The Covid-19 pandemic has been a difficult time for fashion retailers as a whole – in 2020, UK clothes sales fell by a whopping 25%. However, even in a sector that already had a relatively high degree of ecommerce penetration, post-pandemic the shift to online has been notable. This roundup includes studies and financial results […]
Michael Collett is the co-founder and CEO of Kin – a new private social networking app designed for families. We caught up with Michael to discuss the motivation behind Kin, the importance of privacy, and his thoughts on how social media will evolve in future. What led you to create Kin – what was your […]
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At Econsultancy Live: The Future of Ecommerce, Sophie Quy of Threads Styling and Cassandra Gowing of Radley London discussed the changing habits of luxury customers, and the importance of video and social in capturing new business.
The founder of the category-defining D2C sofa company discusses how the shift to ecommerce has forced companies to innovate, to find new ways to reach and interact with their customers.
Partnerships management platform Impact recently acquired unicorn status after raising $150m in a funding round that took its value to $1.5bn. Here we catch up with Ross Negus, Enterprise Account Executive at Impact, to find out what life is like as a unicorn, and why the partnership economy is a growing opportunity for brands today. […]
“Over 50% of the gross market value for the top six ecommerce players in the world is on marketplaces,” Colin Lewis, CMO of OpenJaw Technologies and author of Econsultancy’s Third-Party Marketplaces Best Practice Guide, told attendees at Econsultancy Live this week. Despite the continuing domination of big retailer.com sites, and the rising trend for direct-to-consumer […]
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region boasts some of the most dynamic, innovative and fast-moving ecommerce markets: from the largest ecommerce market in the world, China; to markets with near-total internet connectivity, like South Korea, to markets with high ecommerce penetration and immense potential for growth, like Indonesia. How is ecommerce in Asia-Pacific changing in the wake […]
Susan Vidler is the Global Chief Research Officer at consumer insight and market research company, Toluna. We recently spoke with Susan about the importance of brand voice and why, more than ever, brands must demonstrate their true meaning in order to appeal to consumers. Here’s what she had to say, along with her thoughts on […]
With a huge opportunity in the offing to target Chinese consumers when they are in a prime shopping mindset, and competition higher than ever, what have luxury brands been doing to stand out?
