News - March 2011

Latest eBay acquisition aims at expanding reach and brand impact

31 March 2011 12:15

Online auction giant eBay has spent almost £1.5 billion on the acquisition of e-commerce firm GSI Commerce, in the hope that it will be able to use its expertise to grow and take on rivals like [...]

UK high street outlets threatened as e-commerce grows

30 March 2011 10:28

Thousands of high street retailers and indeed whole high street shopping areas are being put under pressure by safe shopping online, as UK consumers change their habits in order to save money.Three [...]

M-commerce success for Debenhams enables expansion

29 March 2011 10:06

Debenhams is one of the many mainstream retailers benefitting from m-commerce and it has announced that it is expanding the reach of its mobile services to encompass more smartphone platforms. [...]

Nintendo 3DS online orders arrive early

28 March 2011 10:16

A large number of UK consumers who pre-ordered the Nintendo 3DS found that they got the latest handheld games console in the post up to two days earlier than its official launch date.The 3DS launched [...]

Play.com customers affected by data leak

25 March 2011 14:24

Play.com has admitted this week that a proportion of its customers may have had their personal details leaked online by a third party marketing firm.The retailer is one of the biggest e-commerce sites [...]

Top e-commerce search terms revealed

24 March 2011 11:32

In the past week, UK consumers have been searching feverishly for the world's speediest washing machine, according to the latest figures published by Experian Hitwise.The firm released details about [...]

Eco-friendly credentials of e-commerce analysed

23 March 2011 10:53

A new study has looked at the way in which consumers perceive online shopping, focusing on whether or not people think it is more environmentally friendly to buy goods from e-commerce sites than to [...]

E-commerce booms as the high street falters

22 March 2011 11:47

UK consumers have helped to make the online marketplace increasingly profitable in the first two months of the year, as spending was up by more than a fifth compared to last year, according to figures [...]

Survey charts inadequacies of UK e-commerce firms

21 March 2011 13:15

A new study has looked at the ways in which web retailers are failing to meet the standards expected by UK consumers.The report, conducted by EPiServer, shows that most e-commerce firms are not yet up [...]

London 2012 ticket sales stifled by e-commerce issues

18 March 2011 10:22

This week the first tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games in London went on sale via the internet but issues with the e-commerce platform supporting this big event, meant that many thousands of eager [...]

E-commerce and m-commerce innovations added to government living cost calculations

17 March 2011 13:03

The way in which the government calculates the cost of living in the UK has now been updated to include fees which people regularly pay out for e-commerce and m-commerce services and technology.The [...]

Amazon triumphs in global study of best value brands

16 March 2011 10:01

E-commerce firm Amazon has come out on top in a study which looked at many of the biggest brands in the world, to determine which one was the best value for consumers.Analyst firm Millward Brown has [...]

Fashion retailer French Connection enters m-commerce market

15 March 2011 09:44

A new app from fashion outlet French Connection has represented the firm's first foray into the world of m-commerce, allowing customers to buy products from their mobile phones in a dedicated software [...]

John Lewis extending online shopping to expat communities

14 March 2011 11:57

Department retailer John Lewis has announced plans which will see it extend its e-commerce and high street presence into countries which have large numbers of British ex-pats living and working there. [...]

Morrisons online plans revealed following profitable year

11 March 2011 09:44

The gradual creation of an online shopping outlet for Morrisons took a step forward this week, when the firm announced record profits for the past 12 months, as well as a new investment in a US e- [...]

For Your Own Safety, Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

10 March 2011 09:43

Almost ten years after it was first launched, Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) still accounts for a worryingly high percentage of worldwide web browsing and so Microsoft is taking the initiative and [...]

China's urban expansion favours online shopping

09 March 2011 09:51

The rapid expansion of China's major cities like Shanghai is seeing more and more people turn to e-commerce firms, as opposed to traditional bricks and mortar retailers, as those who operate on the [...]

Mobile ads expected to bloom this year as m-commerce matures

08 March 2011 09:28

All the statistics suggest that more people than ever before are enjoying safe shopping online from their mobile phones, with search giant Google now predicting that mobile advertising will come of [...]

Female consumers have risky online shopping habits

07 March 2011 16:33

A new study commissioned by security firm F-Secure, has looked at the way in which female consumers in the UK shop online and concluded that many women are not taking the proper precautions when [...]

Apple preps e-commerce site for iPad 2 launch

04 March 2011 09:06

Apple launched the iPad 2 this week and in preparation it closed its e-commerce site so that it could get all the necessary functions in place to deal with the influx of orders for the new tablet, [...]

UK continues to top European e-commerce sales charts

03 March 2011 10:52

A new report into European online sales has once more found that UK consumers are allowing the country to lead the way when it comes to commitment to e-commerce.During 2010, around 72 per cent of UK [...]

The Impact of E-commerce on UK job market

02 March 2011 10:54

A study is being conducted by IMRG in order to determine the total number of people in the UK who are employed by the e-commerce industry.The annual study found that in 2009 over 600,000 people in the [...]

Online Shopping habits of UK consumers

01 March 2011 09:42

A new survey conducted by Shoppercentric has identified the various changing trends in the world of e-commerce, identifying a number of growth areas and indicating that the importance of m-commerce is [...]