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InPost, the send, collect and return parcel locker service, has announced a new click and collect partnership with leading online wine retailer Virgin Wines. Ready in time for the season of Christmas cheer, shoppers can order cases of their favourite tipple to
High quality businesswear specialist Hawes and Curtis has become the latest retailer to complete a full integration to embed Doddle into its online checkout. Customers can now choose to use Doddle, the new parcel collection, returning and sending service located
Cdiscount has launched an online DIY store, moncornerbrico.com, along with a dedicated webzine. According to Cdiscount, the new site has been driven by the ambition to provide beginning and experienced DIY enthusiasts with every possible, practical solution. Covering every aspect of the
British online retailer Bathrooms.com is celebrating 10 years of trade and growth this December. Estimates have one in 50 households owning a product from its range, demonstrating its presence in the e-commerce market, the company claims. The company was founded in 2004 and since then
Ocado is right on the edge of having its first profitable year, as the pure-play online retailer grew its full year retail sales 15.3% to £972.4m. Its agreement with Morrisions had a 510bp positive impact (worth £54m), pushing group revenue to just over
Dynamic Yield, the leading automated real-time personalisation and optimisation solution, announced that Sabon, an international luxury bath and beauty products retailer, has increased Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales 35% by implementing its personalisation solution. Sabon said it saw dramatic improvements across key performance metrics including user
eBay reports it is on a mission to create an engaging, curated and simplified shopping experience for its customers across all devices on which they shop and sell. Available globally today in the App Store is the new eBay for
Leading French e-tailer, Cdiscount, is launching a website designed to meet the needs of babies and their parents. Moncornerbaby.com features an array of nearly 15,000 infant care products and baby toys and aims to establish a position as a specialist in nursery décor and educational
Online beauty community and store The Beautyst, has expanded its digital strategy to launch the first marketplace fully dedicated to beauty products. The Beautyst is using an online marketplace platform from Mirakl that will host transactions between buyers and sellers of a range
John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, LK Bennett, Coast, French Connection, Topshop, Boots and Burton are some of the latest brands to go live on intu.co.uk as part of its new online affiliate programme. The website is the UK’s first virtual shopping centre
Maplin Electronics reports it has achieved its best ever online sales day on Black Friday with online sales up over 70% and stores sales up over 30% on a like-for-like basis. Chief executive office of Maplin, John Cleland, said: “Online sales were driven by traffic
Online fashion retailer, Missguided, reports it enjoyed an outstanding weekend of sales following promotions on Black Friday and across the Cyber Weekend. The retailer, which recently launched its second collaboration with pop-star Nicole Scherzinger and a range of plus size clothing for young women,
Effortless Skin, one of the UK’s leading online retailers of skin care and cosmeceutical products, has appointed digital marketing and e-commerce specialist, Space 48, to drive its pay-per-click (PPC) advertising campaigns. Space 48, an award-winning agency based in Warrington, was recently
Today, JUMIA announced a new round of investments amounting to €120m. These investments, which were made by existing shareholders, strengthen the company’s position as the leading online retailer in Africa. Jeremy Hodara, co-CEO of parent company, Africa Internet Group, said: “We
Online retailer of healthier snacks, graze.com, reports it has achieved a run rate of over £20m in its first year of US operations, causing it to add to its office portfolio. Launching in December 2013, graze.com said it adopted a pioneering ‘fail
Styloko, the UK online shopping discovery engine, has announced the launch of a new site dedicated to better targeting consumers in America on 21 November 2014. With around 30% of traffic already coming from the US market, the next logical step
Intershop is enabling the international expansion vision for Mister Spex. The leading online optician’s new UK website – misterspex.co.uk – is the first in a series of European shop fronts to go live on Intershop 7, a leading omni-channel platform. Moving up to Intershop
Global fast-fashion business Missguided is tomorrow launching its first ever plus size range, Missguided+, following a year of strong growth and an increasing demand from customers to broaden the appeal of the brand. It marks the first move in a series of
Online supermarket ocado.com has launched a major recruitment drive to find 1,000 permanent new UK staff before Christmas this year. The retailer said its continuing expansion and the boom in online grocery shopping has fuelled the search for permanent new team members to start immediately across
The digital marketing division of Rakuten, Rakuten Marketing, said it continues to report strong growth for the third quarter of 2014, seeing 16.9% growth across its UK business, which encompasses the Rakuten Affiliate Network, Rakuten Display and Rakuten Attribution. In Europe,
NaviSite Europe, a Time Warner Cable company, has announced that it has been selected as the managed hosting and managed web application support provider for Virgin Wines, an online boutique wine merchant offering exclusive wines around the clock and on demand to its club
Online discount food and drink retailer Approved Food has expanded into a 60,000sq ft warehouse facility in Sheffield as the company anticipates year-on-year sales growth of 20%. The retailer was advised on the move by Yorkshire law firm Gordons, which
eBay Enterprise, an eBay Inc. company, today announced that it will open a new European fulfilment centre in Germany in the second quarter of 2015. The multi-million dollar investment illustrates the success eBay Enterprise has experienced during the past 12
UK online merchants are expected to export a record £153m worth of items this Christmas to online buyers all over the world, according the latest data from eBay.co.uk. Between the end of October, to the middle of December, eBay merchants in the
Online jewellery brand, Gemporia.com, owned by The Genuine Gemstone Company, has expanded its business into northern Europe by launching its site in France and Germany. The online retailer, which specialises in stylish, affordable and responsibly sourced genuine gemstone jewellery, has decided to
