20 Mar 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Big-spending brands in the FMCG and retail sectors have significantly boosted mobile adspend...devices to access the web while watching TV.
For the first time, retail is among the top ...
, and that is really driving FMCG and retail spend."
He said that because mobile spend was "still quite small ...
29 Feb 2012
| by Lynsey Barber
Mobile commerce, supermarket power, empty high streets ... what does the changing retail....'
It's a time of anxiety for consumers and in turn, for retailers and brands. As Sushma Sagar, senior ...
, brought together key players to discuss brands and the changing face of retail, several challenges became clear. Brands and retailers are negotiating competitive pricing strategies to reach those looking ...
25 May 2011
| by Ben Bold
UK consumers have spent a massive £300bn shopping online in the 11 years the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail...online in March, the strongest figure in years .
Total retail sales hit 30.7bn in March, according ...
14 Apr 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Kurt Geiger, the luxury shoe and accessory retailer, is overhauling its ecommerce site...and Carvela shoes, the retailer also stocks footwear from luxury designers such as Jimmy Choo.
Kurt Geiger ...
not get in the way of functionality, but retailers who charge a premium must get the product to look ...
30 Mar 2011
| by Alan Mitchell
As ways to improve shopper economics continue to emerge, the consumer now holds the key to retail...Why does retailing look the way it looks? It may sound like a silly question, but if we can better ...
that are changing 'the secrets of success'.
Take retailing. For many decades, the fixed-location shop struggled ...
the right range and prices. If you got these two 'musts' of retailing right, then you became the shopper ...
27 Dec 2010
| by Staff
Online retailers enjoyed a welcome boost following a December blighted by weather...Traditional High Street brands dominated the UK's top 20 most visited retail outlets, in figures ...
said department stores and fashion retailers accounted for 13 of the top 20 most visited retail ...
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Boxing Day's most popular UK retail websites by share of visits
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21 Dec 2010
| by Ed Owen
EBay has agreed to buy German retail website Brands4Friends for $200m (£128m) in cash.
26 Nov 2010
| by Ed Owen
Business group CBI has reported brisk trading in the run-up to Christmas, while online retailers...The CBI reported that the volume of trade increased in November, with 55% of retailers showing ...
growth held up well in November, and retailers are hopeful that the run-up to Christmas will be just as strong."
However, he warned that looking into the New Year, retail sales growth might "lose some ...
14 Oct 2010
| by Katherine Levy
Asos, the online retailer, has seen its retail sales rise by 50% in the first half of its financial...The fashion retailer recorded a 26% rise in UK sales and a 120% rise in total international sales ...
69,697,000 in overall retail sales, compared to 47,456,000 for the same period in 2009.
Asos ...
growth, both in the UK and internationally.
"With retail gross margin ahead of the prior year ...
23 Mar 2010
| by Andrew McCormick
LONDON - Brands and high-end retailers, including House of Fraser and Selfridges, are preparing...the web become a physical thing are helping to create the in-store feeling online." Rival retailer ...
in online retail. The latest IMRG/Capgemini Sales Index reported that like-for-like online sales rose ...