Category: Online Shop

Bed Bath & Beyond returns as online only home furnishings brand

Posted on July 27, 2024
Overstock to rebrand as Bed Bath & Beyond after purchasing brand’s intellectual property Overstock to rebrand as Bed Bath & Beyond after purchasing brand’s intellectual property 00:54Bed Bath & Beyond, the home goods retailer that closed its remaining stores after filing for bankruptcy in Aprilrelaunched Tuesday as an online-only brand under new owner Overstock.com. Overstock’s website now redirects visitors to BedBathandBeyond.com, where the former big-box retailer is again selling bathroom, bedroom and kitchen-related products. The online store lets customers use a larger array of home furnishings and fixes some problems that were afflicting both Overstock and Bed Bath, according…

Walmart Canada invests nearly $1 billion to modernize stores, enhance customer experience

Posted on July 27, 2024
MISSISSAUGA, ON, November 30, 2023 – Walmart Canada is investing nearly $1 billion this fiscal year as part of a multi-year modernization plan, with an ambition to become Canada’s leading omnichannel retailer and continue to help Canadians save money so they can live better. This includes unveiling its Store of the Future in Mississauga, Ontario, including the first Walmart Health hub in Canada, and investing over $300 million in store renovations and renovations. These investments mark the midpoint in the five-year timeframe of the retailer’s major $3.5 billion investment in store infrastructure and customer experience transformation, first announced in July…

Expat favorite British Corner Shop enters administration | News

Posted on July 27, 2024
A popular online retailer specializing in selling British goods to expats has entered administration after struggling with the impact of Brexit and covid. British Corner Shop – the leading international exporter of UK food products, selling over 6,000 household brands to a global customer base – has ceased trading after more than 20 years. All 20 employees of the Bristol-based retailer have been made redundant as a result. BCS appointed Jonathan Dunn and Matthew Whitchurch of specialist business advisory firm FRP as joint administrators on 2 January, who said the business had suffered “ongoing financial challenges following the impacts of…

Online shopping ever more popular – Products Eurostat News

Posted on July 27, 2024
Online shopping is continuing to grow in the EU. High street shopping affected by the COVID-19 restrictions and changes in habits and preferences had consequences on e-commerce. In the 12 months prior to the 2021 survey, 90% of people aged 16 to 74 in the EU had used the internet, 74% of whom had bought or ordered goods or services for private use. Online shopping increased by 1 percentage point (pp) compared with 2020 (73% of internet users) and by 11 pp compared with 2016 (63%). The highest shares of internet users who bought or ordered goods or services over…

Aussies may face higher costs for online shopping

Posted on July 27, 2024
As of July 3, Australia Post deliveries will cost more. (Source: Reuters) (REUTERS)Aussies may have to spend extra to get their online shopping delivered, with retailers likely to pass on Australia Post’s price hikes, which have come into effect this week. Australia Post said the changes were necessary due to ballooning costs to run the self-funded enterprise, with the cost of parcels and package-delivery services jumping by as much as 10 per cent. Small pre-paid parcels will increase from $9.95 to $10.90, while a small Express Post satchel will jump from $12.95 to $14.40. A standard-sized Express Post letter…

Can Shop Cash Turn Shopify Into an Amazon Challenger?

Posted on July 18, 2024
I’m feeling flush. I got an email last Saturday from Shop that I had $43.40 in my Shop wallet to spend on the app. This was news to me, since I never knew I had one. But now I have one that Shop created for me as part of their Shop Cash program, which they launched in June. Each time I use Shop Pay to check out on various merchant sites, I automatically get 1% cash back deposited into that wallet. I admit to seeing emails from Shop over the past several months letting me know that I had earned…

Our favorite local businesses to shop

Posted on July 17, 2024
Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday — historically the biggest and busiest retail days of the year — there’s another standout shopping event: Small Business Saturday. Started by American Express in 2010 and co-sponsored by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) since 2011, Small Business Saturday aims to create awareness about the impact shoppers have when they buy “small” year round, whether they physically visit stores or shop online. This year, 85% of consumers say they’re likely to shop “small” during the holiday season, according to the American Express 2023 Shop Small Impact Study. That represents a multibillion…