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EthicalSuperstore.com acquired by Spark Response
EthicalSuperstore.com, a seller of all things eco-friendly, has been acquired by Spark Response, a contact centre and fulfilment firm. The newly acquired business will operate as a new subsidiary company called Spark etail Ltd. Ethical Superstore founders Andy Redfern and Vic Morgan together with Spark directors Noel Lambert and Peter Slee will form the board of directors of the new business.
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Seven companies reach Catalogue e-business Readers’ Award shortlist
Seven highly respected direct commerce businesses have reached the shortlist of the inaugural Catalogue e-business Readers’ Award. Having received some 462 votes, it was too close to call between Asos, Boden, Charles Tyrwhitt, Kiddicare, Lakeland, Net-a-Porter, and The White Company. As a result, it will fall to delegates at the CatEx Round Table Day—held on the same day as the ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards on 6th April—to cast their votes so that the outright winner can be named. The outright winner will then be invited to accept the trophy as part of the ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards evening. |
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BBC Customer Publishing join forces with ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards & Show
The ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards are delighted to announce that BBC Customer Publishing have signed up to sponsor the Best Catalogue Makeover category. This black tie awards ceremony welcomes the key players in the industry, and promises second-to-none networking opportunities. With the shortlist being announced next week, seats are limited. Please contact Jenny Squire for availability: T: 01271 866112, E: jenny@ecmod.com. BBC Customer Publishing will also be showcasing their work at the ECMOD Direct Commerce Show on 30th November & 1st December at the Business Design Centre, London. For exhibition details contact the sales team on 01271 866112 or email sales@ecmod.com.
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Toast seeks to bolster management team
Cataloguer/retailer Toast is looking to boost its senior management team to accelerate growth. Parent company French Connection says it wants to develop a strategy to significantly grow the business’s profitability and to that end Toast’s founders are recruiting further experienced management to work alongside them. |
Boden gets social
Apparel retailer/cataloguer Boden is launching an online community that allows customers to read and write blogs, enter competitions, share photos and videos, and write reviews. The hub is built and hosted by social loyalty platform, BeAddictive.com and links with Facebook, Twitter and other social-media platforms, as well as with bespoke specifications planned by Boden. Following its UK launch this month, Boden plans to extend the community site to the US later in 2011 |
N Brown launches Fabrici
Hot on the heels of rival Shop Direct Group’s isme offering, N Brown Group has added another label to its portfolio. Targeting women aged 56 to 65 years, the new Fabrici brand will be available from 21st March. |
Pavers embraces DRTV
Pavers Shoes is gearing up to launch a TV shopping channel called PaversShoes.tv, which starts broadcasting in April. The retailer/cataloguer worked with The Specialist Works on the project. |
Sales up at Lovehoney
Online retailer Lovehoney predicts a turnover of £13.5 million for the year ending 31st March. This represents a 29.8 percent increase on last year’s £10.4 million. |
Flying Brands has a disappointing 2010
A “difficult year” at Flying Brands saw 2010 end with a sales and profits dip at the multititle cataloguer. Group revenue from continuing business for the 52 weeks ending 31st December 2010 was £28.0 million, compared with £29.4 million in 2009. Group pretax profit from continuing operations slid from £2.39 million in 2009 to £220,000 last year. |
Next hit with VAT bill
Multichannel retailer Next has been served with a tax bill totalling approximately £6 million after a VAT tribunal found it was unable to claim VAT back on catalogues it had given its customers for free. |
Argos parent issues profit warning
Total sales at Argos declined 3.5 percent to £4.19 billion in the year to 26th February. Sister company Homebase fared slightly better—sales were £1.55 billion, just 0.3 percent behind on a like-for-like basis. As a result of this, parent company Home Retail Group expects pretax profit for the full year to be between £250 million and £255 million, down from its January forecast of £263 million. |
Lyle and Scott starts selling on Facebook
Apparel brand Lyle and Scott is to launch a social-media commerce store enabling customers to shop through Facebook. The application, developed by BT Fresca, follows Lyle and Scott’s recently relaunched mobile-optimised website. |
Morrisons invests in US grocer
Following its acquisition of Kiddicare last month, supermarket Morrisons has made a £32 million investment in US online grocer FreshDirect. The deal sees Morrisons take a 10 percent stake in the New York-based business as well as a seat on its board. |
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PCI compliance and emerging technologies
Every retailer still storing credit-card numbers or handling cardholder data has a challenge ahead to manage its business through cost implications, technology deadline dates, changes to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and increased pressure from fraudsters and the company’s own management. In this article, we explore what’s new in PCI compliance and how companies can reduce their scope through emerging technologies. Click here to find out more…
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