Internet Retailing

Items tagged with 'benchmark'

Supermarkets deliver mixed bag to online shoppers

An online performance benchmarking exercise has found that the UK's leading online grocers are delivering a mixed bag, with Sainsbury.co.uk customers twiddling their thumbs three times longer than Asda.com shoppers

Best-in-class performance for order management

During a performance benchmark test, the Sterling Customer Order Management system has processed an average of 1.4 million order lines per hour and 1.2 million inventory updates per hour for a retailer. The achieved figures represent a projected peak that the retailer expects to reach in five years.

Norwich Union ditches price comparison services to go it alone

Insurer Norwich Union has withdrawn from participation in price comparison services and has set up a mini price comparison service of its own. The company promises to show consumers quotes from competitors even if they are cheaper than Norwich Union's own. Are they mad or are they onto a winner? And is there an opportunity here for online retailers to do the same thing?

Not good for consumers or Norwich Union

Insurer Norwich Union has withdrawn from participation in price comparison services and has set up a mini price comparison service of its own. The company promises to show consumers quotes from competitors even if they are cheaper than Norwich Union's own. Are they mad or are they onto a winner? And is there an opportunity here for online retailers to do the same thing?