Retail has been hit by a perfect storm, says the home delivery expert ParcelHero. New figures from PwC reveal 5,853 shops closed last year, and embattled Debenhams has placed itself in receivership as it fights against the onslaught of e-commerce. But with ASOS’ profits tumbling nearly 90%, online retailers are also struggling.
Internet Retailing
Online shopping or e-shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. Alternative names are: e-web-store, e-shop, e-store, Internet shop, web-shop, web-store, online store, online storefront and virtual store. Mobile commerce (or m-commerce) describes purchasing from an online retailer's mobile optimized online site or app.
Record numbers of High Street stores close as Debenhams falters and ASOS’ profits plummet – There's only one solution, says ParcelHero
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Cambridge e-commerce start-up named one of Europe’s top 100 fastest growing companies
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Velocity Commerce, the online retail specialist based in Cambridge, UK, and established just six years ago in a co-founder’s home, has been named one of the fastest growing companies in Europe in the latest FT 1000report.
How Polish B2B companies buy and sell online – Survey and report
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How many Polish companies sell and buy products online? What are their sales channels? How do they search for clients and business partners?
Network Transmission Types and Evil Smurfs
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By Patrick Vernon
In the beginning, the Internet was designed to “just work”. The basic Internet protocols that we use every day including HTTP (web traffic), SMTP (email), and DNS (converting URLs to IP addresses) weren’t designed to be secure.
Tech partnership set to bring greater transparency to UK eCommerce
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A new tie-up between digital design agency, Sigma, and two leading eCommerce companies – Storm and InRiver – is aiming to deliver best-in-class eCommerce capability, while fostering a greater degree of responsibility, transparency and inclusivity in online customer experience.
Tigers expands UK operations by opening new flagship facility in Thurrock as e-commerce booms
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Tigers has opened a new facility in Thurrock, near London Gateway, to continue with long-term UK investment plans and to meet growing e-commerce demand, despite ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
85% of UK consumers prefer to shop in store
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High street retailers must be savvy with omnichannel technological integration in order to survive in the digital age, new research has warned.
A survey of 1,056 UK adults carried out by digital marketing agency, Marketingsignals.com, revealed that 85% of people still prefer to physically purchase products in store, despite the convenience offered by online shopping.
High Street ‘saviour’ cashierless stores could disappear because of the ‘Philadelphia Experiment’
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New legislation protecting minorities could stop the spread of cashierless stores in the UK before they have been fully launched.
UK shoppers demand faster in-store payments that replicate ‘one-click’ transactions online
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Speed and convenience prove key to enhancing customer experience around in-store payments, a new report from RetailEXPO reveals.
Retail Quality Report 2019: Global retailers still struggling with digital
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Applause, the digital quality and crowdsourced testing solutions provider, has released the global findings of its annual Retail Quality Report. It shows that global retailers are failing to keep up with consumer expectations for optimised digital experiences.
Omni-Channel Retailing is the evolution of Multi-Channel Retailing, but is concentrated more on a seamless approach to the consumer experience through all available shopping channels, i.e. mobile internet devices, computers, brick-and-mortar, television, radio, direct mail, catalog and so on. Retailers are meeting the new customer demands by deploying specialized supply chain strategy software. To use all channels simultaneously, retailers using an omni- channel approach will track customers across all channels, not just one or two.
