17 Aug 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan,
LONDON - Angela Megson, e-commerce director at Sainsbury's, has resigned just a week after...Megson leaves the company after only 18 months in the job. Prior to moving into the e-commerce ...
.
Sainsbury's said that her depature does not impact upon its e-commerce strategy and that it plans ...
and internet food and drink channel.
Lassiter comes to his new job with past e-commerce experience ...
05 Jul 2001
LONDON - United Business Media has scrapped its business-to-business e-commerce strategy...United, which last month cut its online spending for the third time this-year, closed the e-commerce side of its agricultural website Farmgate.co.uk.
The media company has also abandoned plans ...
's online business plan was based on providing news and industry-specific content over the web alongside e-commerce ...
30 Nov 2000
InStyle magazine, the spin-off from Time Inc-owned People magazine, is abandoning plans for an e-commerce...LONDON (Brand Republic) - InStyle magazine, the spin-off from Time Inc-owned People magazine, is abandoning plans for an e-commerce venture, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The magazine had planned to launch the initiative at the beginning of next year, selling fashion accessories online using ...
11 Mar 1999
| by NEILL DENNY
s budget, describing e-commerce as the
industry which is the greatest driver of world economic growth...Chancellor Gordon Brown put the internet at the top of the agenda
for UK businesses in Tuesday s budget, describing e-commerce as the
industry which is the greatest driver of world economic growth ...
.
The Chancellor predicted that by 2001 a million UK businesses would
benefit from e-commerce.
Other key ...
10 Aug 2000
| by BEN ROSIER
to be managing director of its e-commerce
operation, homebase.co.uk, as it prepares to roll out its first online...Homebase, the Sainsbury s-owned DIY chain, has hired Kingfisher
marketer Beatrice Lafon to be managing director of its e-commerce
operation, homebase.co.uk, as it prepares to roll out its first ...
competition from operators such as IKEA, Habitat, and Focus Do It All,
which went live with a first stage e-commerce ...
28 Nov 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Andreas Schmidt, CEO of Bertelsmann's eCommerce Group famed for inking a controversial deal with Napster, has been ousted from the German media giant amid reports that the unit he ran is to be folded into its direct-to-customer division, Bertelsmann Direct Group.
26 Nov 1999
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Pearson, the publisher of the Financial Times, this week launches a
new pan-European e-commerce...Pearson, the publisher of the Financial Times, this week launches a
new pan-European e-commerce magazine, Connectis, designed to provide
readers with an informed view of developments in e-commerce.
The new publication will be edited by Patrick de Jacquelot. Local
language editions will be inserted ...
27 Feb 2001
The use of e-commerce is still limited among traditional UK companies but is slowly beginning...LONDON (Brand Republic) - The use of e-commerce is still limited among traditional UK companies ...
at least 10% of revenue directly from e-commerce.
According to a spokesman for KPMG, the hype surrounding the dotcom boom and recent crash hid the quieter revolution going on in UK business. While the take-up of e-commerce ...
16 May 2001
LONDON - The first official survey of e-commerce by UK businesses has found that online sales...The Office for National Statistics survey covered 9,000 private businesses with 10 or more employees across the economy. It showed that e-commerce sales accounted for 57bn, or 2% of sales. Excluding ...
values of e-commerce sales were in the wholesale, retail and travel sectors. Business-to-consumer sales ...
07 Jan 2009
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - Consumers are set to spend in excess of £68.4bn online in 2009, an increase of 14.4% on last year, with more people shopping from home as they seek to avoid the stress of crowds, according to research by e-Marketer.