News articles from January 2011: Shopsafe News

Showing 20 news articles from January 2011

E-Book sales outstrip physical copies on Amazon
Monday, January 31, 2011 at 11:44 by Simon Crisp

E-commerce goliath Amazon has announced that, thanks to its Kindle e-Book reader, the sales of ...
Morrisons seeks to promote upcoming e-commerce venture
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 09:39 by Paul Tissington

UK supermarket chain Morrisons announced last year that it would be entering the e-commerce market ...
PayPal functionality integrated with Argos shopping
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 11:06 by Simon Crisp

High street retailer Argos has announced that it is doing a deal with PayPal, to ensure that ...
Cyber attack exposes customers of Lush
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 10:21 by Mike Price

A hacking campaign which saw the e-commerce site of cosmetic retailer Lush laid bare, has resulted ...
European consumers to boost online spend in 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 11:23 by Paul Tissington

The growth of safe shopping online in Europe is ongoing and a study published this week shows that ...
Records broken in e-commerce market during December 2010
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 10:25 by Mike Price

The cold snap which left many people huddled at home proved to be particularly profitable for firms ...
Online sales prove strong for UK arm of Best Buy
Friday, January 21, 2011 at 11:42 by Mike Price

US retailer Best Buy has recently begun operating in the UK and it has announced that its e-commerce ...
Positive figures posted by ASOS and William Hill
Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 12:05 by Simon Crisp

Online fashion retailer ASOS has announced strong figures for growth both in the UK and abroad, ...
E-commerce firms freeze anti-fraud spending despite revenue predictions
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 09:21 by Sarah Collinson

UK retailers are apparently planning to cut or freeze the budgets which they dedicate to limiting ...
Amalgamated shopping predicted to rise as trends change
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 13:47 by Mike Price

Experts believe that consumers will be looking for a more unified shopping experience that combines ...
Spam revival threatens online shoppers
Monday, January 17, 2011 at 17:33 by David Aiken

Consumers in the UK were treated to a relatively quiet Christmas period on the spam email front with ...
Amazon headquarters coming to Scotland
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 10:47 by Simon Crisp

Residents of Edinburgh will soon find that there is a new firm operating in their city, as online ...
Snow damaged consumer confidence in online shopping
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 23:07 by Graham Miller

Millions of Brits sought safe shopping online in the run-up to Christmas as a means of getting all ...
Ocado posts record online sales over festive period
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 10:00 by Mike Price

The weeks leading up to Christmas may have been defined by the snowy weather but online grocery ...
eBay publishes m-commerce buying trends for 2010
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 11:50 by Sarah Collinson

Online auction site eBay has released figures which detail the way in which citizens of different ...
Online sales help retailers make up for high street losses
Monday, January 10, 2011 at 08:50 by Graham Miller

Analysts expect that retailers who were hit by poor sales figures on the high street during the ...
Online shopping boom coming to Asian nations in 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011 at 12:15 by Graham Miller

While the UK and Europe have been home to safe shopping online for many years it looks like 2011 ...
M-commerce site revamped by House of Fraser
Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 11:16 by Paul Tissington

High street retailer House of Fraser has refreshed its presence in the world of mobile shopping by ...
M-commerce peaks in the afternoon
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 14:12 by Sarah Collinson

Research suggests that smartphone owners are using their handsets to surf the internet at an ever ...
VAT rise to hit consumer spending habits
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 14:20 by Simon Crisp

As part of the UK government's plans to reduce the deficit, VAT has now risen to 20 per cent, up ...

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Graham lives and breathes e-commerce and online shopping having been involved in web design since 1996. He combines his twin loves of writing and technology by contributing news, reviews and blogs to Shopsafe.

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