News articles from January 2013: Shopsafe News

Showing 22 news articles from January 2013

Patent dispute settled in favour of online retailers
Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 09:23 by Simon Crisp

Patents are an important tool that allow individuals and companies to protect and license the ...
Strong e-commerce sales cause closure of Premier League store
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 10:40 by Graham Miller

The rise of shopping online is having an impact on the high streets of Britain in a number of ways, ...
Former Spice Girl builds hype for e-commerce launch
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 09:36 by Sarah Collinson

A number of the world's most entrepreneurial celebrities have got involved in the e-commerce market ...
Personalisation to drive e-commerce innovation
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 12:24 by Simon Crisp

At the moment, most people who visit an online shopping site will find that their user experience is ...
2013 m-commerce marketing spend to double
Friday, January 25, 2013 at 08:56 by Graham Miller

It is possible to argue that retailers are playing catch-up when it comes to offering their services ...
HMV could avoid extinction
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:53 by David Aiken

After more than a week of doom and gloom surrounding the future of HMV, it now seems that the ...
Tesco ads to promote quality of e-commerce service
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 09:37 by Simon Crisp

Tesco is quite prolific with the advertising of its various products and services, but this spring ...
eBay predicts record year for m-commerce activity
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 09:36 by Sarah Collinson

More people will be spending money with auction site eBay via their mobile devices than ever before ...
Analysts predict 87 billion online spend for 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 10:57 by Graham Miller

The latest estimates from IMRG Capgemini, suggest that it will be another bumper year for safe ...
O2 boss argues for high street surviva
Friday, January 18, 2013 at 10:54 by Graham Miller

The last few days have seen two major casualties on the high street, with first HMV and then ...
Strong e-commerce sales aid Ocado and Co-Op
Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 11:12 by Sarah Collinson

Retailers experienced a relatively mixed Christmas period at the end of last year, with many high ...
HMV enters administration
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 10:40 by Mike Price

HMV, which is one of the UK's best known high street retailers, has had to call on Deloitte to ...
Study finds affluence disinclined consumers towards e-commerce
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 12:19 by Simon Crisp

A new report has looked at how consumers respond to shopping online and what makes people choose the ...
M-commerce aids Shop Direct sales surge
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 11:58 by Graham Miller

The Shop Direct retail group saw overall sales up by five per cent in the month and a half prior to ...
Politician seeks clarity over supermarket pricing
Friday, January 11, 2013 at 09:50 by Paul Tissington

John Denham, who is an MP and a former cabinet minister, is going to call for new regulations, which ...
Online Christmas shopping helps bolster logistics firm's performance
Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 09:53 by Simon Crisp

UK Mail Group has announced a significant increase in the number of deliveries that it handled ...
Morrisons recognises need for e-commerce outlet after slow Christmas sales
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 12:51 by Simon Crisp

The 2.5 per cent dip in sales at supermarket chain, Morrisons, is being seen as clear evidence that ...
Top businesses failing to take m-commerce seriously
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 11:20 by Graham Miller

A study has found that the vast majority of the biggest companies in the UK are actually making a ...
Click and collect services grow in popularity
Monday, January 7, 2013 at 11:10 by Simon Crisp

Various analysts were predicting that the Christmas shopping period would be big for retailers in ...
Poll reveals m-commerce scepticism
Friday, January 4, 2013 at 16:13 by Simon Crisp

While there has been much talk of the importance of safe shopping online carried out via portable ...
High street closures anticipated in wake of e-commerce boom
Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 16:16 by Sarah Collinson

A new report suggests that 2013 could be another fairly difficult year for bricks and mortar ...
Britain's smaller companies anticipate e-commerce boom
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 16:19 by Mike Price

Although there is still much talk of the doom and gloom facing high street retailers as a result of ...

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Graham Miller (Editor)

graham@shopsafe.co.uk

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.

Simon Crisp (Editor)

With over 10 years experience as Managing Director of a web design agency Simon knows his online shopping onions.

David Aiken (Writer)

Dave realised his love for technology in his early twenties and never looked back. He covers technology and commerce stories, with a particular slant towards what the online world has to offer.