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  1. eBay Celebrates 15 Years Since Its UK Launch

    29 August 2014 at 21:31 by Graham Miller

    It may only seem like yesterday, but one of the world's biggest online retailers is celebrating the ...

  2. Amazon's Sluggish Fire Phone Sales Revealed

    28 August 2014 at 12:28 by Mike Price

    Online retail giant Amazon has found plenty of success with its own-brand electronics in recent ...

  3. E-Commerce Apps with Notifications Encourage Consumers to Engage

    27 August 2014 at 13:21 by Mike Price

    A report published this month by Localytics revealed that the way that retailers design their ...

  4. John Lewis Enjoys Further E-Commerce Success

    26 August 2014 at 10:22 by Graham Miller

    John Lewis is an enduring presence on the high street, but also one of a number of traditional ...

  5. Faster broadband helps consumers spend more online

    22 August 2014 at 08:51 by David Aiken

    As superfast broadband is rolled out to more areas of the UK, a study from the Royal Mail has found ...

  6. Two decades of shopping online achieved

    21 August 2014 at 12:24 by Graham Miller

    Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the first ever digital transaction through which a product ...

  7. Online shopping grows as Brits lead Europe in sales

    20 August 2014 at 12:03 by Graham Miller

    The UK is officially still home to the most vibrant and valuable market for shopping online in the ...

  8. Brits continue to shop online at work

    19 August 2014 at 07:52 by Graham Miller

    A new study has found that a significant number of people from the UK choose to carry out safe ...

  9. Play.com is closing down

    18 August 2014 at 11:59 by Mike Price

    This month it was announced that Play.com, one of the UK's leading online retailers, would be ...

  10. Food prices fall as consumers shop smarter

    15 August 2014 at 10:48 by Sarah Collinson

    The latest statistics from the supermarket industry suggest that consumers are using their heads ...

  11. Billions of passwords stolen in hacking spree

    14 August 2014 at 12:59 by Mike Price

    The importance of having a secure password and changing it regularly has been highlighted this month,...

  12. Online shopping transforms festive buying habits

    13 August 2014 at 12:13 by Sarah Collinson

    While it may only be August, thousands of retailers across the UK are already putting their plans ...

  13. Wal-Mart takes on Amazon with e-commerce push

    13 August 2014 at 12:13 by Mike Price

    US retail giant, Wal-Mart, may have a well established bricks and mortar presence, both in its ...

  14. Ted Baker embraces international online expansion

    12 August 2014 at 11:59 by Simon Crisp

    This month famed fashion brand, Ted Baker, has revealed that it will be attempting to make more of a ...

  15. eBay signs up to auction deal with Sothebys

    11 August 2014 at 10:07 by Mike Price

    Sotheby's is one of the biggest names in high end auctioning, having been established back in the ...

  16. UK retailers prepared for m-commerce takeover

    08 August 2014 at 11:04 by Paul Tissington

    More and more consumers are shopping online from smartphones and tablets, which means that retailers ...

  17. Amazon looks to launch own-brand credit card scanner

    07 August 2014 at 11:09 by Mike Price

    Amazon may soon join the growing group of companies that are attempting to corner the market for ...

  18. UK e-commerce market is world-leading

    06 August 2014 at 11:58 by Sarah Collinson

    A new report from PwC, commissioned by the FTA, has found that the UK is still a world leader when ...

  19. Alcohol continues to fuel questionable online purchases

    05 August 2014 at 14:29 by Graham Miller

    British consumers regularly prove that shopping online while under the influence of alcohol is a ...

  20. Amazon announces 3D printing marketplace

    04 August 2014 at 10:17 by Graham Miller

    Amazon has plenty of ambitious retail projects in the works at the moment, with an especially ...

  21. Online delivery services cost supermarkets dearly

    01 August 2014 at 11:56 by Sarah Collinson

    This week the Daily Mail reported that supermarket chains in the UK are losing a significant amount ...

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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.


Mike Price (Writer)

Mike has extensive experience of creating and improving e-commerce web sites. 


Paul Tissington (Writer)

Paul loves being knee deep in all that is online, particularly social, local and mobile commerce.


Sarah Collinson (Writer)

Sarah has been involved with ShopSafe since the beginning, and has over ten years experience of online shopping.