Article Archive for March 2009
The billionaire Amazon boss has been spending a week working in one of Amazon’s regional warehouses in the US
The DIY retailer attributes the rise to the introduction of multivariate testing
Internet retailers have shown their best performance yet in TNS Worldpanel’s latest annual league table of the nation’s favourite retailers
Customers can now easily narrow down their search by type, size, colour, price, brand — and even celebrity
65% of consumers plan to increase their internet shopping over the next 12 months, with older shoppers and the south west leading the charge
InternetRetailing and Econsultancy.com are proud to announce the relaunched Post-Graduate Diploma in Internet Retailing is to be accredited by Manchester Metropolitan University’s Business School (MMUBS). Admission and enquiries now open.
“At this stage it’s an add-on, but so was online 12 years ago and that’s developed to become a mainstay of the brand,” the florist says
The US fashion retailer ran a mobile campaign over the Christmas shopping season that resulted in a 377% return on investment
Customers automatically receive details of their five nearest Travelodge hotels by simply hitting the iBooker logo on their iPhone
The pizza chain found that 1% of orders in the US were coming via its mobile website — without it doing any promotion of the site. Now it has launched a mobile coupon programme aimed at boosting mobile orders
Mobile coupons are expected to be one of the biggest winners of the current global recession, according to a new report from Juniper Research
Retailers using Home Delivery Network can now offer their customers the option of being notified of delivery dates and times, and amending them, via SMS
Are you doing all you can with your SEO? Web analytics and conversion optimisation specialist Ran Nir has put together a must-read list of 50 SEO tips for online retailers…
As the retailer announced its annual results this week, it also revealed it is to redevelop its website with a wider format and improved search and display of products
Sears Holdings’s Kmart site now has a liquid layout that dynamically expands to add more content when a user has a larger screen size, whilst the firm’s search engine allows searches on either site to return results from both Sears.com and Kmart.com
A long term strategic partnership has been signed with health information services provider WebMD with the aim of creating a leading healthcare information website
The UK’s online retailers generated sales of £167m per week in February 2009, says the Office for National Statistics
The second dimension of the InternetRetailing Inspiration Index is open for your vital votes and comments. This round is on “Customer Experience” and we’re looking for those moments of admiration, enjoyment and — frankly — envy: When we look at another retailer’s activities and wish we’d thought of that first, had implemented as well, or have an open regard for a difficult problem elegantly overcome. Don’t delay: Vote now, and then tell your friends to vote too!
Presentations, audio and video coverage from Social Media Influence ’09, Internet Retailing’s sister event, are now available to view online — free of charge
The US retail giant’s new multi-channel branding initiative is designed to make it easier for customers to find their way around the company’s ever-growing maze of online, mobile and other channels
