About Online Shopping
Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser.
John Lewis to offer health checks to customers
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... UK High Streets and shopping centres have struggled to compete with the rise of Online Shopping in recent years, made harder by the shift to home and hybrid working following the pandemic...
Amazon to offer cars for purchase on US site
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...Amazon, which launched with an ambition to become the " everything store" is adding another product to its Online Shopping site: cars...
Post Office to send and receive Evri and DPD parcels
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... It previously said delivering letters was no longer profitable and that it was focusing on parcels because of the increasing popularity of Online Shopping...
South Africa egg shortage: How poultry products became a hot commodity
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... Online Shopping sites are no better - several consumers hoping to buy eggs on the web have been met with " unavailable" or " low in stock" messages...
H& M admits it needs to improve sizing consistency
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... " Demand for Online Shopping has risen sharply since the pandemic, but it has also led to a big increase in the number of items being returned because they do not fit, or are not as expected...
H& M starts charging shoppers for online returns
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... Online Shopping rose strongly during the pandemic, but this has also meant a big increase in the number of items being sent back because they do not fit, or are not as expected...
Shein in talks to buy Missguided from Mike Ashley's Frasers Group
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... Shein - which now has its headquarters in Singapore - saw sales surge during the Covid pandemic when lockdowns led to a jump in Online Shopping...
Shoplifting an epidemic, says John Lewis boss
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... Retailers have highlighted increased competition from Online Shopping, and high levels of business rates - which apply to commercial properties, as issues holding back physical stores in city centre locations...