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Retail News: Hackett to flag up e-commerce

22 Dec 2004

Men's fashion retailer Hackett is to use a high-profile outdoor campaign featuring Rugby World Cup-winning hero Jonny Wilkinson to promote its e-commerce site.

Retail News brief: Interactive TV shopping up this Christmas

22 Dec 2004

Interactive TV shopping will be up 250% this Christmas, according to NOP research commissioned by anti-fraud specialist Retail Decisions. It has predicted a rise from 2% of total Christmas sales last year to 7% this year and expects jewellery to be the most popular choice, followed by CDs, flights and...

Deals: Sport-e.com teams with Fast Web Media

22 Dec 2004

Littlewoods Home Shopping Group-owned online sports retailer Sport-e.com has teamed with Fast Web Media, which hosts football site 4thegame.com (see page 15), to offer retail opportunities on the web. Sport-e.com is the exclusive online partner for the site for sports footwear, clothing and equipment.

Deals: Amazon.co.uk and Borders sign alliance

22 Dec 2004

Amazon.co.uk and Borders have signed an e-commerce alliance to launched a site (www.borders.co.uk) for Borders and Books etc customers in the UK, which is powered by Amazon's e-commerce platform. The site uses Amazon.co.uk's shopping technology tools and incorporates unique content such as store location...

Hustler Hollywood in web shopping offer

22 Dec 2004

American porn mogul Larry Flynt's retail brand, Hustler Hollywood UK, is launching a transactional site.

Shopping: Review - Online promise, but no luck yet

22 Dec 2004

I've done some bad things. And I think gambling might be my new bad habit. When I realised you can buy a lottery ticket online, it seemed like an interesting use of my paid time. Plus I could do with the winnings.

Shopping: Shopping stats - Users irritated by poor site performance

22 Dec 2004 | by Emma Rigby

Slow web sites and failure to complete transactions top the list of grumbles for users. Poor web site performance means companies can lose up to three-quarters of their potential customers to rivals. So says a survey by performance-monitoring firm Site Confidence, which quizzed 100 London professionals...

BIMAS 2004 in association with Revolution: Retail

22 Dec 2004

Wippit donates £1 to Band Aid 20 to sell single for 49p

21 Dec 2004 | by Sam Matthews,

LONDON – Music download site Wippit has reduced the price of Band Aid 20's 'Do They Know it's Christmas' to 49p from £1.49, but has pledged to donate the £1 shortfall from its own pocket.