Department store hopes to attract younger, trendier clientele with expanded online services. In a move reminiscent of the go-go days of e-commerce, department store John Lewis Partnership has allocated £30m-£40m for a new Internet and catalogue business, the company has said.
Read MoreThe head of Austria Post’s new technologies Walter Trezek claims Austria Post hasn’t lost out by being slow to run with the Internet or launch e-commerce projects.
Compared to the US Postal Service, Canada Post, Swiss Post or Deutsche Post that have already launched an array of online services, Austria Post has indeed been slow to get out of the gate.
Read MoreA few projections of the UK e-commerce market and 3 delivery/collection box companies
Read MoreLa Poste, the French post office, has just set up a new product called Esipost, which aims to help small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) get involved in electronic commerce
Read MoreTesco must be applauded for the deal it has struck with US supennarket chain Safeway to export its Internet shopping model. With Safeway adopting the Tesco model of picking goods from stores and abandoning its strategy of using dedicated warehouses for fulfilling online orders, it has signalled that the UK is the recognised world leader in grocery shopping via the Internet.
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