Archive for the ‘e-Commerce’ Category
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
YOY Retail Sales Growth March 2011
Once we analyse the sales figures for March 2011, we can take some positives out of them in spite of what we are lead to believe by other commentators. It was well reported that High Street sales growth figures for March 2011 were ‘the worst for over 15 years’. While the total High Street retail sales were indeed down 1.9% on March 2010, the figures for March 2010 were actually 6.6% up on the previous year due to both Easter bank holidays falling in March last year.
And when we compare the equivalent figures for online sales, the story becomes very different. Online sales for March 2011 showed an increase of 14% on (more…)
Tags: Current News, eCommerce, Fashion Retail, Multi Channel Retail
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
SS20, one of the longest established and most respected specialists in the snowboard and skateboard scenes, has implemented Touchretail’s ecommerce module for real-time updating between their EPOS and back office stock system and website.
Website features
The ecommerce module was installed when SS20’s new website, from Visualsoft, went live last week. The new website has many latest features – we particularly like the ‘board builder’ where you can design your own custom skateboard by (more…)
Tags: eCommerce, Small Independents
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Touchretail receive many requests from third party developers about e-commerce integration for fashion retailers. Below is a general guide to how Touchretail’s e-commerce integration module works.
Tags: eCommerce, Software Features
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Holiday Wardrobe is a new website that has implemented multi-channel software from Touchretail. Originally providing inventory and EPOS for the three retail units, Touchretail have now added the e-commerce interface module to provide real-time sales and stock updates across the stores, back office and the new Visualsoft website.
Tags: Multi Channel Retail, Small Independents, Stock Control
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Leading independent menswear retailer Infinities has followed recent store openings with a new Visualsoft website, which went live at the end of November in time for the busy Christmas online trade. The new Infinities website enables shoppers to order a wide range brands ranging from classic stalwarts such as Barbour and Ralph Lauren to more recent favourites such as Y3 and Nudie Jeans. (more…)
Tags: eCommerce, Fashion Retail, Multi Channel Retail
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Touchretail’s e-commerce integration module has been implemented by one of the north’s leading independent department stores Barkers of Northallerton. The module provides a real-time interface between Barkers’ Visualsoft website and Touchretail’s Rapidstock unit stock control system, and has gone live in time for the busy Christmas trading period – heralded by the arrival of Father Christmas in traditional horse-drawn carriage this Saturday, 26th November. (more…)
Tags: AIS, Department Store, eCommerce, Multi Channel Retail, Stock Control
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
A long established Touchretail customer famous for retailing Oakley and Dragon eyewear ranges has launched its transactional website under the name EyewearOutlet.co.uk and is an authorised Oakley Online Outlet, specialising in supplying past season and end of line Oakley products at unbeatable prices. Eyewear Outlet guarantees authentic genuine Oakley items, with savings of up to 60% off the original RRP. (more…)
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
Spoiled Brat logo
Supplier of designer brands to the stars, Spoiled Brat have this week gone live with Touchretail’s Rapidstock inventory system, including full integration to their Visualsoft e-commerce site. With turnover doubling every year, Spoiled Brat were in need of a stock system to help to monitor stock, sales and profitability by brand, product and size. With proven inventory and e-commerce integration software, Touchretail were selected to provide the back office functionality for this fast-moving business. (more…)
Tags: eCommerce, Fashion Retail, Small Independents
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Website design
After around 10 years of website design and development for many retailers, it is now recognised that some design features work better than others. While it has cost the major players large amounts of investment to find out what works and what does not, many independent retailers are now making use of the salient points that are accepted as ‘best practice’.
Fashion retailers Top 10
We would suggest that the following points are worth bearing in mind when designing your website. I’ve particularly focussed on websites for fashion retailers. (more…)
Tags: eCommerce, Fashion Retail
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Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Touchretail customer websites
If you are a bricks-and-mortar retailer still wondering if you should invest in a website presence, the news is that you have actually not yet missed the boat. This is borne out by the fact that two leading fashion retailers – Gap and H&M – have only just gone live with their transactional websites. Whether this delay is due to contractual or technical reasons, these two giants of fashion retailing clearly think that e-commerce investment is still justified.
25% still not online
A report recently released by Martec International has identified that 35 of the UK’s top 142 retailers – that’s around 25%, do not currently have a transactional website. (more…)
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