#Tech Wholesale marketplace Faire has launched a new Showroom experience, which it says offers the independent retailers it serves a new way to identify and buy from leading clothing and footwear brands. Faire says that the new curated experience w...

#Tech Marketplaces are a key theme of today’s InternetRetailing newsletter. We’re reporting first on the size and significance of marketplaces to the UK economy. Research from Shieldpay and the Centre for Economics and Business Research puts UK bus...

#Tech UK shoppers are planning to halve their Christmas spending this year, and will target Black Friday bargains, one new study suggests. Another finds that more than half will change the way they buy this year festive season, largely a result of ...

#Tech In today’s InternetRetailing newsletter we’re reporting as online retailers report slowing or falling sales – and new figures suggest that retailers are opening more shops. We also report as the CMA investigates green claims in fashion, with ...

#Tech Amazon has reported slowing sales growth and a net loss after a second quarter in which it continued to use technology to innovate and automate in areas from virtual and in-store technology, to robotics in its warehouses and autonomous delive...

#Tech The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into whether sustainable claims from three online retailers amount to little more than greenwashing.  Its initial investigation is focused on Asos, Boohoo and Geor...

#Tech The number of empty shops in UK high streets and shopping centres has fallen for the third quarter in a row, new figures suggest. This, says the BRC and Local Data Company, points to a post-Covid recovery. Retail parks continue to have the lo...

#Tech Retail property developer and operator Hammerson says its business is now recovering from the pandemic-driven downturn as shoppers return to spend in-store. The company says most of the new leases it signs are now with non-fashion retailers. ...

#Tech Virgin Wines says customers have stayed loyal beyond the Covid-19 lockdowns in which its business grew strongly. Its turnover and profits both fell, however, compared to the previous year. The retailer suggests, nonetheless, that it’s seeing ...

#Tech Fewer sales took place online this November than last, as ecommerce sees record decline. Image: Adobe Stock Online retail sales fell by a record 19.8% in November, new figures suggest. The fall – which compares with the shift online in l...

#Tech Shoppers are now making more of their purchases online than pre-pandemic. Image: Adobe Stock UK shoppers will do ever more of their shopping online in coming years, with the figure rising to 38% by 2026, a new report suggests.   Some 32%...

#Tech M&S is now using data in areas from buying products to store operations. Image courtesy of M&S Marks & Spencer says its new data science and AI academy marks a retail world-first – and will take it to the next level in harnessing the pow...

#Tech Asda is using smartphone technology to improve accessibility. Image courtesy of Asda Asda is putting mobile technology to work to make it easier for blind and partially sighted shoppers to navigate its Stevenage branch.   Asda says it is...

#Tech More shoppers are using mobile to buy online. Image: Fotolia We report on how shoppers are buying – and retailers selling – in the run up to Christmas. Amazon reports record breaking UK Black Friday weekend sales Amazon says that its UK ...

#Tech Digital-first retailer Wickes today raised its full-year profit forecast thanks to strong supplier relationships that it says have helped it maintain "excellent value" in an inflationary environment, and an agile business model.   The home...

#Tech The marketplace is set to be designed around accessibility. Image: Fotolia Accessibility will be at the core of a new online marketplace when it launches next year. EnableAll will take an accessible-first approach, designed around the ne...

#Tech Fewer people visited shops last month in the run up to peak trading when compared to both the previous month and the same month in pre-pandemic 2019, the latest figures suggest.   UK footfall during the month was two percentage points (pp)...

#Tech Topps Tiles retail customers turned online when stores closed in lockdown. Image: Screenshot of Toppstiles.co.uk Topps Tiles has reported a record-breaking year – despite stores being closed to the public and only open to trade customers...

#Tech Online grocery sales have fallen as shoppers return in-store – but remain 80% higher than before the pandemic. Image courtesy of Asda Asda says online grocery demand has dipped as more shoppers have returned to buy in-store. The supermar...

#Tech Retailers and property owners have agreed a protocol showing how they will reduce carbon emissions from their buildings, as part of the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Climate Action Roadmap.   The new Retailer/Landlord Net Zero Building...