBuy secures £3m investment

by Heather Sandlin

February 6, 2020

OnBuy announced it has secured a £3m investment from VC fund Fuel Ventures after receiving “numerous investment offers”. The online...

Amazon sales skyrocket over Christmas period

January 31, 2020

Amazon has announced a 21% increase in sales to $87.4bn (£66.5bn) for the three month period ended 31 December 2019....

N Brown Group appoints Steve Johnson as new CEO

N Brown strengthens executive management team

January 29, 2020

Online clothing and footwear retailer, N Brown, has announced that Sarah Welsh will be joining the company in the newly...

Year-on-year decline in number of retailers using Amazon

December online retail sales surge 9.4%

January 24, 2020

UK online retail sales growth spiked by 9.4% year-on-year in December 2019, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail...

Asos sees 20% increase in group revenues

January 23, 2020

Online retailer Asos has reported a 20% increase in group revenues to £1.6bn, attributed to a “record” Black Friday and...

Very reports a 6.1% increase in revenues in the festive period

January 15, 2020

Online retailer Very has reported a 6.1% increase in revenues during the seven weeks to 27 December. The brand, which...

Clothing & Shoes

Shop Direct rebrands to The Very Group

January 14, 2020

Shop Direct has announced it has rebranded as The Very Group with immediate effect. The fashion retailer first announced it...

400 jobs at risk as The Book People enters administration

December 18, 2019

The Book People has entered into administration, putting 400 jobs at risk. Toby Underwood and Zelf Hussain, of PWC, have...