Firebox.com to offer discounted deals of the day.

Online gadgets seller Firebox.com is to give over a section of its site to what it calls ‘Opportunity Box’ to offer dramatically discounted products for 24-hour periods only.
Each day at noon a new product will replace the previous day’s deal, with an email sent out to subscribers offering them the chance to bag a discount [...]

Waitrose scraps delivery charges.

Waitrose is this week scrapping delivery charges for the groceries customers order online in a move that will increase pressure on rival supermarkets to follow suit.

US switching off online grocery shopping

Many of the trends we see in the UK market first take place in the US and then jump across the pond, but in the case of grocery home deliveries there is a major divergence between the two markets.

E-tailing for Success.

This article discusses the benefits of e-commerce as a retail option in a recessionary economy, and lists effective strategies when adopting an online medium that could result in growth for a retailer.

Future Group launches new prepaid card program for shopping

Future Group has successfully launched its new prepaid card program in Pune and Kolkata. Customers receive a discount on every load of their Prepaid Card and can use their balance to purchase merchandise across all Future Group outlets.
The program is seeing rapid adoption by consumers, driving sales lift and locking in revenue for Future Group.
Pine [...]

Lenovo launches ThinkStation S20 and D20

Australia: Lenovo has unveiled two workstations, the                                              ThinkStation S20 and D20.
It also has an e-commerce platform, the Lenovo         eLounge, to give customers an interactive way to       experience computing solutions online.
“Designers, engineers, developers and scientists require the highest levels in computing performance to help them produce breakthrough innovations,” said, Matthew Steele director, Server and [...]

Major supermarkets commit to unit pricing roll-out

Australia: The draft unit pricing code was finally launched this week, with major retailers committing to completion of the roll-out by the end of this year.
“Our members including Coles, Woolworths and Franklins have taken the initiative and all plan to have completed a full roll-out of unit pricing  before the year’s end,” said Margy Osmond [...]

Sears Brings Personalized and Convenient Shopping to Life With ShopYourWay

Sears Holdings Corporation today announced the unification of its industry-leading, multi-channel services under, ShopYourWay, which transforms the shopping experience and gives customers just that – the ability to “shop their way.”
Both Sears and Kmart customers can now conveniently experience these innovative and best-in-class, multi-channel purchase opportunities in stores and online. As more and more new [...]

Barnes & Noble buys Fictionwise an e-book retailer

New York – Bowing to the growth in demand for e-books, Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest chain of bookstores, has acquired Fictionwise, an online retailer of electronic books.
Barnes & Noble, which has not recently sold e-books on its Web site, bn.com, paid $15.7 million in cash for Fictionwise.
“The market hasn’t been that developed to [...]

Virgin Megastores to pull out of US

Los Angeles: Virgin Megastores, the music and lifestyle retailer, is pulling out of the US, closing its six stores across the country over the next few months.
The decision by Virgin, which has been in the country since 1995, represents the latest blow to music stores. Tower Records shut down in 1996, leaving Wal-Mart as the [...]