Article Archive for March 2010
South Africa looks ripe for an e-commerce revolution – especially with the World Cup focussing high tech attention on the region – but UK companies trying to get a foot in the door are finding that the infrastructure and mindset just aren’t there yet
Most companies claiming to be doing m-retailing simply have an app. Is this just an easy way to show their directors that they are doing something mobile, or is it really the start of something special?
To celebrate this year’s 25th anniversary of the invention of the mobile phone, the University of Salford has conducted a survey that reveals that the nation’s favourite mobile of the last 25 years is…
MasterCard PayPass contactless payments to be accepted by public transport, fast food, cinemas and more in Rio – a first for Latin America
Electrical retailer Comet has become the first UK retailer to join Race Online
Best Buy builds UK interest ahead of its start of trading in May.
More than three-quarters of US consumers now use two or more channels to research and buy, according to new ATG research.
Consumers demonstrate a growing appetite for ordering takeaways online as ecommerce sales rise by more than 50%.
Yell.com becomes a pioneer of augmented reality with app launch that allows for adverts that seem to float in the air around whatever you point your iPhone at.
Ecommerce expansion beats more stores for Next’s international growth plan, says chief executive Simon Wolfson.
In her final article for Internet Retailing, Sarah Clark takes a look ahead at the latest trends and what they may mean for the future development of online retailing over the next two years.
The upmarket department store is a latecomer to the ecommerce revolution — but its new site incorporates many of the latest trends in internet retailing.
Ecommerce businesses will spend 12% more on technology this year than last, according to Econsultancy’s E-commerce Platforms Buyer’s Guide 2010.
Customers in Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary, Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey can now buy online at Topshop.com.
In a bid to reduce the unsubscribe rates on their marketing emails, one in three leading US online retailers now offer subscribers the option of reducing the frequency of the emails they receive, according to a new survey from Responsys.
The potential impact of personalised marketing over the web is enormous, but retailers must move quickly to seize the opportunities presented by a truly integrated multi-channel sales and customer services strategy, says Maxymiser’s Mark Simpson.
Placecast, creator of a location-based marketing platform used in the US by brands such as The North Face, SONIC Drive-in and American Eagle to send out offer messages – or ShopAlerts – to consumers’ mobiles, …
M-commerce apps aren’t all about consumers: Tiger Commerce has developed an app that let’s e-commerce operators monitor their businesses from their smart phones
Sarah Clark takes a look back at the issues of most concern to online retailers when she joined Internet Retailing in July 2008 and finds that, while much has changed, many of the most important issues remain the same…
