Comment: Christmas shopping is changing – but retailers must accept pop-up...
Charlotte Shi, senior lecturer in fashion marketing and branding at Nottingham Trent University, and Gary Warnaby, professor of retailing and marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University, take a...
View ArticleRetail Ramble podcast: Cleaning up your act
Essential Retail chats to on-demand dry cleaning business, Lavando, and last-mile fulfilment scale-up, Quiqup, to discuss the increasing need for convenience in the delivery space.Essential Retail...
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Five ways Amazon is reinforcing its core values
Essential Retail takes a look at five innovations from the eCommerce powerhouse, Amazon. From speedy delivery and Prime through to its new homewares business. When Amazon.com launched in 1995, it was...
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Whitepaper: How to tackle the out-of-stock nightmare
Read OneStock’s whitepaper on how retailers can prevent customers becoming frustrated from out-of-stock items. Out-of-stock products are a major issue for all retailers, leading to not only loss of...
View ArticleRetail Ramble podcast: Cybersecurity
Essential Retail sits down with Infosecurity Magazine to discuss what measures retailers can put in place to avoid cybersecurity attacks. Essential Retail chats to sister publication, Infosecurity...
View ArticleComment: How Bitcoin futures trading could burst the cryptocurrency’s bubble
Nafis Alam, associate professor at University of Reading, takes a look at the future of bitcoin. A new wave was added to the never-ending Bitcoin mania when the Chicago Board of Exchange (CBOE) became...
View ArticleComment: Selling safe this Christmas – top tips for when the drone customer...
Jonathan Nicholson, assistant director of communications at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), shares his tips for retailers selling drones over the Christmas period. Drones have become the latest...
View ArticleVideo: Patch on delivering urban jungles
Watch Essential Retail learn about modern online garden centre Patch. Essential Retail takes a tour of Patch’s London HQ with CEO and founder Freddie Blackett. We learn how the garden e-tail scale-up...
View ArticleComment: How are bitcoin, cryptowallets and blockchain related? Some jargon...
Efpraxia D. Zamani, lecturer of information Systems at De Montfort University, debunks the jargon surrounding some of the biggest buzzwords in technology.When the bitcoin was first introduced eight...
View ArticleRetail Ramble podcast: Grocery loyalty
Essential Retail sits down with TCC Global to find out how grocery retailers are encouraging their customers to remain loyal.Essential Retail chats with Bryan Roberts, global insights director, and Seb...
View ArticleHow Café du Cycliste gears up sales
Small premium brand boosted sales by improving its email marketing Email spam can be the bane of online shopping. Little wonder so many of us have clogged up inboxes from various sites we haven’t got...
View ArticleComment: Retail and GDPR – 5 vital action points
Russell Marsh, managing director in Accenture’s digital practice, takes a look at how retailers should prepare for the culture changes associated with the introduction of GDPR. Organisations are...
View ArticleOnline sales boost Christmas trading for Next
Next reveals a surprise Christmas sales increase, driven by online purchases. Next has revealed an unexpected rise in sales over the festive period. The sale of full-price products in the 54 days...
View ArticleDebenhams reports poor Christmas despite increased mobile sales
A 20% increase in mobile conversion fails to save Debenhams from a post-Christmas profit warning.Shares in the department store Debenhams fell 20% after the retailer posted a profit warning following...
View ArticleIGD’s predictions for global retail trends in 2018
As we enter another year, IGD looks at the five key trends that are set to shape the global food and grocery industry in 2018. What initiatives will retailers and manufacturers introduce to address...
View ArticleBig Interview: Quiz on winning the fast-fashion race
Essential Retail talks to Sheraz Ramzan, chief commercial officer at Quiz about a transformational 2017 and its plans to survive the UK’s competitive fast-fashion market. An IPO and continued expansion...
View ArticleM&S invests in returns management
Marks & Spencer has extended its partnership with Clipper Logistics, and will use the supply chain company’s Boomerang service to manage returns.Ahead of a big week for Marks & Spencer...
View ArticleNeutrogena to debut new skin imaging technology
Neutrogena to unveil new app and accompanying technology, which utilises in-depth data analysis and machine learning systems to help consumers better understand what products meet their needs.Beauty...
View ArticleComment: Could the Bank of England’s cryptocurrency replace cash?
Bill Buchanan, head of The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University, takes a look at whether the new bitcoin-style virtual currency planned by the Bank of England could really replace...
View ArticleWhat’s in store for retail technology in 2018?
What technology will give retail the edge in 2018, and will it be worth the money?Retail has changed a lot over the past decade, in no small part due to the embracing of technology to give retailers a...
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