Gymshark, the fitness apparel & accessories brand, manufacturer and online retailer has been working since late 2016 with Perkbox, Europe’s fastest growing employee experience platform to scale its employee benefits offering to staff. The partnership between both companies is today
As one of the most repeatable, well-understood, and mature supply chains across all industries, the grocery supply chain has mastered predictable processes around every conceivable aspect of warehouse operations as grocers operate around unusually razor-thin profit margins. Not surprisingly, grocery
Although Brexit anxiety has led to a slowdown in consumer spending, eCommerce specialist Tryzens sees a bright future for British retailers, after a report released by Paypal has placed UK retailers at the top of the list of countries that
New purchasing stats from Wowcher show that UK consumers are becoming much more comfortable shopping via a mobile device, with three quarters of all purchases on the e-commerce platform being made through a mobile device.
Ten leading global online grocery markets are predicted to experience combined growth of $227bn, at an annual rate of 20%, by 2023, according to new figures unveiled by IGD today.
Moving items into carts does not mean the purchase is in the bag for UK online shoppers. According to the SAP Consumer Propensity Study focusing on online shopping behaviour, more than a third (38%) discard carts sometimes or all the time,
Poised for rapid international expansion, women’s fashion brand Yumi needed to re-evaluate its e-commerce approach. The company that started life in Camden Market more than 20 years ago, had expanded to five brick and mortar stores, and successful concessions in House of Fraser,
Manhattan Associates Inc will host its EMEA Exchange 2018 conference from October 8-10 at The Amsterdam Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Netherlands. More than 400 retail, manufacturing, wholesale and logistics professionals from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will gather to
Brooks Brothers, the oldest clothing retailer in the U.S., selected Manhattan Associates Inc. to improve contact centre operations and deliver a seamless omni-channel shopping experience for customers worldwide. New York-based Brooks Brothers is deploying Manhattan Active Omni to fuel its
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd today announced the launch of a Boots flagship store on Tmall Global, Alibaba’s B2C platform for international brands and retailers, to introduce a number of iconic Boots beauty brands to more
It’s no secret that the retail landscape has drastically changed, and amount of challenges the industry faces has increased. 2017 saw UK consumer spending slow to its lowest level in five years, highlighting that retailers are all vying for a
Today’s retail environment is more complex than ever, given the rise of e-commerce and a rediscovery of the age-old truth that “the customer is king.” As retailers across the globe struggle with demands for both personalization and convenience, balanced with
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group, today announced an end-to-end shopping experience built on a wide range of retail innovations powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine-Learning. The fully integrated journey aims to digitise the traditional
Manhattan Associates Inc today announced that it has been named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave: Point of Service (POS), Q3 2018 report by Forrester Research. The new research, which evaluated 13 vendors across 25 criteria in the areas of
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become a fixture in the British shopping calendar, and with this year’s shopping events expected to be bigger than ever before, many retailers are counting on them to help boost their flagging fortunes. However, with just
Webloyalty, provider of customer loyalty solutions that enable e-commerce companies to drive secondary revenue, has bolstered its senior leadership team with the appointment of Ben Stirling as managing director, Northern Europe.
Emarsys, the largest independent marketing platform company in the world, today announces that fashion jewellery retailer, Astley Clarke is using its artificial intelligence (AI) enabled cloud marketing platform to increase revenues through enhanced audience segmentation, allowing it to engage more
Emarsys, the largest independent marketing platform company in the world and Return Path, the leading global provider of email data solutions, are pairing up to enable marketers to reach more subscribers and increase conversions by helping to increase inbox placement.
Online retailers across the UK have noticed a surge in traffic after dark, with night time visitors increasing by 26%, and a general lift in purchases of 17% on average, according to a new survey investigating the impact of the
Amazon has stepped up its war for the living room this Prime Day. In its mission to put an Amazon sales assistant in every home, we have already seen heavy discounts across its Echo range.
The former head of e-commerce at Missguided has joined specialist user experience and conversion optimisation agency User Conversion as Managing Director. Mark Leach joins User Conversion at a pivotal point for the agency, as it celebrates a year of unprecedented
Prime Day is not just for Amazon, new research has revealed. Brand new figures from across CJ Affiliate’s global network reveal that from 2016 to 2017, across the two days of Prime Day retailers globally saw an average year on
The current discussion about business rates in the retail sector is an important topic and a hot-potato being considered by the Treasury. However, seeking to tax the digital economy more punitively will do little to save the high street and
"Closing 30 physical locations in the UK would be a drastic move for Mothercare. But it’s no secret they have been struggling a while, and it’s an understandable strategy – House of Fraser is closing over half of its brick
Today, leading payments provider Klarna has announced the expansion of its partnership with Swedish women’s ecommerce brand, NA-KD, to the UK. The deal builds on Klarna’s existing partnership with NA-KD in Sweden, Norway and Finland since 2015 and Germany which was launched last
