Online & Digital
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Jul- 2019 -11 July
Laybuy announces partnership with Alexachung
Laybuy, the buy now, pay later service, has announced the fashion brand Alexachung as its second major UK partner. Laybuy…
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11 July
Amazon to open second Clicks and Mortar store
Amazon is set to open its second Clicks and Mortar store in the UK, at St David’s shopping centre in…
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9 July
Online to make up more than 50% of retail sales in 10 years
Online shopping will account for more than 50% of retail sales (up from 19% currently) in the next 10 years…
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8 July
Asda to stop offering plastic bags with online grocery shopping
Asda is to stop providing single-use plastic carrier bags with its online grocery orders, in a move that will remove…
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8 July
Asos prepares to cut 100 head office roles as sales slow
Online retailer Asos is preparing to make around 100 of its head office staff redundant with a source saying the…
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5 July
Amazon’s Deliveroo deal could face CMA investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has put Amazon’s Deliveroo deal on hold as the regulator said it believed it…
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3 July
Amazon to create over 2,000 more UK jobs
Online retailer Amazon has announced that it will create 2,000 new jobs in the UK in 2019, which will take…
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Jun- 2019 -21 June
Usdaw to protest at Boohoo AGM
Retail trade union The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is set to protest Boohoo’s AGM today, (21…
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20 June
Online retail sales in May suffer worst growth on record
May continued the 2019 trend of below-average online sales growth, with a marginal 1.9% year-on-year (YoY) increase, according to the…
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14 June
Asos brings models to customers’ homes with new Virtual Catwalk
Online fashion retailer Asos has today (14 June) announced the launch of ‘Virtual Catwalk’, its first augmented reality (AR) experience.…
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