Online & Digital
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May- 2020 -6 May
Card Factory online sales soar over 250% amid UK lockdown
Cards and gifts retailer Card Factory has reported a 267.5% increase in online sales since the UK lock-down began in…
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Apr- 2020 -29 April
Online sales reach 10% of all UK grocery spend amid Covid-19 lockdown
The share of all grocery sales made online reached 10% in the last four weeks ending 18 April 2020, according…
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22 April
Boohoo reports 54% rise in pre-tax profits in FY results
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has reported a 54% rise in pre-tax profit to £92.2m compared with £59.9m last year. In…
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9 April
Naked Wines forecasts £200m rise in sales amid coronavirus pandemic
Wine specialist Naked Wines has reported “good momentum” in its performance as it forecasts a £200m rise in its full-year…
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8 April
Asos reports 25% drop in sales amid Covid-19 crisis
Online retailer Asos has reported a 25% decrease in group sales over past three weeks as the UK battles the…
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Mar- 2020 -31 March
Online sales see mixed result during first week of lockdown
During the first week of the new pandemic guidelines, online retail sales growth was down -2.2% year-on-year (YoY), according to…
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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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