Online & Digital
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Feb- 2018 -23 February
Amazon plans six more Amazon Go stores this year
Rumours are swarming that online retail giant Amazon has plans to open as many as six more of its cashierless ‘Amazon Go’ stores in the US this year. The news was first revealed by technology website Recode, which said “multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans” suggested more cashierless stores…
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22 February
ASOS teams up with High Commission in Mauritius for modern slavery event
Online fashion retailer ASOS is hosting an event with the British High Commission in Mauritius today (22 February). The event will bring together local and international stakeholders to discuss the challenges in managing labour migration and agree a common framework for improving worker protection in Mauritius and beyond. Organised as…
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22 February
Shopping apps account for half of online sales in Europe
Dedicated shopping apps are driving widespread mobile success for European retailers, according to Criteo’s Q4 Global Commerce Report. The study revealed that retailers with a shopping app see half of online transactions taking place on mobile devices with 54% of these taking place via their app, opposed to on mobile…
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21 February
UK retailers ‘self-restricting’ growth due to limited payment options
The UK’s 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 UK’s 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 Burberry’s distribution globally, giving the brand access to over 150 countries. Daniel Heaf, SVP 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 £2.3bn sales
Online retail giant Amazon has says UK SMEs selling on its Marketplace achieved record export sales of £2.3 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 ‘less comfortable’ 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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