The arrival of Amazon Fresh in the UK, and more recently Prime Now in Paris, is set to shake up a highly competitive European grocery market. In this transcript from Profitero’s Podcast Series, Keith Anderson speaks to Andrew Pearl, Profitero's
In the run up to the blockbuster Amazon Prime Day deals released on 12 July, Amazon is offering countdown deals for Prime members every day, from 5 July through to 11 July. For today only, Prime members in the UK will
Misfit, the wearable technology brand specialising in design-forward wearables, announced today that it will be dramatically scaling up its retail presence across Europe and the Middle East over the coming months. Misfit merged with Fossil Group at the end of
Web giant Amazon have been named as the top retail brand on social media, according to Social Insights on the Retail Industry, a report by social media monitoring firm Brandwatch. Making up the top three were two other retailers, Etsy
The Amazon Growing Business Awards today announced it is now accepting entries for the 18th consecutive year, as Amazon was named headline sponsor. Created by Real Business, with further support from the CBI, the Amazon Growing Business Awards are the
Amazon you know about – but adidas Group and Walmart are also signature brands using graph database techniques to mine data relationships and offer customers a superior experience, says database expert Emil Eifrem We’re all very familiar with Amazon’s, ‘Customers who
Morrisons: canny tie up Morrisons and Amazon are today announcing a new supply agreement. In the coming months, hundreds of Morrisons products will be available to Amazon Prime Now and Amazon Pantry customers. Morrisons will provide a wholesale supply service to
Younger shoppers could hold the key to whether Amazon makes a success of its grocery retail business after new research revealed that 78% of the 18-34 age group say they will probably or definitely try doing their grocery shopping with
Ryan Jepson, strategy & insight analyst, Profitero, assesses the impact of Amazon Pantry on online grocers in the UK
Terry Hunter, VP e-commerce and client strategy at e-commerce player Astound Commerce, advises retailers to run shorter Black Friday promotions than Amazon but says back-end systems must still be optimised to cope with increases in demand “This year’s Black Friday looks set to
Amazon’s introduction of its ‘Amazon Fresh’ service in the UK could prove to be the catalyst which forces the leading supermarket retailers to re-evaluate their delivery strategies, says Nick Miller, head of FMCG at Crimson & Co. Miller states that
Brands looking for a strategic advantage this holiday season, specifically on the world’s largest online retailer Amazon, now have a new Profitero tool that delivers insight into category share and how to gain or sustain it: Amazon Market Share Estimation. During this
Amazon.co.uk today launches the Business, Industrial & Scientific Supplies Store(www.amazon.co.uk/industry) featuring more than half a million products including Lab & Scientific Products, Professional Medical Supplies, Power & Hand Tools, Additive Manufacturing Products including 3D printing, Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies, Occupational Health &
Amazon has announced Amazon Launchpad, a new program that makes it easy for startups to launch, market, and distribute their products to hundreds of millions of Amazon customers across the globe. Indiegogo, the crowdfunding site, is one of a handful
Sibberi (www.sibberi.com) is an all-new natural food brand that’s reported to be shaking up the burgeoning alternative water market with its natural, unsweetened Birch water. The brand has launched into As Nature Intended, Partridges, Amazon and a raft of independent food
Next week, Amazon turns 20 and on the eve of its birthday, the company introduces Prime Day, a new global shopping event, offering more deals than Black Friday, exclusively for Prime members. On Wednesday, 15 July new and existing UK
Retail Times’s readers can win insights on growing their international sales in our latest exclusive ChannelAdvisor download – A Globetrotter’s E-Commerce Guide to Selling Internationally. The Guide lifts the lid on the e-commerce opportunity in both established and emerging markets
Amazon, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis are the UK’s most meaningful brands, according to a new study which ranks brands by their impact on consumer wellbeing and their personal finances. Online retail giant Amazon secured the top slot in the UK retail
Amazon Local today brings the West End to customers, announcing that every ticket to every West End theatre show is now bookable on amazonlocal.co.uk and the Amazon Local App. Amazon Local customers can book tickets for their chosen show seven days a
Retail Times has teamed up with ChannelAdvisor to provide six top tips for winning the Buy Box feature on Amazon and boosting online retail sales. In its latest e-book, ChannelAdvisor highlights the potential of the online giant’s marketplace to drive
Profitero, a leading global provider of online insights and e-commerce intelligence for brands and retailers, today announced the launch of its Amazon FastMovers reports. Profitero claims it provides the most comprehensive online monitoring solution, collecting online data on more than 275m products
UK SME online retailers are planning to increase their use of online marketplace sites, such as eBay and Amazon Marketplace, as they target growth in 2015. Royal Mail’s annual tracker study into the expectations and challenges facing UK SME online retailers
Zoe Ripley, international head of marketing at ChannelAdvisor, looks back at the marketplace triumphs of 2014 The e-commerce landscape — especially online marketplaces — continued to evolve in 2014. At the beginning of the year, businesses and consumers were excited
Your Essential Guide to Success on Amazon is the theme of the latest ChannelAdvisor download, delivered exclusively for Retail Times’ readers. This latest ebook provides the ‘low down’ on the UK’s largest online marketplace, which receives a staggering 3.8m unique
Rynhardt Hanekom, cross-border trade manager at ChannelAdvisor, on how online expansion can help retailers to capitalise on Christmas trading November has come, the clocks are set back and merchandise seems to be multiplying at most retail locations. We are in
