Online & Digital
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Mar- 2020 -30 March
Beaverbrooks closes website and warehouse operations
Beaverbrooks has closed its website and warehouse operations until further notice. Anna Blackburn, managing director at Beaverbrooks, said the company…
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13 March
Amazon tells employees to work from home
Amazon has told all of its employees to work from home for the rest of March amid the coronavirus outbreak. …
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Feb- 2020 -18 February
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10bn to tackle climate change
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change. Taking to Instagram…
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18 February
Amazon hit by 600 warehouse accidents in past three years, GMB claims
Amazon warehouses have been hit by more than 600 “serious injuries or near misses” in the past three years, a…
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6 February
OnBuy secures £3m investment
OnBuy announced it has secured a £3m investment from VC fund Fuel Ventures after receiving “numerous investment offers”. The online…
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Jan- 2020 -31 January
Amazon sales skyrocket over Christmas period
Amazon has announced a 21% increase in sales to $87.4bn (£66.5bn) for the three month period ended 31 December 2019.…
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29 January
N Brown strengthens executive management team
Online clothing and footwear retailer, N Brown, has announced that Sarah Welsh will be joining the company in the newly…
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24 January
December online retail sales surge 9.4%
UK online retail sales growth spiked by 9.4% year-on-year in December 2019, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail…
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23 January
Asos sees 20% increase in group revenues
Online retailer Asos has reported a 20% increase in group revenues to £1.6bn, attributed to a “record” Black Friday and…
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15 January
Very reports a 6.1% increase in revenues in the festive period
Online retailer Very has reported a 6.1% increase in revenues during the seven weeks to 27 December. The brand, which…
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