Online & Digital
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Apr- 2018 -23 April
Boohoo expected to report 95% sales increase
Boohoo is expected to report a 95% increase in sales when it publishes its full year results on Wednesday (25…
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23 April
Alibaba and Valentino create 3D virtual store
Alibaba has partnered with Valentino to create an virtual 3D store that can be browsed by visitors to Alibaba’s Tmall…
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19 April
Woman charged £930 for 11p Banana in Asda online typo disaster
Asda has apologised after a woman attempted to buy a banana for sale on it’s online shop priced at £930.11…
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19 April
Amazon and Not on the High Street condemned by MPs for mis-selling faux fur
Online retailers Amazon and Not on the High Street have been told they must do more to stop the sale…
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18 April
Wish.com reprimanded for penis advert on video games aimed at children
Online retailer Wish.com has been displaying an advert showing an animation of a cartoon penis being put in an extender…
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18 April
Retailers miss out on £18k a year through ‘surf and turf’ shopping trend
New research by Barclaycard has revealed that UK shoppers each abandon an online basket worth an average of £29.37 every…
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17 April
Amazon forced to remove children’s ‘enjoy cocaine’ clothing range
Amazon have been forced to withdraw controversial baby and children’s clothes adorned with the slogan ‘enjoy cocaine’. The clothes were…
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13 April
Retailers ‘need to invest in visualisation technology’ to boost online sales
Almost half of shoppers would spend more online if there was technology that helped them visualise and understand how products…
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11 April
Shop Direct closes three warehouses, 1,992 jobs affected
Digital retailer Shop Direct has announced that it will be closing three major warehouses across Manchester. The move will impact…
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4 April
Amazon reprimanded by watchdog over ‘misleading’ ads
Four adverts by Amazon have been banned after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said they were “misleading”. In a series…
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