Archive for the ‘Online Retail’ Category

Entrepreneur Quentin Griffiths is a veteran of online retail, having started celebrity fashion store ASOS.com in 2000 and launched members-only luxury site achica.com last month. In this article, Griffiths shares the lessons he has learned along the way. Evening Standard (London) (3/30)

EBay is launching a feature that is modeled after one-time sample sales that have proved popular for sites such as Rue La La. At eBay’s Fashion Vault, buyers will find limited-time discounts of up to 50% on designer fashions. The feature, which launches today with fashions from French Connection Group, marks a shift in the online auction site’s business model. The Wall Street Journal (3/29)

As they begin to spend again, American consumers aren’t shopping the way they did before the downturn, according to a new study from WSL Strategic Retail. Shoppers are making more frequent, smaller purchases and rapidly increasing the amount of shopping they do online. The Wall Street Journal/Real Time Economics blog

U.S. e-commerce increased 11% last year to surpass $155 billion in sales, according to Forrester Research. The company is forecasting 11% growth this year as well. The research and forecast show that e-commerce growth is starting to cool, although online sales growth is outpacing that of total retail. “There are still high levels of growth. But we are on a much bigger base now,” said Sucharita Mulpuru, e-commerce analyst at Forrester. The Wall Street Journal/Digits blog