E-commerce
This coverage explores e-commerce within the UK retail sector, focusing on online sales strategies, platform innovations, logistics, consumer behaviour, and digital marketing. Reporting examines how retailers adapt to changing technology and shopper expectations to drive growth and efficiency — offering insight for executives, managers, and professionals overseeing online operations and omnichannel development.
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Oct- 2023 -2 OctoberOnline & Digital
AHK Designs acquires Victoria Plum
AHK Designs, owner of e-commerce retailers such as Beds.co.uk and Cox and Cox, has acquired bathroom seller Victoria Plum, according to Sky News. The news comes after people close to the business told Sky that inflation in global freight costs and pressure on consumer spending had impacted profitability and cash…
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Sep- 2023 -19 SeptemberNews
Today’s news in brief-19/09/23
Kingfisher, the parent company of B&Q, has revised down its full-year profit forecast to £590m from the initial estimate of £634m. This adjustment is in response to challenging trading conditions. In H1, the company reported a 30.9% decrease in operating profit compared to the same period last year, with group…
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15 SeptemberNews
French Bedroom appoints new managing director
E-commerce brand French Bedroom has announced the promotion of Holly Yates to managing director as the company celebrates 17 years of creating French style furniture. Yates joined French Bedroom in June 2020 as head of brand in a role that saw her accountable for managing the business’ marketing channels. She…
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Jun- 2023 -14 JuneComment
E-commerce businesses can fight inflation – here’s how
Consumers continue tightening their belts as the cost of living crisis bites. And the outlook isn’t ideal; UK inflation remains stubbornly high, especially compared to the Eurozone and the US. The cost-of-living crisis, combined with the rising cost of raw materials, packaging, transport and labour, is putting insurmountable pressure on…
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May- 2023 -24 MayDIY
Kingfisher Q1 sales hit £3.3bn
Kingfisher has revealed that it has posted £3.3bn in sales for the three months to 30 April 2023, an increase of 0.8% year on year. The B&Q and Screwfix owner stated that 18% of sales were affected by poor weather conditions in the spring causing a like for like decrease…
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Apr- 2023 -17 AprilM&A
Retail M&A deals up 30% since pre-pandemic times, study finds
The number of UK M&A deals targeting retailers has increased by 30% since before the pandemic, with 34 retail M&A deals announced in 2022 compared with 26 in 2019, according to research by international law firm, RPC. This marks only a marginal decline from 35 retail deals in 2021 –…
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13 AprilAdvice
The growing challenge of bots for e-commerce-based businesses
It’s no exaggeration to say that the coronavirus pandemic has left an indelible mark on consumer habits. According to Michael Keenan at Shopify, online purchases only accounted for 17.8% of total sales in 2020. Throughout the Covid crisis, however, the market share of e-commerce positively soared, due to the temporary…
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6 AprilPeople Moves
Asos appoints two non-executive directors
Asos has announced the appointments of Natasja Laheij and Jose Manuel Martinéz Gutiérrez as independent non-executive directors. Laheij is currently Google’s senior finance director for Google EMEA, chair of the board of Google Payments Ltd. and audit chair of Vandemoortele. She has more than 25 years of experience in international…
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Mar- 2023 -3 MarchOnline & Digital
Onbuy ranked as Europe’s fastest growing e-commerce business
Online marketplace OnBuy.com has been ranked as Europe’s fastest-growing e-commerce business according to the FT 1000. The annual list from the Financial Times reports the latest annual ranking of businesses by revenue growth across Europe. UK-based OnBuy placed 25th on the list – after achieving 3402% growth since 2018. The…
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Feb- 2023 -22 FebruaryFeatures
Could stationery retailers be facing a future in concessions?
Stationery retailers have not had a brilliant start to the year, as shown by a succession of less-than-stellar financial results from big players in this corner of the market, such as Ryman and WHSmith. For starters, Ryman reported a loss of £8.5m in earnings for the first time in 25…
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