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| China in your hands |
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The potential for successful trading in China is huge. However, turning this potential into opportunity is a challenge. In some ways, the Chinese market is no different to any other, and understanding it is the key to successful distance selling; but there is a lot to understand. By comparison with mature markets such as Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, internet penetration is comparatively low in China, and the distance-selling marketplace there is more fragmented—in a number of respects. Read more here...
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| Howies targets France and Germany
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 Howies, the Wales-based Timberland-owned apparel brand, is set to launch local-language websites for its French and German customers. The international expansion will follow a relaunch of the company’s UK website in October. Read more here...
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MobileFun launches
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 Online mobile accessories retailer Mobile Fun appointed Vanesa Nunez and Robin Verschuren to launch its new Spanish and Dutch websites as part of its planned international expansion. The new sites will go live next month and will complement the company’s existing German and French websites. Former Orange and Euskaltel employee, Vanesa Nunez has been made head of the Spain site, while Robin Verschuren will be leading the Dutch operations.
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| Quelle, Best Buy launch marketplaces
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 Otto-owned Quelle, the Germany-based general merchandiser, and US electricals retailer Best Buy have launched marketplaces on their websites. Read more here...
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| Zara launches US website |
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 Fashion chain Zara, owned by Spain-based Inditex, has opened its US online shop. Zara.com is offering free shipping to all 50 states selling the full women’s, men’s and children’s clothing ranges. It is also operating a click and collect service, allowing US customers to pick up their orders from a store of their choice. Zara has stores in more than 30 US cities including New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Chicago. Zara launched its apparel website in the UK last September.
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ECMOD:
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Now in its 21st year, the ECMOD Direct Commerce Conference 2011 will feature top US speakers as well as home-grown talent. Taking place at the Business Design Centre in London on 30th November and 1st December, the multitrack conference covers a vast range of topics geared to helping direct sellers from all sectors optimise business performance. Read more here...
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| China in your hands |
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Howies targets France
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MobileFun launches
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ECMOD: New venue,
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| • US retailer Crate & Barrel, which is owned by German group Otto, will follow up its UK ecommerce launch with a London store, according to published reports. It is understood that Crate & Barrel has appointed a property agency to look at premises in Regents Street and Tottenham Court Road. |
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| • Supermarket Tesco is investing $45 million (£27.4 million) in its IT infrastructure. It has tasked CA Technologies to manage and monitor the health of its IT performance across its mainframe, desktop computers, servers, networks, credit-card transactions, suppliers and supply orders. |
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| • In other Tesco news, the supermarket has announced it is exiting Japan. Chief executive Philip Clarke said in a statement that after reviewing the company’s performance in Japan, Tesco concluded that it “cannot build a sufficiently scalable business”. |
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| • Neoworks, a UK-based ecommerce services provider, and Contiigo, an Australian loyalty marketing services firm, have joined forces to offer retailers “round-the-clock” ecommerce services. |
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