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2012 was a year of “Bricks vs. Clicks” but what will drive retail in 2013? / Jon Worley The Logic Group

Sunny and Disruptive: Outlook for Retail Industry in 2013 Jon Worley, Director of Customer Interactions from The Logic Group writes .. 2012 has been a tough year for the high street, with retailers struggling to drive sales and many high street […]

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Amazon creates a further 100 new jobs at its new global Digital Media Development Centre

The centre, near The Barbican, opened in September to house hundreds of employees in design and development teams from Pushbutton and LOVEFiLM, which are both Amazon companies. Since then, 100 additional, new team members have been employed and a further

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“I went to Comet at the weekend to get a network patch cable – the cheapest was over £20 – the same on Amazon was £3!”

Comet is on the brink of going into administration as early as Thursday putting 6,000 jobs at risk and continuing the carnage on the British high street.  Owner Opcapita won’t make money by selling the shop sites as they, and

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Online retailing:Half (55%) of people enjoy that they don’t need to battle through crowds / Jamie Matthews, chief executive of INITIALS Marketing

Via  eSeller ..  A couple of  months ago, high street stalwart Marks & Spencer reported its worst first-quarter results in three years, with general merchandise sales down 6.8%. On the same day that M&S announced these disappointing figures, online-only store

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Amazon.co.uk / Thousands of jobs to be created at three new fulfilment centres by the end of 2014

Amazon has today announced that it will create more than 2,000 permanent jobs over the next two years with the opening of three new fulfilment centres in the UK.“We have created thousands of jobs in the UK over the last

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Amazon announces first Kindle Fire Tablets outside of the U.S., Starting at £129 In UK, €159 In France

Along with Amazon’s big tablet announcements earlier today , it’s finally also unveiled the first markets to get the Kindle Fire tablets — both the new Kindle Fire and the HD version — outside of the U.S. The news first trickled

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Probably the smartest thread you’ll read on (Social) e-Commerce…

It’s the smartest discussion we’ve seen on the future of e-commerce, with 117 comments from industry thought leaders – including the CEOs of Fab (Jason Goldberg) and Shoply (Liad Shababo). So if you’re a business, brand or entrepreneur in (or considering) e-commerce, social

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Internet Retailing 2012 – latest news / Quiksilver, Hobbycraft, Amazon

Hobbycraft to relaunch website and launch transactional mobile site plus click-and-collect July 27, 2012 – Hobbycraft, the arts and crafts specialist, has set out plans to sharpen up its multichannel proposition. It is planning to relaunch its website and to

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