News - October 2011

Security concerns stifling m-commerce growth

31 October 2011 09:33

Mobile users are cautious about increasing the frequency with which they use their smartphones for safe shopping online because of fears about handset security measures, according to a study conducted [...]

Amazon profits slump by 73 per cent

28 October 2011 13:01

E-commerce giant Amazon has made the surprise announcement that its profits were down by almost three quarters over the past three month period.This was a total drop-off of around £39 million [...]

Co-Op plans online shopping launch

27 October 2011 10:26

The Co-operative Group is set to join Morrisons in creating its first portal for safe shopping online in 2012, according to Marketing Magazine.There are already 3,000 high street stores operated by [...]

E-commerce makes consumers more loyal, study finds

26 October 2011 09:40

People who buy goods via safe shopping online are more likely to remain loyal to their most regularly accessed retailer, than those who make their purchases on the high street, according to a report [...]

More UK retailers offering free Wi-Fi

25 October 2011 09:05

John Lewis has become the latest UK retailer to offer free Wi-Fi internet access to those visiting its department stores.Fast food restaurant chain McDonalds and supermarket giant Tesco, have also [...]

E-commerce market share trebles in UK

24 October 2011 09:08

UK consumers are shopping online in greater numbers than ever before, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).E-commerce is now accountable for 9.6 per [...]

Thirteen per cent consider shopping only online this Christmas

21 October 2011 09:23

Over a tenth of the UK's consumers will be shopping online to carry out all of their Christmas shopping in 2011, according to a survey commissioned by HSBC.Interestingly, the number of people who will [...]

£11.2 billion prediction for online grocery spend in 2016

20 October 2011 09:22

In five years time it is expected that the number of people who buy their weekly groceries via safe shopping online in the UK will increase to the point that the whole market is worth £11.2 [...]

Female fashion trumps menswear in e-commerce sales chart

19 October 2011 11:48

More British women are buying their clothes online than their male counterparts, with womenswear leading by 34 per cent, according to a study published by Greenlight.In July this year, a million [...]

Bespoke fashion from new shopping site

18 October 2011 11:28

A new site that allows UK consumers to buy clothes via safe shopping online in a personalised environment has been launched, according to the Daily Mail.The memorably named MeeMee.me is one of a [...]

Tablets fuelling UK m-commerce usage

17 October 2011 10:58

The increase in the number of UK consumers who own a tablet computer like the Apple iPad or BlackBerry Playbook is making more people carry out safe shopping online via a mobile platform, according to [...]

Social shopping flounders

14 October 2011 11:00

Facebook and eBay are hoping that the relatively poor performance of social shopping services will not be a terminal problem and as such, they are investing heavily in new ways to let people carry out [...]

E-commerce firms must improve refund process, study finds

13 October 2011 09:42

Fifty per cent of companies that offer safe shopping online to UK consumers are failing to meet their obligations when it comes to refunds, according to a report analysed by the BBC.Consumers have a [...]

Female consumers more responsive to online reviews

12 October 2011 10:50

Women in the UK are more sensitive to the findings of customer reviews and research carried out prior to shopping online, according to a new poll from digital agency, Postcode Anywhere.Over a thousand [...]

E-commerce scams decline

11 October 2011 10:32

The number of cases of fraud relating to online shopping dropped in the first six months of the year, hitting the lowest levels for the past half-decade, according to Financial Fraud Action UK.Dodgy [...]

UK retailers must court overseas trade

10 October 2011 11:08

Companies based in the UK, who offer online shopping to domestic consumers, are failing to make their services appealing to international shoppers, according to a report from the European Consumer [...]

Google to rate online stores

07 October 2011 13:39

Search giant Google has started a scheme which will see it ranking e-commerce sites, based on how much trust they generate amongst consumers.The purpose of this initiative is to make it easier for [...]

90 minute online shopping delivery service widens availability

06 October 2011 09:48

Shutl, the service which promises to deliver the products you buy online to your door in under an hour and a half, is now operational in more locations across the UK than ever before.It began life [...]

Google brings high street store to London

05 October 2011 09:21

A new high street outlet for search giant Google has been created in London, taking up a section of an existing PC World outlet in order to promote its new range of notebooks powered by the Chrome [...]

Online ticket shopping safety improves

04 October 2011 09:19

Many people buy tickets to upcoming gigs, events and shows via safe shopping online and a new study by the European Union has found that it is safer to book your place using e-commerce sites than ever [...]

Seventy per cent rise in iPhone sales anticipated

03 October 2011 14:05

Online auction giant eBay has predicted that the number of people selling older generation iPhone handsets will increase by almost three quarters in the aftermath of the launch of the fifth Apple [...]