pepper.com revealed some interesting data this week about the internet habits of people in the UK, or at least about the shopping sites they visit and how they get there. There were some no-brainers in there of course (Amazon and eBay are the most popular e-tail sites, Google is top for search and mobile use…
The departure of Net-A-Porter founder Natalie Massenet from the newly-merged Yoox Net-a-Porter doesn’t seem to be holding the luxury e-tailer back. The latest evidence of this is that Dubai’s Alabbar Enterprises has paid €100m for a 4% stake. That’s an almost-6% premium on the price the shares closed at yesterday and values the firm at…
So Prada delivered hugely disappointing results on Friday and promised some ideas about how it would turn itself around at a conference call on Monday. That call has happened. Are we any the wiser?
US department stores are now among the biggest players in the e-tail sector but their profit margins are groaning under the pressure, according to analysts at credit Suisse. Their analysis, reported by Fortune magazine shows that department store websites are popular shopping destinations with around 14% of the revenue of the chains that anchor US malls now…
It’s official, shoppers spent more money online on fashion than on computer hardware for the first time last year. Well, American shoppers did, making fashion is now the biggest e-commerce category in the US, with the rise of m-commerce and free shipping deals helping to push the growth. Consumers bought $51.5bn of fashion goods online in 2015 compared to $49.9bn…
Weather forecasters can get it wrong. Retail forecasters can get it even more wrong. They predicted an uptick in retail footfall this Easter weekend but what we got was a drop. Not that either can be blamed as forecasting (speaking as a trend forecaster) isn’t an exact science. That’s very true when it comes to…
India is turning into one of the world’s most dynamic e-commerce markets, so it’s perhaps no surprise that Alibaba is planning to get in on the act this year (more of that later). In fact, a new report says the market has been surging but will really take flight in 2016.
So Sainsbury’s is the winner in the race to buy Argos, although whether it will end up a winner is open to question.
Americans are getting ready to show us all why this is the world’s standout consumer spending market with an Easter spending binge.The National Retail Federation said yesterday that US consumers anticipate spending more than ever around Easter this year.
Social commerce network Pepper.com has analysed data that shows retailers in the UK are leading the way when it comes to traffic from social media platforms and the number of followers and fans for these websites, compared to Germany and France. And it’s fashion retailers specifically that have the most social media followers in the…
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