By Ian Jindal
The importance of delivery for retailers appears to be obvious; when the customer purchases an item, it needs to be delivered to them. While this is indeed correct, it portrays delivery as a side consideration on the e-retailing process, which is wrong.
As part of the Internet Retailing UK Top 500 campaign, seven British retailers have been granted “elite” status for the ecommerce and multichannel services provided to consumers.
How do you maximise your company’s ecommerce potential in 2016″ While there is obviously no generic solution, there is value in evaluating the generic approach your company is taking towards achieving continual growth.
Gousto, the fresh ingredient delivery service named in our Everline Future 50 2014, has secured a £9m investment from a new arm of the Business Growth Fund. Real Business caught up with CEO Timo Schmidt about the pot, how the business will apply pressure to Tesco and why he believes the sector can be as commonplace as buying clothes online.
By Paul Vale
Black Friday was once an American trend but it has crashed into the UK to signal the start of the Christmas shopping season, thus shoppers will run riot searching for bargains. But Paul Vale, MD of TVSC Clothing has closed up shop determined to boycott the big day (27 November) and promote a much more wholesome message.
Amazon Local, the Groupon-like division of the online retailer, which works with merchants to sell daily deals to nearby restaurants, spas and so on, is to be closed on 18 December.
Black Friday is almost upon us, so let’s recap why the American shopping day has become of such importance in the UK as this year’s online spend is set to top £1bn.
UK ecommerce is set to thrive in 2016 as British shoppers are set to pay out £60bn online, according to RetailMeNot, with an average spend of £1,372.
The power of the internet was demonstrated in August, according to Visa Europe, as online retailers experienced the fastest year-on-year consumer spending growth ahead of the high street – while the recreation & culture industry also made solid gains.
By Ian Jindal
Click and collect will be the death of retail. At least, that’s the prevailing view aired in a recent article on the BBC news website.
