News roundup--Lakeland, Happy Puzzle, New Look

Lakeland, the kitchenware cataloguer/retailer, relaunched its website last week using the Hybris ecommerce platform, Adobe’s Omniture Merchandising and Site Catalyst analytics, Baynote’s recommendation engine, and Silverpop’s eCRM system for email marketing. The front end was designed by Leeds-based AWA. The project was coordinated by consultancy Javelin.

Apparel retailer New Look has released a transactional mobile website designed and built by Mobile Interactive Group (MIG).

The Happy Puzzle, an online retailer of educational toys, has selected online marketing agency Toinfinity to project-manage the development of its new website and manage future online marketing projects including search marketing, search-engine optimisation, social media, and email marketing.

Japanese online retailer Rakuten is showing different home pages for different parts of the country, reports the Financial Times. The retailer is responding to a shift in demand since the earthquake on 11th March, with customers in the eastern part of Japan “snapping up goods such as low-electricity LED lights and bottled water”.

HMV has announced its third profit warning for the year today. Four weeks before its year-end, HMV has said profit will be £30 million, £15 million below the market’s lowest guidance, writes the Guardian.