Category: Retail Types

April 19, 2021

Marks and Spencer have announced they are to increase their online capacity with the development of its Bradford distribution centre. The announcement comes as the part of the company’s rapid-moving ‘never the same again” initiative. The warehouse is being set […]

April 19, 2021

The Lenzing Group is launching an ecommerce website based around its flagship textile brand, Tencel, in order to showcase sustainable clothing fibres. Lenzing produces wood-based viscose fibers, modal fibers, lyocell fibers and filament yarn, which are used in the textile […]

April 16, 2021

The luxury industry is not immune from the trends the rest of retail has seen for the past year, with Luxe Digital citing premium loungewear and home collections as critical for luxury brands to reach homebound consumers during the COVID-19 […]

April 16, 2021

With more consumers shopping online, developing a robust last-mile delivery service could be a critical factor in providing a positive and competitive shopping experience. The investment follows Walmart’s pilot with Cruise in Scottsdale, Arizona, last fall, where customers’ orders were […]

April 15, 2021

Dollar Tree jumping into the retail media fray is noteworthy because the company comes from the discount space, a fairly unique position in an increasingly crowded pack. Walmart, Target, Kroger, Macy’s, CVS and Walgreens are among the major retailers that […]

April 15, 2021

When was the last time you abandoned an online shopping cart: yesterday? Last week? Today? For online retailers, cart abandonment is a problem, and we’re all guilty of doing it. In an effort to combat the estimated 70% of shopping […]

April 13, 2021

Ecommerce has a much smaller impact on the environment compared to physical retail stores, resulting in between 1.5 and 2.9 times lower greenhouse gas emissions. According to a new independent report commissioned by Amazon and published by Oliver Wyman and […]

April 13, 2021

Online retail sales growth has continued to rise throughout March, despite the promise of the high street opening up in April. IMRG’s Capgemini Online Retail Index, which displays the sales performance from over 200 retailers, shows that online sales have […]

April 9, 2021

eBay is hosting a series of in-person product authentication events for collectors across the country to promote its new online Authenticity Guarantee program, which rolled out in October 2020. Sneaker, watch and trading card collectors can have items authenticated in […]

April 7, 2021

If you noticed more darkened windows and empty stores at the mall recently, you’re not alone. The vacancy rate for regional malls in the United States hit a record 11.4% in the first quarter of 2021 from 10.5% in the […]