#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...
Friday, August 12, 2022
EDITORIAL From Superdrug to Faire: putting marketplaces in context; plus ChannelX World
#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...
Thursday, August 11, 2022
UK shoppers set to halve their Christmas spending this year: study
#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 ...
Saturday, July 30, 2022
EDITORIAL CMA investigates green claims, Amazon sales slow – and retailers open more stores
#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 ...
Amazon reports slowing second quarter sales growth and a net loss – and continues focus on productivity in the face of inflation
#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...
CMA launches investigation into green claims from online fashion retailers Asos, Boohoo and George at Asda
#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...