Upcoming London retailer Late Night Chameleon has launched its ecommerce site using technology from Venda. The company says the platform has allowed it to create a ‘strong brand’.

With security of services – for both consumers and retailers – being one of the key stumbling blocks to the wider uptake of m-commerce, financial services group Voice Commerce has launched KYC Secure, a federated database developed to secure and authenticate a consumer’s identity over their mobile phone

The key to happy Christmas shopping is making sure the returns process is smooth, says Collect+, which predicts 1.5m parcels will be returned to retailers this week, peaking on Boomerang Thursday.

Just three countries dominate online European sales, according to new research. But the FACT-Finder report found that while the UK, Germany and France account for most internet sales between them, markets such as Poland are emerging fast.

A Christmas shopping season that started with the ‘highest level of ecommerce transactions in history’ has continued busy, thanks in part to snowy conditions across the UK

UK consumers spend almost twice as much online as those in any other European country, according to research from Ofcom. The watchdog’s study also found UK shoppers spend much more frequently than those in most other European countries.

The holiday shopping season is a real test for etailers’ websites. Sam Patel, technical consultant at Keynote Systems, sets out the case for load testing ecommerce sites to make sure they continue to function well as traffic climbs.

Emporio Armani is the first of a number of luxury fashion brands set to enter the Chinese market with their own dedicated ecommerce websites. All are being taken into the market through their partnership with the YOOX Group.

Morrisons has joined a rapidly lengthening list of retailers getting their mobile strategy together just in time for Christmas (the emphasis being on the ‘just’) with the roll out of an m-web site and an iPhone app for grocery shopping – although neither are transactional.

Mobile certainly looks set to lead the way this Christmas for fashion shopping site ShopStyle.co.uk – its free iPhone app has seen a 920% increase in use by those that have downloaded it over this time last year and 200% increase compared to this time last month

Online retailers need the same traditional skills as their high street counterparts, ecommerce leaders told a Parliamentary reception hosted by Skillsmart Retail this week.

An Argos ad promising deliveries “at a time slot that’s right for you” has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA said the ad was misleading and should not be shown again in its current form.

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