There’s hope for high street stores who despair of the number of shoppers who leave empty-handed. One in four buys online instead, suggests new research from Rich Relevance and Envirosell.
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Online retailers are among the finalists in the National Business Awards, announced this week.
Naked Wines, which sells UK consumers wines direct from the vineyard, has been shortlisted in the Orange Innovation Award while Cheapflights, the airline ticket company, is shortlisted both for Business Link Growth Strategy of the Year and for the 3i Private Business of the Year.
Online short-term finance company Wonga.com is listed in the BlackBerry Customer Focus Award category.
A spokeswoman for Naked Wines said the company was “chuffed” to appear on the list just 18 months after launch.
Meanwhile e-commerce supplier companies also appear in the shortlists.
Internet marketing company e-mphasis is listed for the Excellence in Marketing award, hosting company Racklisted is shortlisted for employer of the year. Nick Ogden, chief executive of voice payment company Voice Commerce is shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year, along with Warren Cowan of Greenlight and Marcus Simmons of online and advertising company iKnow-UK.
Make it Cheaper, the comparison website for businesses is listed in the Santander small to medium sized business of the year category, along with multichannel car hire firm Easi-Drive. Retail Decisions, the payment and fraud solutions company, is shortlisted in the Grant Thornton Mid-Cap Business of the Year category.
Elsewhere the Internet Watch Foundation is listed in the Better Regulation Award.
How can marketing by email, which may arrive at varying times, keep up with the immediacy required by time-limited sales? Kara Trivunovic of StrongMail has some answers.
Christian Robinson, managing director of online gift seller Firebox, is stepping down after 10 years. Taking over the role is Paul Zimmerman, previously head of business development at Play.com.
Historically-inspired gift company Past Times says its despatch rate has grown by 300%, thanks to a new delivery system.
Retailers could miss out on their full share of a £5.5bn market at Christmas, simply by failing to deliver the customer service they require, warns customer interaction software company Eptica.
For any one in two minds about mobile retail, take a look at Amazon: during the past 12 months the company has generated $1billion from mobile purchases – just weeks after eBay foresees trousering $1.5billion in 2010 through the same channel
Mobile-based money saving voucher company www.shoppingvouchers.co.uk has revealed that, according to its figures, every customer who visits the site is generating £1 for UK retail sales
More than half of global consumers “have a propensity to use their mobiles for financial transactions”, suggests a study by the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), published as the organization rolls out its US M-commerce Guide
eBay’s iPhone app, which was launched earlier this year, has been downloaded 11 million times, says the company, making it the number one mobile retailer in the US – just weeks after the company said that it expects to make $1.5billion from mobile in 2010
Adoption of mobile commerce in Europe remains low, with a mere 2% of adults across the continent reporting purchasing products from their mobiles and only 5% interested in doing so, according to new research from Forrester Research
Mobile commerce isn’t just about purchasing goods on a phone, it all starts with using mobile as a marketing tool – and it appears that, if you get the right and receptive audience, it can work. Online fashion and sports retailer MandMDirect.com has seen a 6% sales conversion rate from mobile promotional campaigns over the last four months
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