Unlike upmarket Net-a-Porter, Natalie Massenet’s new outfit will focus on clearing out designer fashion at discount prices

US beauty chain Sephora has begun posting up products’ ratings and reviews in-store and directing customers to read more on their mobile phones

The new guide looks at 22 different platforms and provides background advice on how to select the right solution for your business

Stressed by your inability to track your online marketing spend properly? 79% of the UK’s internet retailers are suffering from the same headache, according to new research from Coremetrics

The fashion etailer has reported sales up 118% in the nine weeks to 16 January

Two-thirds of UK shoppers spent more online this Christmas, bringing the total online sales total for December 2008 to £4.67 billion. That’s up 14.2% on December 2007 — but down 1.5% on November 2008

New research shows which retailers were the most popular duing the fourth quarter of 2008 and how they and the key online retail sectors fared compared to Christmas 2007

The toys and baby care specialist, which claims to have been the first national retailer to launch an ecommerce solution back in 1996, is now on its fourth version of toysrus.co.uk

Logan Tod is first out of the traps this year with a prediction for how Christmas 2009 will turn out for internet retailers…

Organisation for our annual Internet Retailing conference — to be held in London on 13 October — is in full swing. We already have some game-changing presentations lined up, but as always we’d like to give those in the industry who might be sitting on something revolutionary a chance to pipe up and try for a coveted speaker spot…

Apple has taken a quick and easy route to making it quick and easy for customers to place orders for delivery to another country…

Shop Direct and M and M Direct have reported sales surges but Tesco reports online growth well below the average at only 18%

WaitroseLIVE incorporates both a glossy design and a host of leading edge features, including video recipes and enabling readers to order goods by simply clicking on a purchase button located on the page

The Argos and Homebase parent is seeking to cut costs by making better use of its Castleford facility instead…

The fashion retailer which only launched a transactional website a year ago now plans to add international sites and offer online-only upmarket ranges

Overall, December was the worst in the British Retail Consortium’s survey history — but online did hugely better than expected

The team at SheerLuxe.com, “the definitive guide to online shopping”, also runs an annual conference on e-tailing that is organised in a very similar vein to their main business of tracking down and promoting the harder-to-find fine, fashionable and luxury brands and goods to buy online

Major online retailers that upgrade to offer true multichannel shopping and delivery/return options — as well as value for money — will gain market share, says eMarketer

M&S, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, House of Fraser and John Lewis have all reported very strong online sales growth this week

Fewer people went shopping online this Christmas Day compared to last year, says IMRG, but they made more purchases and spent more overall