British shoppers spent £1.4bn on groceries online during the month of January, a growth of 121% in the last four weeks ending 30th January. A large proportion of this expenditure was from new online shoppers who spent an equivalent of £770m, reveals new data released today by NielsenIQ.
Boohoo has bought Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton in a £25.2m deal set to transform the fashion brands into online-only platforms, resulting in 2,450 job losses.
Ecommerce is more than an opportunity for brands: it’s a necessity, say Thomas Faure, Senior Consulting Manager – E-Retail Lead and Guillaume BAROIN, e-Retail Consultant at Artefact. They explain how upskilling programmes can accelerate overall business growth.
Retailers are failing to build customer experience into online returns, and risk losing future sales and shoppers’ loyalty due to communication blackholes and a lack of choice in the returns process, according to new research.
Caffè Nero is launching at home products on Amazon, as the premium coffee house looks to diversify its sales channels.
Jeff Bezos, billionaire founder of Amazon, will step down as chief executive, the company announced on Tuesday.
Online fashion retailer ASOS has bought the Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge brands from failed retail group Arcadia, but their 70 stores, employing 2,500 people, are not included in the deal.
Two thirds of global consumers prefer to see brands using real customer photos on social media over big money professional shots.
Fashion retailer Boohoo has bought collapsed rival Debenhams for £55m to relaunching it as an online only store.
Marketers have enjoyed a confidence boost with a net balance of 18.1% more confident about the financial prospects of their company than three months ago, according to the latest IPA Bellwether report.