News articles from October 2013: Shopsafe News

Showing 23 news articles from October 2013

E-commerce helps Shop Direct group return to profitability
Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 10:17 by Sarah Collinson

For the past ten years Shop Direct, which owns retailers including Littlewoods and Very, has not ...
European consumers flock to online booksellers
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 13:23 by Mike Price

Close to a quarter of people in the EU have used safe shopping online to purchase books and ...
IGD predicts major growth for e-commerce grocery revenues
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 11:37 by Simon Crisp

British consumers are expected to spend about £9.5 billion buying their groceries online in ...
Bumper Christmas predicted for online shopping
Monday, October 28, 2013 at 10:24 by Graham Miller

Christmas 2013 is anticipated to be dominated by discussion of just how much money British consumers ...
Online and mobile shopping increases at Argos
Friday, October 25, 2013 at 10:04 by Paul Tissington

Argos has reported on its performance over the first six months of 2013 this week, revealing that 16 ...
Report reveals average online spend of UK consumers
Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 14:53 by Sarah Collinson

A new report from WorldPlay has just been published, with the results indicating just how much the ...
M-commerce traffic could outpace desktop visits this Christmas
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 10:46 by Graham Miller

The growth in the ownership and usage of smartphones and tablets in the UK has helped to boost the ...
Survey reveals UK favourite e-commerce sites
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 12:05 by Graham Miller

A new study conducted by Which? has ranked the UK's various sites offering shopping online, to ...
HMV makes m-commerce leap
Monday, October 21, 2013 at 11:06 by Paul Tissington

HMV has gone through some tough times in recent years, with well publicised financial issues ...
E-commerce growth reaches 13 year high
Friday, October 18, 2013 at 10:49 by Simon Crisp

The latest figures from IMRG and Capgemini, show that the UK's e-commerce industry experienced its ...
Argos looks to bag e-commerce boost with own-brand tablet
Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 10:59 by Simon Crisp

Last month, Tesco joined the tablet market with its Hudl device, which follows in the footsteps of ...
Spanish youngsters embrace m-commerce
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 11:28 by Paul Tissington

The UK is Europe's leader when it comes to safe shopping online, with Brits choosing to use their ...
Customer loyalty is important for e-commerce sites
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 10:17 by Mike Price

A new study from Qubit has established that one of the most important elements for success in the e-...
Error means Asda customers get 50 pounds online discount
Monday, October 14, 2013 at 14:03 by Graham Miller

Asda has worked quickly to address a glitch which emerged late last week, as many customers found ...
Waitrose updates online shopping platform
Friday, October 11, 2013 at 10:29 by Sarah Collinson

Supermarket giant, Waitrose, has revised its approach to e-commerce, with a fresh set of tools to ...
Retail expert dismisses idea of high street revamp
Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 09:45 by Graham Miller

In the wake of the rise of online shopping, many traditional retailers have been scrabbling to ...
Online retail thrived while high street struggled in September
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 12:19 by Simon Crisp

The latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), reveal that while e-commerce sales ...
E-commerce pushes Ted Baker to strong profits
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 12:28 by Graham Miller

British fashion brand Ted Baker reported last week that it had increased its profits by almost 50 ...
UK consumers avoid online confectionary purchases
Monday, October 7, 2013 at 16:32 by Graham Miller

While most people in Britain are fans of buying confectionery items from bricks and mortar stores, a ...
Amazon secures most inbound shopping links from UK blogs
Friday, October 4, 2013 at 12:46 by Graham Miller

Amazon is the most popular place to shop online in the UK, so it is perhaps unsurprising that a new ...
Online retailers want to get the measure of consumers
Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 09:41 by Paul Tissington

Millions of Brits buy clothing online and a significant proportion will then return the products ...
Consumers outline their e-commerce desires
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 13:25 by Sarah Collinson

A new survey, conducted by Comscore on behalf of UPS, has revealed that convenience is one of the ...
E-commerce encourages greater consumer spending
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 15:40 by Graham Miller

A new report, from Ark UK, has argued that people who use safe shopping online to buy their weekly ...

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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.