News - May 2010

Retailers Implement Online Video As Benefits Spelled Out

28 May 2010 08:44

In the ruthless world of e-commerce, when consumers demonstrably follow a trend, online retailers must sit up and take notice or ultimately lose out. This is why, when figures reveal that consumers [...]

Online Video Proves Quite The Draw

27 May 2010 10:53

Online retailers may want to start devoting further energy to producing product videos. According to a range of statistics from various sources, it seems that video is the ideal medium for engaging [...]

Ofcom Reveals How Scots Love The Net - And Other Facts

26 May 2010 15:15

The latest research from industry regulator, Ofcom, entitled the Media Literacy Reports, provides a useful insight into the nation's online habits. The studies cover attitudes to the online arena, [...]

Coupons and Confidence Drive Women To Spend Online

25 May 2010 09:27

Safe shopping online is not limited to either gender and whilst statistics have indicated that the two genders deviate from each other when it comes to shopping patterns and time spent making [...]

Britain Goes Net Crazy With Significant Retail Potential

24 May 2010 09:28

Britain is apparently turning into a nation of technophiles who love nothing more than surfing the net all day, according to statistics from a new study by the UK Online Measurement Company (UKOM).The [...]

Online Shopping Sector Grows...As Does The Pile of Returned Stock

21 May 2010 09:32

There is both good news and bad news for online retailers after the latest study from Stockshifters.com. The good news is that safe shopping online is looking set to overtake the high street retail [...]

Amazon Has An App For That-An iPad App

20 May 2010 13:29

Its Kindle e-book reader may be at war with Apple's iPad in the e-commerce book market, but that has not prevented online retail giant Amazon from rolling out its own Amazon app for Apple's iPad. [...]

Google Heads To YouTube To Educate and Influence

19 May 2010 09:01

Few would dispute the level of ambition demonstrated by search giant Google. Not content with dominating the natural search landscape, the company is now targeting the online retail sector. A few [...]

India Leads Charge Of Eastern Countries Adopting Online Retail

18 May 2010 09:02

It is occasionally interesting to compare how West and East view online retail. Whilst consumers in the West are now, for the most part, very much used to the idea of safe shopping online, those in [...]

Dedicated Mobile Commerce Site for High Street Retailer

17 May 2010 10:05

High street retailers have much to think about. Not only do they have physical, bricks-and-mortar stores to manage, but they also have an internet presence, enabling consumers to do their safe [...]

CPGs Demonstrate Strong Online Growth

14 May 2010 09:09

Retail sectors that many of us may once have regarded as the preserve of bricks-and-mortar stores are now becoming an integral part of consumers' safe shopping online habits. The latest sector to [...]

Online Food Shopping Becoming A Significant Element Of e-Retail

13 May 2010 09:06

Consumers in increasing numbers are organising their weekly grocery requirements by safe shopping online, using sites belonging to some of the UK's supermarket heavyweights, such as Tesco, Asda, [...]

Google Enters Online Book War

12 May 2010 12:06

There has for some time been something of a war between the technology brand Apple and online retailer, Amazon. Both have been competing for a share of the lucrative digital book market, with Apple [...]

High Satisfaction Rating Amongst Online Consumers

11 May 2010 09:12

It seems that consumers are happy to switch from bricks-and-mortar shopping to safe shopping online for many categories of goods. And of course, online retailers should look to accommodate and [...]

Britain Accepts Online Retail-And Demands The Best From It

10 May 2010 09:16

Is Britain turning into a nation of demanding internet shoppers and shopkeepers? The numbers certainly seem to be suggesting a drift in this direction with 49 per cent of adults in the UK now [...]

Consumers Believe Online Is Best For Going Green

07 May 2010 10:34

There is little doubt that many consumers are placing greater emphasis on ecological matters which is having a positive impact on e-commerce and safe shopping online. According to a new e-Customer [...]

UK e-Commerce Sector In Good Shape

06 May 2010 12:03

Despite the ravages of the recent economic downturn, UK online retailers appear, on the whole, to have had a fairly good few years. A significant percentage of consumers have opted for safe shopping [...]

Online Versus Physical Stores: The Battle In Chart Form

05 May 2010 09:10

Thinking of starting an online store to support safe shopping online and wondering what kind of products to stock? Or simply curious as to what consumers look for while shopping online and for what [...]

Infosecurity Reveals Online Fraud At Shocking Levels

04 May 2010 09:55

Online retail sites on the internet are, for the most part, genuine and reputable places at which to shop. However, whilst there are many bona fide retailers offering genuine bargains and a wide [...]