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.

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.

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.

Consumers will soon be able to find out which goods are in stock where when they search for them online or by mobile using a new service from Udozi.com. Udozi is currently signing up retailers to its service ahead of an October launch.

UK retailers could be among the first to benefit from a partnership between MasterCard and Borderlinx that they say will make cross-border ecommerce easier for shoppers.

From tomorrow HMV will sell fashion for gig goers and music fans, selling brands such as Boxfresh and Eastpak in-store initially, while online sales will come in the future.

For this week’s look ahead to our annual conference, Internet Retailing 2010, we spoke to Peter Callaway, director of ecommerce at House of Fraser. He’ll be speaking in track three of the conference, Making Cross-Channel Work, giving insights into the way House of Fraser has approached its move into ecommerce over the last three years. We caught up with him to find out about the learning curve involved.

FTSE250-listed Sports clothing business JD Sports Fashion has appointed search specialists Epiphany Solutions to improve its online presence, and thus ecommerce revenue.

Stressed or bored workers turn to online shopping for relief from office woes, new research has found. If found the key time to log on to internet retailing is 4pm on Wednesday.

Ecommerce software company hybris and consultancy demand247 have signed a partnership agreement that will allow the consultancy to provide key solutions, including product content management expertise, to its clients.

Last week House of Fraser launched international delivery from its ecommerce site. Internet Retailing talked to Robin Terrell, executive director of multichannel and international, to find out how the move has been received.

John Lewis says its ‘John Lewis at home’ stores could be opened in at least 30 locations across the UK. The update comes as it opens the second of the format which brings the online channel into the store.