Online & Digital
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Jun- 2018 -12 June
Boohoo reports £183.6m revenue jump
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has reported a 53% increase in total revenue for the first quarter of the 2019 financial…
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7 June
Amazon to show 20 Premier League matches a season
Amazon has announced it has won a broadcast package to show 20 Premier League matches per season from the 2019…
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7 June
Amazon to create 2,500 UK jobs
Online retail giant Amazon has announced that it will create 2,500 permanent jobs in the UK in 2018, taking the…
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5 June
Quiz defies high street blues with 30% growth
Fashion retailer Quiz has bucked a calamitous high street trend in the first half of 2018, announcing revenue growth of…
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4 June
Amazon faces legal action over alleged ‘bogus’ self-employment
GMB, the trade union for ‘gig economy’ workers, has announced plans to bring legal action against three of Amazon’s delivery…
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4 June
Retailers to be forced to report suspicious purchases to MI5
The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced a policy that will see retailers forced to report suspicious sales such…
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1 June
BHS.com to shut down just two years after relaunch
Online fashion retailer BHS.com has announced it will be shutting down its site following a review by its Qatari based…
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1 June
ASA wants Viagogo adverts blocked as it battles with ticket vendor
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told search engines including Google and Bing to block all adverts by secondary ticket…
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May- 2018 -31 May
Ocado enters FTSE 100, M&S narrowly avoids relegation
Ascendant online supermarket delivery service, Ocado, has secured a position in the FTSE 100, while Marks and Spencer narrowly avoided…
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31 May
40% of independent Amazon shareholders oppose Bezos ‘being his own boss’
Over a quarter of Amazon shareholders have voted in favour of a resolution filed by SumOfUs calling on the company…
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