eBay Enterprise, an eBay Inc. company, today announced the eBay Enterprise Commerce Marketing Platform, a new omni-channel engagement suite that will enable marketers to drive and optimise one-to-one commerce at scale, the company claims. Designed and built from the ground up, in
Up-and-coming companies across the country have been given one last chance to enter Startups Awards 2014 after the deadline was extended to Friday 26 September. Sponsored by Simply Business and organised by Startups.co.uk, the number one website for start-ups and small businesses, the 11th Startups
UK consumers are losing patience with out-dated shop floor customer service, according to research released from Red Ant. The UK Shopper Satisfaction Study found that 38% of consumers will leave a shop if they have waited fewer than three minutes for
Discount retailer 99p Stores has appointed property firm Harris Lamb to identify and acquire new sites across the Midlands and in the North of England for the growing empire. The business, which opened its 250th store in Northampton last month, has
The latest One Stop franchise store has opened in Kibblesworth, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. The launch event was held on 6 September 2014. The mayor, local school children and personnel from One Stop and the Post Office, helped the Thandi family celebrate
Cotswold Outdoor is proud to announce that its staff has raised over £16,000 this year from activities including a summer-long UK wide relay which covered over 3,000 miles. Staff completed the relay in a number of different quirky ways including
To celebrate 20 years since the FAIRTRADE Mark launched in the UK, the Fairtrade Foundation is inviting the UK public to nominate their favourite Fairtrade product for a special award. Nominations can be made online at www.fairtrade.org.uk/favourite from now until 10am on 25
Tuckey’s, the Proper Digestive brand, claim it is on a mission to give the truly delicious taste of the digestive to all UK consumers with its launch of Tuckey’s Proper Digestives, available in Sainsbury’s stores from mid-September with a RRP
A well-managed supplier relationship management programme can save top performing businesses €22.8m in spending and generate €7.6m in revenue per €1bn of annual spend, according to research by The Hackett Group. Organisations need to recognise that most procurement functions can deliver more
Online bike specialist, Winstanleys Bikes, has appointed award-winning e-commerce agency, Space 48, to design, build and develop its new e-commerce website. Winstanleys Bikes is one of the largest bike suppliers in the UK, with 15 years experience in the field. The retailer
Retail Times has teamed up with Investec to publish analysts’ notes on leading retail stocks. Today, Investec Securities analyst, Alistair Davies, suggests Phones 4U’s administration is opportunity for Dixons Carphone and recommends “buy” Phones 4U’s loss of its EE contract left the business with none
STAMP IT, a loyalty shopper mobile app for retailers, launches this week. It is free to download for shoppers from iTunes and Google Play. STAMP IT uses a smart phone’s in-built technology to boost footfall and loyalty to the high street. The
Online healthier snacks retailer, graze.com, has launched its ‘Inspired Snacks’ advertising campaign. The campaign is reported to be graze.com’s largest ever, reflecting the six-year-old company’s continuing growth and expansion – graze.com is the fastest growing food business in the UK according to the
Spar reports its service levels are at their highest ever – currently running at 98.7%, with all five Spar wholesalers recording on average 97.5% of deliveries arriving on time over 13,000 deliveries made per week. This success is thanks to Spar’s
Patchwork Pâté, the British producer of handmade foods from the Welsh countryside, has won the Best Welsh Speciality Golden Fork award in the Great Taste Awards 2014. Comprising eight regional awards covering the UK and Ireland and a further 11 for
Footfall in August was 1.1% down on a year ago, down on the 0.6% fall in July and below the three-month average of a 0.8% decline, according to he August BRC-Springboard Footfall Monitor. Out-of-town reported the only rise, 2.9% higher
A new stocking-sized gift idea for children that combines fun, education and development – child development chopsticks – is launching in the UK in October. From Korea, CleverstiX are said to be easy to use, cool, stylish, high-quality and child-safe products for kids
Retail Times has teamed up with Investec to publish analysts’ notes on leading retail stocks. Today, Investec Securities analyst, Kate Calvert, says boohoo.com is delivering across the board and recommends “buy” Q2 saw an accelerating sales trend as a result of management stepping up investment
Consumer spending grew 4.2 % year-on-year in August – its second highest level so far this year – as households spent more on clothing, entertainment and travel, according to monthly data from Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of all the
Canadian people traffic counting solutions company, Storetraffic, has created an infographic to showcase the state of the retail property market around the world and is sharing it with Retail Times. Based on research, it highlights, for example, that the world’s largest
HKS Retail, a leading operator of filling stations and convenience stores nationally, has embarked on a joint venture with Spar and Blakemore Trade Partners. On 8 August 2014 HKS Retail launched its first Spar forecourt store on Ashby Road in Ibstock,
Victoria Place – the retail and dining centre at Victoria Station – last week celebrated its relaunch with a formal opening event over four days. Following a £16m investment, Victoria Place has welcomed a number of premium brands to its
E-commerce agency Salmon, a WPP Digital company, has announced it has acquired Neoworks,“the e-commerce people”. The acquisition will see Salmon, Europe’s leading IBM WebSphere Commerce platform integrator, add Neoworks, a leading hybris multichannel commerce platform integrator and developers of some of
Industry leaders from across the UK’s food and grocery sector addressed the Prime Minister at a CEO roundtable this Thursday (11 September) to discuss how Feeding Britain’s Future is improving the employability skills of young people in the UK, and industry’s vital
Groupon search has found that Brits are likely to spend up to £61 more a year on their high street if their local shop keeper gets to know their name. This is particularly good news for customer-friendly retailers, as the research
