Online & Digital
Online & Digital covers the innovations, strategies and technologies driving the growth of e-commerce and digital retail across the UK. This category explores how retailers and brands are adapting to evolving consumer behaviour, omnichannel expectations and the rapid pace of technological change.
Coverage spans website performance, digital marketing, data analytics, online fulfilment, and the integration of AI and automation in customer experience. Retail Sectorโs Online & Digital section delivers expert insight into how digital transformation is redefining retail operations and competitiveness โ helping professionals stay ahead in an increasingly connected marketplace.
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Feb- 2018 -21 February
UK retailers โself-restrictingโ growth due to limited payment options
The UKโs top retailers are limiting online sales potential by up to 30% by not offering a range of payment options. A study, carried out by ecommerce and digital agency Visualsoft, found that almost one in five (19%) of the UKโs top 240 retailers are failing to offer a payment…
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20 February
Online retail sales see 13.9% year on year growth
UK online retail sales were up 13.9% year-on-year (YoY) in January, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. With rainfall above average in January, and the lowest January high street footfall recorded in five years, consumers turned to online shopping in the beginning of the…
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19 February
Third of SME retailers expect Bitcoin on high street in two years
Cryptocurrency will be a regular thing on the UK high street say a third of SME owners.A study conducted by payments provider Paymentsense showed that 35% of SME owners surveyed expected to see Bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency on the high street within the next two years. Over a…
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15 February
Burberry announces partnership with Farfetch
Fashion brand Burberry has announced a partnership with online retailer Farfetch which will see its entire global inventory made available for purchase online for the first time. The integration will expand Burberryโs distribution globally, giving the brand access to over 150 countries. Daniel Heaf, โSVP digital commerce and marketing at…
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13 February
Amazon to axe hundreds of Seattle HQ jobs
Amazon is laying off hundreds of corporate employees at its Seattle headquarters as the company shifts resources into faster-growing areas of the business. According to the Seattle Times sources have told them that the jobs cut at the online retail giant will number around the low hundreds and will be…
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1 February
Amazon boosts SME exports with a record ยฃ2.3bn sales
Online retail giant Amazon has says UK SMEs selling on its Marketplace achieved record export sales of ยฃ2.3 billion last year. It says more than 85,000 people are employed in the UK to run the sales activities of businesses selling on the platform. Amazon has also announced the launch of…
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Jan- 2018 -30 January
Older shoppers โless comfortableโ with e-commerce AI
Less than half of older shoppers are comfortable with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the online fashion buying, according to a YouGov survey conducted for Swedish e-commerce company Apptus. Just 24% of UK adults aged 55 and over, would like to see online fashion retailers adopt online systems…
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25 January
Ralph Lauren hires Burberry digital marketing head
Fashion brand Ralph Lauren has hired Burberryโs previous director of digital marketing, Alice Delahunt, in order to drive digital expansion. Delahunt will be responsible for โelevating the companyโs global digital platformsโ, enhancing the digital experience for consumers across all channels to drive consumer acquisition, retention, value and revenue. She…
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25 January
Asos reports 23% UK Christmas sales growth
Online fashion retailer Asos has revealed retail sales grew strongly in the lead-up to and during the Christmas period. Total retail sales grew by 30% to ยฃ790m in the final four months of 2017 when compared with the same period the year before. Sales in the UK also grew by…
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24 January
Shopping app Depop secures ยฃ14m for expansion
Social shopping app, Depop, has secured $20m (ยฃ14.1m) in Series B funding in order to help accelerate its global expansion. The app, founded in 2012, currently has over 8 million users and posted $230m (ยฃ163.1m) gross merchandise volume in 2017. Depop said the funds will be used for โglobal growth…
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