M-Retailing’s editor Paul Skeldon talks to Chris Corbin, Head of Multi-channel at Halfords and Sue Pratt, Halfords Account Director at technology company Salmon about the drivers behind extending Halfords’ online presence into mobile and why mobile is the future both in and out of store

Sales of chocolates over the internet provided a growth area for manufacturer and multichannel retailer Thorntons, as it reported its end-of-year financial results.

Online grocer Ocado today saw its share price slip by more than 4% despite reporting a 30% growth in sales in its first update since flotation. Elsewhere, Morrisons is expected to announce the upcoming launch of its online service when it reports first-half results on Thursday.

Online sales rose in August, but there are still fears of a slowdown once the extent of Government cuts become apparent, says the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.

My-wardrobe.com’s founder and chief executive Sarah Curran speaks to Internet Retailing in the latest preview of our annual conference, Internet Retailing 2010.

John Lewis is running complementary marketing campaigns across all its sales channels to promote the rollout of its new womenswear department.

Sellers on eBay are already seeing a Christmas rush, says the online auction website. So far more than 150,000 Christmas related are already up for sale on the site.

Fast growth at fashion retailer Boohoo.com has led it to appoint affiliate marketing agency R.O.EYE to target customers at the sites where they spend their time.

DSG International sees strong growth in its online channel, led by multichannel and Reserve & Collect offerings.

Online retailers lost almost £3bn in 2009 as customers abandoned their shopping carts in response to delivery issues, new research from Royal Mail suggests.

It’s time for retailers to get online, says Chris Webster, vice president, head of retail consulting and technology at Capgemini, who advises on how to make the most of the opportunities that internet sales have to offer.

Start up company Udozi is aiming to harness the power of the mobile web to help retailers drive consumers back into their stores and get them shopping ‘the old fashioned way’ with a stock comparison service app

Portaltech and PayPal have partnered to help retailers offer their customers a fast and secure checkout experience on mobile devices. The move comes shortly after PayPal released its Mobile Express Checkout – a mobile optimised version of its Express Checkout service

Another day, another iPhone based card processing solution comes on the market. This time, PAYware from Verifone, is pushing its app-and-sleeve card reading solution at micro-merchants in the US, with plans for a second generation solution that will work in chip and PIN markets in Europe later this year

Zara is the latest fashion retailer to sell online in the UK, following hard on the heels of Gap, and coming as H&M draws nearer to selling over the internet in this country. At the same time, eBay is pushing its own Fashion Outlet in a new advertising campaign.

Accounting software supplier Intuit and iPhone sleeve and charger maker mophie have become the latest paring to develop a device that turns the iPhone into credit card reader for the US market. Hot on the …

Royal Mail has taken philately to very 21st Century heights with addition of a augmented reality around its latest range of stamps, in a tie up with AR specialist junaio. Pointing an iPhone or Android handset with the juniao app running at any of Royal Mail’s Great British Railway Special Stamps will launch video footage on the handset of Bernard Cribbens reciting the W H Auden poem “Night Mail”

Following the successful launch of its m-web strategy and iPhone app earlier this year, online comparison website Shopping.com continues its move into mobile with the launch of an Android app for the UK market, marking the next phase of the company’s mobile strategy

Best Buy UK has appointed an affiliate network as part of a campaign to drive traffic to its site when it launches for ecommerce later this autumn.