Lockdown online shopping saved our skins, says Ikea
Swedish flatpack giant Ikea, which for years resisted switching to ecommerce because it knew shoppers would buy more once instore,…
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Very Group brings back Hornby as digital CX director
The Very Group, which last week appointed its first chief data officer, is further beefing up its senior team by…
Black Friday bonanza: ‘Look at my face. Is it bovvered?’
Retailers looking to Black Friday to boost their Covid-depleted coffers will have to get their marketing to work much harder…
Very Group recruits first CDO to drive insight strategy
The Very Group, which earlier this year rebranded from Shop Direct, has hired its first chief data officer following a…
Ecommerce sites lure adspend as Brits admit addiction
Online shopping may be propping up the economy but it is also providing a crutch for the beleaguered marketing industry…
Here we go again: Online delivery slots ‘like hot cakes’
Three of the UK’s biggest grocery chains have warned shoppers that their online delivery slots are being snapped up like…
Ding, dong we’ve changed: New blitz for ‘Avon of today’
Beauty company Avon is aiming to throw off its somewhat frumpy image with the launch of a new global marketing…
Tesco reveals plan to launch trials of drone deliveries
Tesco is moving into Blade Runner territory by trialing grocery home deliveries with drones from next month, with products being…
Parcel boom shores up Royal Mail while letters crash
Royal Mail seems to have been caught with its trousers down over an accelerated decline in letter volumes, triggered by…
Retail finance giant unveils shopping app for UK brands
Swedish fintech Klarna, which provides online financial services to a raft of UK retailers including H&M, Halfords, River Island, Ann…