Web-enabled mobile phone users are still much more likely to employ their devices to get weather forecasts, read news, find movie times and bank online than to buy products, according to a new report from eMarketer

The new app lets Android phone-toting customers snap a photo of a product or scan its barcode to get ‘product match’ information from Amazon.com

The UK’s number one online baby shop has refreshed its website, adding features that will allow customers to view the product range in more detail and that offer up- and cross-selling opportunities.

Bestbuy.co.uk has now gone live as a recruitment site, ahead of a commercial launch early next year — and two ecommerce positions are amongst the vacancies the US electronics retailer is now looking to fill

Non-food non-store (internet, mail-order and phone) sales in August were 7.9% higher than a year ago — down from 20% growth last month.

And there’s no sign yet that the discount fashion retailer is about to launch a serious web proposition.

The women’s fashion retailer will use analytics software from Coremetrics to identify which online marketing channels effectively drive website traffic and conversions.

It’s time to get the whole team registered for Internet Retailing 2009 on October 13 as there will be NINE free workshops running alongside the exhibition and the main conference.

The acquisition of 50% of 7digital will give HMV Group an in-house, leading edge music and e-books capability.

The most popular voucher site in the US has arrived in the UK, bringing with it an innovative voucher sharing model and a commitment to customer service.

The online bookseller’s annual turnover has leaped to more than £61m after a year of international initiatives.

Ecommerce website developer Visualsoft has picked up the Punctum Day ‘design of the year’ award for its site for gentleman’s outfitter Jonathan Trumbull and Hatters.

The discount fashion retailer will use Tealeaf’s Customer Experience Management software to ‘protect the customer experience’ while developing new website offerings.

Leading search advertising experts NetElixir will be leading a free workshop at Internet Retailing 2009, examining best practices in search engine marketing, and are offering three retailers the chance to have their Adwords campaigns analysed completely free of charge.

A rather impressive bit of back-end integration allows Asda customers to create an instant online shopping list from a store receipt.

…but 39% of Brits think nothing of lashing out £1,000. New research finds that “it’s the little differences” that define ecommerce in Europe, with the French looking for product comparison and deals while the Germans like the efficiency of buying online.

The performance outerwear manufacturer is to start selling online for the first time and has contracted GSI Commerce to operate web stores in eight European countries, the US and Canada in a deal that runs until 2018.

The furniture and interiors destination site has seen delivery rates rise to 99.8% and production time cut in half after adopting Emailvision’s software-as-a-service email marketing platform.

Connect Distribution, which provides ready-made parts and spares sites for retailers, has outsourced its application hosting to Claranet after 27% growth in its online business.

If you’re looking to go international, there are some basics that you need to be aware of… find out what they are from ATG’s Frank Lord at Internet Retailing 2009 in London on October 13.