Internet Retailing

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High street financials bolstered by internet shopping

Strong performance from its Next Directory business has helped fashion retailer Next to show an increase in sales for the last six months of the year. Internet orders have overtaken telephone orders, reports The Telegraph, "with customers browsing the catalogue at home before going online to order". Not all retailers are in the same position as the internet, supermarkets and the weather are blamed for poor performance and retailers going into administration.

Sale moves Next to most popular site (behind eBay and Amazon)

The start of its summer sales has made fashion retailer Next the third most visited UK internet retail site, according to Hitwise. Online enthusiasm for Next's summer sale has been building over the past two years and the start of its sale on Saturday 21 July saw the retailer ranking ahead of Tesco and Argos in terms of visitor numbers.

Next - Half year to July 2007

Next has announced a first half increase in operating profit to 11% "achieved by a strong performance in Next Directory and good cost controls, despite a flat result in Next Retail".

Good news, bad news, part two

Sales for Amazon beat all their previous records, while results for Next and DSG look bad

The sales are up on Christmas

Post-Christmas and even pre-Christmas sales are showing huge increases according to results from Hitwise and Play.com gets the lion’s share online

Internet retailing in 2009 — New Year benchmarking report

As we move into the start of 2009, it's worth taking a quick look back over the Christmas and New Year sales period to see beyond the pre-Xmas predictions and find out just what consumers actually did buy online this holiday season

Guest Comment: Time to look at Online Lead Generation?

Marketers are more than ever under pressure to deliver results and should now be examining every available strategy and technique to drive sales. Clash-Media's Simon Wajcenberg makes the case for the latest and fastest growing form of web-based direct marketing, online lead generation...