13 Dec 2006
| by Gareth Jones
The furnishings and homewares retailer has invited a handful of digital
agencies to pitch ...
that it will allow consumers to browse products sold in
the retailer's 74 European stores. The revamped offering ...
is the first to have been designed by the retailer's creative director,
Tom Dixon. Sister retail chain IKEA ...
08 Dec 2006
| by Darren Davidson
, the chief executive of BT Retail, said BT Vision would
be profitable in three to four years ...
and retail and
gambling services. BT Vision is also venturing into the area of user-generated content ...
08 Dec 2006
," an industry
lobbyist warns. "The potential effect on the continent's retail
advertisers hardly bears thinking ...
08 Dec 2006
and conventional retail. I used to wonder if it could become the largest
single destination for media investment ...
08 Dec 2006
Desperate retailers keen to get the punters in ahead of Christmas are
sending out a glut of coupons via e-mail. The "40 per cent off" one at
Threshers has received massive publicity because it's gone to more
people than the retailer intended, but we've also received some offers
from Gap ...
06 Dec 2006
Merry Christmas from Thresher! The retailer recently released a printable voucher on the internet.... The Scotsman
newspaper concluded that the retailer would make millions and quoted an
unnamed 'industry source ...
in commodifying price promotions.
These suppliers will also be feeling the heat from other retailers that
have ...
and online retailers hate to be beaten on price and many of
these rivals may consider matching or even ...
06 Dec 2006
| by by Craig Smith
retailer would
absent-mindedly tack on to the end of its suppliers-and-friends
voucher. The Thresher ...
effect at a slightly lower discount level. What is true for Thresher holds for the many other retailers ...
and constructed with limited-time offers of sufficient
discount interest to drive consumers to those retailers ...
06 Dec 2006
| by Melanie Godsell
Traditional retailers have seen their share of online visits explode in the run-up to Christmas....in November, and a
number of other traditional retailers are growing in influence online.
The websites of multi-channel retail brands - those that have combined
clicks with bricks - are seeing the greatest ...
of their brands. 'Those retailers that have emphasised multi-channel are doing well,'
says Andrew McClelland ...
06 Dec 2006
The retailer is understood to be close to embarking on a six-figure
expansion project that will include an overhaul of its boots.com
transactional website over the next two years. It intends to focus ...
the agency is working with Boots on this project;
Grand Union declined to comment. Rival retailer Superdrug ...
06 Dec 2006
The Swedish retailer currently spends just £360,000 of its £7.7m UK media budget online. IKEA appointed Omnicom-owned Agency.com to its UK roster in June to
unify its in-store and online strategies. The agency, which currently
handles its UK eCRM and plasma-screen activity, refused to comment on
any change ...