News - October 2010

Online shopping makes up significant slice of UK internet valuation

29 October 2010 15:24

Search giant Google has claimed that the value of the internet to the UK economy is around £100 billion annually, of which almost two thirds can be attributed to the money generated by the [...]

Fake gifts to plague online shoppers this Christmas

28 October 2010 16:11

Experts are warning that an influx of phoney goods could cause problems for people trying to carry out safe shopping online in the run-up to Christmas 2010.People who are out looking for a bargain on [...]

Tesco m-commerce app gets barcode scanning feature

27 October 2010 19:20

The iPhone edition of Tesco's Groceries application is getting updated with a new service that will allow customers to scan the barcodes of products and then add them automatically to their online [...]

Debenhams expands e-commerce offerings with online TV service

26 October 2010 14:41

High street retailer Debenhams is set to make its e-commerce outlet more engaging and media-rich with a service called Debenhams TV, that will bring exclusive video content to consumers who choose to [...]

E-commerce firms to abide by fresh EU standards

25 October 2010 14:01

A new set of regulatory standards governing e-commerce across many nations within the European Union are in development in order to ensure that safe shopping online is available consistently across [...]

John Lewis ranks as best e-commerce site

22 October 2010 14:27

The online shopping experience offered by John Lewis has been ranked as the best in the UK, allowing the high street chain to overtake Marks & Spencer at the top of the usability charts.This is [...]

Christmas to be bumper period for online shopping in UK

21 October 2010 12:06

UK consumers are likely to spend more money online this Christmas than they did in the same period last year, according to a new study published by Media in Retail Group in conjunction with analyst [...]

High street shoppers foot £2.7 billion in extra costs

20 October 2010 11:53

A new study has concluded that those UK consumers who can only shop on the high street could be paying a total of around £2.7 billion more each year, than those who are able to access the [...]

UK consumers get access to new Ralph Lauren e-commerce site

19 October 2010 13:41

A website allowing people in the UK to buy Ralph Lauren products online has been launched, finally facilitating a dedicated e-commerce portal for this fashion label to operate outside of the US.In the [...]

Further evidence shows UK m-commerce market flourishing

18 October 2010 14:43

A recent report shows that more people than ever in the UK are using smartphones to further the m-commerce cause.The Internet Advertising Bureau authorised a survey which found that just over half of [...]

Best Buy's UK e-commerce platform promises customer reviews via Reevoo

15 October 2010 12:45

US retail giant Best Buy is set to launch its e-commerce outlet online in the UK over the coming weeks and new details suggest that the site will harness the crowd-sourced reviews offered by Reevoo to [...]

Incentivised online shopping entices consumers

14 October 2010 15:58

Two thousand people were surveyed by Immediate Future. More than 60 per cent of respondents said that they would choose to use an e-commerce firm that offered incentives for providing feedback, over [...]

E-commerce disgruntles European shoppers, survey finds

13 October 2010 10:59

A new study has suggested that online retailers need to do a little more to improve their services as it was discovered that many consumers in the UK and across Europe are becoming less impressed by [...]

E-commerce expansion aids Sainsbury's

12 October 2010 14:08

Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has been able to make significant gains, thanks to a boom in its online shopping platform, which has experienced a 25 per cent increase in sales over the past three [...]

Shoppers opt for mobile browsers over dedicated apps, survey finds

11 October 2010 22:26

A new study has found that most UK consumers who use their mobiles to carry out safe shopping online prefer to harness native mobile web browsers rather than shopping via dedicated apps.The research, [...]

M-commerce performance survey ranks retailers

09 October 2010 15:35

A new survey into the performance of various retailers who have entered the m-commerce market has concluded that Play.com is currently topping the charts in terms of service capabilities and ease of [...]

Amazon entices authors to Kindle eBook platform with royalties pledge

07 October 2010 14:50

Online retailer Amazon has been attempting to make its Kindle eBook sales platform more attractive to UK authors, by offering them a place on its new 70 per cent royalty scheme, if they choose to [...]

UK security experts recognised for work on safe shopping online

06 October 2010 15:29

A trio of former UK intelligence officers have been given recognition for the work which they carried out 40 years ago, which eventually led to the creation of secure transactions and safe online [...]

Retailers vex consumers with post-purchase spam

05 October 2010 12:24

A study has concluded that many of the leading retail brands offering e-commerce opportunities to consumers in the UK are annoying their customers, by sending large amounts of follow-up spam in the [...]

Online shopping brought to life by French Connection

05 October 2010 10:34

High street chain and fashion house French Connection has announced the arrival of a new YouTube video channel, specially designed to help customers who are seeking safe shopping online to get a [...]

Ethical online retailer joins e-commerce fray

04 October 2010 14:42

A new website offering users the chance to shop for products which have a guaranteed to be of ethically-sound origin is being launched, joining a growing number of e-commerce firms who want to make [...]

Marks & Spencer announces m-commerce success

04 October 2010 14:36

High street retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has said that its mobile website, which has been handling m-commerce transactions since it launched in May of this year, is a roaring success.In the [...]