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Amazon confirms expansion of UK grocery range
31 December 2015 at 10:55 by Simon Crisp
While the nation's traditional supermarket chains may be struggling at the moment, e-commerce giant, ...
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Online and high street sales hit new high this Christmas
30 December 2015 at 11:16 by Graham Miller
Prior to the festive one-two of Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year, analysts had predicted that ...
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Amazon provides breakdown of Christmas Day shopping habits
29 December 2015 at 21:31 by Graham Miller
This year more money was spent online over the course of December the 25th than during any previous ...
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Black Friday page load problems impact tenth of mobile users
28 December 2015 at 11:59 by Simon Crisp
While more people used their smartphones and tablets to carry out safe shopping online over the ...
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Mobile search activity to balloon this Christmas
23 December 2015 at 13:25 by Paul Tissington
Over the past few years, Christmas Day and Boxing Day have proven to be popular periods for people ...
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Poundland prepares for major e-commerce push
22 December 2015 at 14:23 by David Aiken
Earlier this year budget high street chain, Poundland, entered the world of safe shopping online and ...
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Post-work drinking influences online shopping habits
21 December 2015 at 18:59 by Graham Miller
The rise of safe shopping online has, in part, been spurred on because people can make purchases at ...
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Unsafe hoverboards should be disposed of warns Amazon
18 December 2015 at 11:29 by Mike Price
Amazon is one of many retailers that is advising customers who purchased budget hoverboards, the ...
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UK remains Europe’s e-commerce capital
17 December 2015 at 10:47 by Graham Miller
A new report from Eurostat has found that consumers in the UK are still the most ardent supporters ...
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Web users want fewer annoying ads
16 December 2015 at 09:39 by Simon Crisp
A new study of the online advertising industry has revealed that while consumers are not entirely ...
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Consumer Christmas shopping trends remain unaffected by Black Friday
15 December 2015 at 11:49 by Mike Price
The results of a new YouGov survey suggest that even with the rise in the popularity of Black Friday,...
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Online shopping causes boom in payment card spending
14 December 2015 at 11:31 by Graham Miller
People in the UK are spending twice as much money via credit and debit cards today than they were a ...
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Send-back Saturday will see influx of returned items
11 December 2015 at 10:02 by Graham Miller
With the massive sales seen over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend at the end of November, ...
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Uncertainty prevents some shoppers buying from overseas outlets
10 December 2015 at 09:53 by Simon Crisp
People in the UK who are happy to carry out safe shopping online with domestic retailers are less ...
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Brits take time off to accept online deliveries
09 December 2015 at 10:36 by Graham Miller
A survey carried out by Shutl has found that around five per cent of consumers in the UK have called ...
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Brits complain that e-commerce sites are uninformative
08 December 2015 at 12:23 by David Aiken
A new survey conducted by Epitca has revealed that a fifth of consumers in the UK believe that it is ...
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E-commerce sites survive Black Friday traffic spikes
07 December 2015 at 13:04 by David Aiken
While Black Friday of 2014 saw some major retailers struggling to keep their sites afloat, as ...
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Millennials prefer mobiles for online shopping
04 December 2015 at 09:29 by Graham Miller
A new study by the Interactive Advertising Bureau has revealed that the under-35s are much more ...
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday bring in £2 billion for retailers
03 December 2015 at 09:59 by Graham Miller
Two of the year’s biggest days of shopping have just been and gone, with analysts revealing ...
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Delivery drones in action in new Amazon ad
02 December 2015 at 10:12 by Mike Price
The first drones capable of autonomous delivery were announced by Amazon back in 2013, but now the e-...
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Online reviews motivate the majority of sales
01 December 2015 at 11:30 by Simon Crisp
Over three quarters of people who read a positive review of a particular product have subsequently ...
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Amazon instigates mass password reset for safe shopping online
30 November 2015 at 10:23 by Mike Price
Online retail giant, Amazon, has contacted a number of its customers to alert them to the fact that ...
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E-commerce sites prepare for Cyber Sunday shopping spree
27 November 2015 at 09:02 by Graham Miller
Although Black Friday has been dominating the news in the past few weeks, with the subsequent Cyber ...
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Retailers begin offering Black Friday deals early
26 November 2015 at 08:45 by Graham Miller
This year Black Friday is expected to be bigger than ever in the UK, but in many cases, the run-up ...
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Shopping sites criticised for poor password policies
25 November 2015 at 12:20 by Mike Price
Although the state of e-commerce password systems in the UK is improving, a new report from Dashlane ...
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Which? Guide to Christmas Shopping
24 November 2015 at 21:30 by Graham Miller
With Black Friday only days away and Christmas just around the corner, plenty of retailers are ...
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Christmas shoppers seek personalised online experience
24 November 2015 at 15:22 by Simon Crisp
British consumers are expecting their shopping experience to get smarter and more bespoke, according ...
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Amazon bolsters online shopping security
23 November 2015 at 11:09 by Graham Miller
Amazon customers who want to avoid becoming victims of identity theft can now choose to take ...
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Smart leggings provide accurate measurements for online ordering
20 November 2015 at 10:04 by Sarah Collinson
A new piece of wearable technology is on the way, joining the influx of smart watches and other ...
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Same day delivery service coming to more Amazon Prime customers
19 November 2015 at 09:53 by Graham Miller
Customers in a growing number of UK cities and towns are now able to take advantage of Prime Same ...
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Consumers warned to watch for Black Friday fraudsters
18 November 2015 at 11:01 by Mike Price
Cybercriminals are likely to be out in force this year during Black Friday, with experts voicing ...
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Amazon next-day grocery delivery service comes to UK
17 November 2015 at 09:31 by Graham Miller
Amazon’s ambitions to become a bigger player in the UK’s grocery market are gathering ...
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Consumers quizzed on benefits of digital receipts
16 November 2015 at 09:42 by David Aiken
When making a purchase at a bricks and mortar outlet, most retailers will still provide customers ...
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Online shopping increases in October due to pre-Christmas preparations
13 November 2015 at 10:19 by Simon Crisp
British consumers are getting ready for Christmas this year earlier than ever, with the latest BRC ...
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Chinese online shopping event will cause proliferation of fake goods
12 November 2015 at 09:24 by David Aiken
This week saw Singles Day take place in China, an event which initially started around two decades ...
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Black Friday could hit productivity in the workplace
11 November 2015 at 11:03 by Simon Crisp
Employers across the UK are worried about the impact that Black Friday will have on the productivity ...
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Some consumers express scepticism over growing trend for subscriptions
10 November 2015 at 09:40 by Graham Miller
Subscription shopping services are on the increase, echoing the popularity of pay-monthly services ...
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Amazon announces opening of real world book store
09 November 2015 at 10:09 by Graham Miller
Amazon began life as an early proponent of safe shopping online, initially selling books but soon ...
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Older shoppers are more likely to shop online this Christmas
06 November 2015 at 10:11 by Simon Crisp
The popularity of safe shopping online is likely to be higher among older shoppers in the run up to ...
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Mobile users put off by slow page load speeds
05 November 2015 at 11:38 by Paul Tissington
People who carry out safe shopping online from smartphones and tablets are fairly fussy about site ...
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Autonomous robot will revolutionise online shopping deliveries
04 November 2015 at 12:22 by Mike Price
It is already known that Amazon has ambitions to make widespread use of drones to deliver items ...
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Click and collect is saving the high street
03 November 2015 at 13:39 by Graham Miller
While many have claimed that safe shopping online will cause the death of bricks and mortar retail, ...
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Brits expected to spend 3.2 billion pounds online ahead of Christmas
02 November 2015 at 11:19 by Graham Miller
This month will see a surge in activity in the retail sector as consumers from across the UK rush to ...
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M&S site suffers security issue
30 October 2015 at 09:40 by Graham Miller
Earlier this week the e-commerce site operated by Marks & Spencer had to be temporarily ...
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Amazon may enter fashion market
29 October 2015 at 10:23 by Graham Miller
Fashion sales made via safe shopping online are always on the rise, so it is unsurprising to hear ...
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Report finds consumers uncertain of online privacy promises
28 October 2015 at 16:25 by Graham Miller
When consumers carry out safe shopping online they are trusting a retailer to look after the private ...
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John Lewis finds mobile and social media success
27 October 2015 at 08:46 by Graham Miller
John Lewis is not only one of the UK’s most powerful high street brands, but it's also a ...
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W3C seeks to standardise online payments process
26 October 2015 at 12:56 by Graham Miller
The standardisation of online payments on a global scale is the next task set to be tackled by the ...
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UK shopping sites ranked by customers
23 October 2015 at 08:17 by Graham Miller
A new Which? survey has asked British people to pick their best and worst experiences of safe ...
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New collection points for online orders made available by Royal Mail
22 October 2015 at 11:19 by Graham Miller
Royal Mail is giving fans of safe shopping online more options when it comes to delivery. It is ...
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Falsified Amazon reviews lead to court action against perpetrators
21 October 2015 at 13:15 by Mike Price
Amazon is finally fighting back against the problem of phoney reviews being posted of products sold ...
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Strong growth returns to online market
20 October 2015 at 10:39 by Simon Crisp
Analysts were slightly surprised to see the growth of sales made via safe shopping online decline ...
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Amazon outdoes rivals on grocery pricing
19 October 2015 at 13:24 by Graham Miller
Amazon has only just launched its Fresh grocery delivery service in the UK, serving a limited number ...
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Security specialists warn of pre-holiday social media usage risks
16 October 2015 at 09:50 by David Aiken
People who use social media to share their thoughts with the world could be putting themselves at ...
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M-commerce growth continues but tablet use is decreasing
15 October 2015 at 09:15 by Paul Tissington
The latest figures from Demandware show that while there is still a lot of momentum in the m-...
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In-app shopping trialled by Facebook
14 October 2015 at 13:01 by Mike Price
Facebook has long held e-commerce ambitions, but with its latest announcement of in-app purchasing, ...
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Great British Bake Off spurs online shopping activity
13 October 2015 at 09:13 by Simon Crisp
Each year the Great British Bake Off keeps millions of Brits glued to their TV screens week after ...
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UK remains Europe’s e-commerce leader
12 October 2015 at 11:27 by Graham Miller
The latest report on the state of e-commerce from the Office for National Statistics and Eurostat ...
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Argos rolls out nationwide same-day delivery on online orders
09 October 2015 at 13:56 by David Aiken
Argos has beaten its rivals to become the UK’s first retailer to offer customers who order via ...
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New technologies will improve security and convenience of online payments
08 October 2015 at 09:25 by Mike Price
For many consumers in the UK, the most problematic part of any spree of shopping online takes place ...
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Amazon partners with appliance makers for integrated online shopping capabilities
07 October 2015 at 13:18 by Graham Miller
Earlier in the year, Amazon unveiled the Dash button, its latest gadget which, with a single press, ...
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Sun seekers push year round trend in shopping searches
06 October 2015 at 10:14 by Graham Miller
New figures from online auction giant, eBay, have revealed that in spite of days getting shorter and ...
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Amazon stops selling rival streaming devices from Apple and Google
05 October 2015 at 09:42 by Mike Price
Amazon is setting out to exert its power as a retailer following the announcement that it will not ...
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Cross-border e-commerce earns £7.4 billion spending increase in Europe
02 October 2015 at 09:25 by Mike Price
Although the UK has Europe’s most mature market for safe shopping online, with sales growth ...
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One hour delivery from Amazon competes with UK supermarket chains
01 October 2015 at 10:33 by Graham Miller
Amazon has just started to offer its customers in the UK the opportunity to place orders via safe ...
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Aldi announces e-commerce launch
30 September 2015 at 10:50 by David Aiken
Budget supermarket chain, Aldi, has confirmed that it will be introducing a new e-commerce service ...
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Retailers recommend early booking for Christmas food delivery slots
29 September 2015 at 09:50 by Simon Crisp
Some may feel like Christmas is still a long way off, but the rush to prepare for the festive season ...
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Increased consumer interest in social media shopping identified
28 September 2015 at 11:10 by Graham Miller
The results of a new YouGov poll suggest that more people are getting used to the idea of using ...
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Study finds online shoppers are big spenders
25 September 2015 at 10:59 by Simon Crisp
A new report has revealed that the price of an item is directly linked to the likelihood that a ...
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Customer service is important for online shoppers
24 September 2015 at 10:39 by Sarah Collinson
Consumers who regularly shop online prefer it when retailers are able to offer them efficient, ...
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Survey reveals why some shoppers give up on e-commerce
23 September 2015 at 11:57 by Simon Crisp
The latest study from Connexity has looked at the state of online shopping across the globe, ...
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New advice suggests long passwords are not necessarily more secure
22 September 2015 at 09:50 by Mike Price
Although many online security experts have argued that people need to make their passwords longer ...
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Amazon may launch four new tablets for shopping fans
21 September 2015 at 12:15 by Graham Miller
The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet range could be set to grow significantly in the near future, with ...
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60 billion pounds of online spending predicted for 2016
18 September 2015 at 09:33 by Graham Miller
Consumers across the UK are collectively going to spend £60 billion shopping online next year, ...
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Online sales growth slows
17 September 2015 at 09:14 by David Aiken
Cautious consumers saving up for a pre-Christmas blow-out are being blamed for the slowdown in the ...
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Sainsburys debuts Chinese e-commerce offering
16 September 2015 at 09:41 by Graham Miller
British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has spent the past half decade testing the waters in ...
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Quarter of top retailers lack mobile-optimised sites
15 September 2015 at 10:08 by Graham Miller
A report from Equimedia has revealed that 26 per cent of the UK’s biggest retailers are still ...
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Consumers use e-commerce sites for bumper back to school shopping season
14 September 2015 at 10:02 by Paul Tissington
August 2015 saw a 14 per cent rise in sales made online when compared with the same period last year,...
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Amazon Dash Button rollout gains pace
11 September 2015 at 09:40 by Mike Price
Amazon is starting to sell more of its Dash button devices to early adopters over in the US. Reuters ...
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London congestion could rise due to e-commerce deliveries
10 September 2015 at 09:45 by Simon Crisp
The number of commercial vehicles prowling the streets of the capital is set to increase, with the ...
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Poor passwords still posing problems for online security
09 September 2015 at 11:38 by Graham Miller
People who want to use online services safely are still putting themselves at risk of exploitation ...
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Asda rolls out redesigned shopping site
08 September 2015 at 10:27 by Sarah Collinson
Asda customers who head to the firm’s homepage this month will notice that it has been updated ...
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Monthly online spend hits average of 559 pounds
07 September 2015 at 09:41 by Graham Miller
British consumers now spend the equivalent of over £6,000 a year online, or about £559 ...
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1 billion pounds in online sales anticipated for Black Friday 2015
04 September 2015 at 10:04 by Graham Miller
Black Friday is still a relatively new phenomenon in the UK, but that has not stopped it gathering ...
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Poundland’s e-commerce trial gets underway
03 September 2015 at 11:56 by David Aiken
Discount retailer, Poundland, has entered the e-commerce market this week, announcing the launch of ...
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Popular products purchased with Amazon Prime Now revealed
02 September 2015 at 19:27 by Graham Miller
Amazon Prime Now has been available in the UK for a little while now, with customers in London able ...
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Mobile shoppers more likely to abandon online carts
01 September 2015 at 19:00 by Paul Tissington
In yet more evidence that retailers need to up their game when it comes to safe shopping online on ...
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Mobile Shopping Hits Plateau
28 August 2015 at 13:07 by Graham Miller
The number of people choosing to carry out safe shopping online from smartphones and tablets may ...
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Alcoholic Products Join Amazon’s Prime Now Delivery Scheme
27 August 2015 at 12:54 by Graham Miller
Amazon has announced that customers of its Prime subscription service can now order alcoholic ...
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Online Transactions Will Continue to Increase
26 August 2015 at 09:36 by Graham Miller
A new report from Juniper Research has estimated that by 2018 the number of purchases carried out ...
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Older Shoppers Spend Over £14 Billion Online
25 August 2015 at 08:43 by Graham Miller
The importance of the over-55s to the UK’s e-commerce market is on the rise, with a new study ...
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UK E-Commerce Launch for American Eagle Confirmed
24 August 2015 at 08:50 by Graham Miller
American Eagle is one of the leading US fashion brands for youngsters and has recently started to ...
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Amazon Closes Trade-In Service
21 August 2015 at 10:48 by Graham Miller
Amazon’s British customers who make use of its trade-in service to get rid of old books and ...
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Clothing Continues to Lead E-Commerce Market in Sales Growth
20 August 2015 at 10:39 by Sarah Collinson
Last month the sales of clothing online were up by 14 per cent in the UK, according to new ...
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Online Security Breaches on the Rise
19 August 2015 at 11:47 by Mike Price
More consumers are being affected by security breaches at the moment, with researchers placing the ...
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Online Ads Prove Very Influential Amongst Millennial Shoppers
18 August 2015 at 11:20 by Graham Miller
Three-quarters of people aged under 35 make purchases based on the ads they have seen while browsing ...
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Smartphones and high street compete for back to school sales
17 August 2015 at 09:36 by Paul Tissington
Parents preparing their children for the new school year in September will get their shopping done ...
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Poor August weather may generate early festive shopping boom
14 August 2015 at 09:34 by Mike Price
Consumer spending habits are significantly impacted by the weather, so it is no surprise that new ...
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Retailers must make sites more user-friendly
13 August 2015 at 15:56 by Paul Tissington
People who regularly shop online will be all too aware of the deficiencies with certain sites when ...
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Brits express annoyance at online ads
12 August 2015 at 12:28 by Graham Miller
A study has come to the perhaps unsurprising conclusion that consumers in the UK, who use the ...
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Online delivery times impacted by migrant issues
11 August 2015 at 11:13 by Simon Crisp
Although placing an order for an item via safe shopping online can feel like it is a fairly ...
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Amazon adds further restrictions to Prime sharing options
10 August 2015 at 09:48 by Sarah Collinson
Ninety five per cent of people who have an Amazon Prime account, to get free delivery on all their ...
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Shoppers less likely to abandon carts when visiting charity websites
07 August 2015 at 08:29 by Paul Tissington
People who are thinking of giving to charitable organisations using an online payment service are ...
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Consumers hesitant to trust retailers with private information
06 August 2015 at 11:51 by Graham Miller
A survey of British shoppers, carried out by The Digital Catapult, has revealed that almost a third ...
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People travelling for business more likely to shop online
05 August 2015 at 12:14 by Simon Crisp
Anyone who travels for business is also likely to be a big fan of shopping online, according to a ...
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Older consumers will eventually dominate online sales
04 August 2015 at 10:40 by Graham Miller
Britain has an ageing population, so it is no surprise that a report from Greenlight indicates that ...
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eBay sellers targeted in HMRC crackdown
31 July 2015 at 12:33 by Graham Miller
Gizmodo and a number of other media outlets have jumped on the news that HMRC is increasing the ...
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Amazon puts new spin on grocery shopping
30 July 2015 at 13:47 by Graham Miller
While it is best known for offering safe shopping online across the globe, Amazon has also made a ...
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Security threat posed to consumers by smartphone hijacking
29 July 2015 at 23:35 by Graham Miller
Anyone who uses a smartphone or tablet is, potentially, at risk of fraud or exploitation of one kind ...
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Millennial consumers quizzed over m-commerce avoidance
28 July 2015 at 08:39 by Sarah Collinson
Consumers aged under 34 took part in a recent study from YouGov, which looked at the extent to which ...
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Halfords trials its new marketplace feature
27 July 2015 at 12:16 by Graham Miller
Halfords is boosting its e-commerce credentials with the integration of an online marketplace, where ...
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UK consumers rush to embrace online shopping subscriptions
23 July 2015 at 10:14 by Mike Price
Subscription services are becoming increasingly common in the UK, with the Telegraph reporting on a ...
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Consumers will spend £1.1 trillion online this year
22 July 2015 at 10:13 by Graham Miller
The global power of the e-commerce market is growing rapidly, with analysts at Juniper Research ...
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High street footfall continues to decline as e-commerce rules
21 July 2015 at 12:06 by Graham Miller
Britain’s high street stores experienced another dip in footfall last month, with a three per ...
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Facebook trials new online shopping endeavours
20 July 2015 at 09:39 by Mike Price
Facebook may be the world’s biggest social network, but it is still trying to find ways of ...
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Google tests hotel booking tool
17 July 2015 at 15:57 by Graham Miller
The latest part of search giant Google’s attempt to conquer the world of shopping online comes ...
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Strong online sales helped by summer shopping sprees
16 July 2015 at 14:12 by Paul Tissington
Consumers getting ready for the summer holidays, by making purchases via safe shopping online, ...
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Amazon Prime Day inspires rival retailers to offer discounts
15 July 2015 at 13:01 by Graham Miller
July 15th 2015 shall be remembered as Amazon Prime Day, a 24 hour period of major discounts, offered ...
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Consumers demand better security for online payments
14 July 2015 at 10:50 by Graham Miller
Consumers are always looking to ensure that when they browse the internet for bargains, they are ...
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App-only e-commerce may dominate market
13 July 2015 at 14:13 by David Aiken
A significant shift in the way that e-commerce companies operate could be underway. Last week, a ...
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Minimum spend for online delivery increased to £40 by Tesco
10 July 2015 at 09:58 by Simon Crisp
Supermarket giant, Tesco, has been a national leader when it comes to offering grocery orders via ...
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UK e-commerce market grows by 20 per cent
09 July 2015 at 15:54 by Graham Miller
Purchases made online were up by a fifth over the course of 2015, according to the latest figures ...
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New day of discounts launched by Amazon
08 July 2015 at 13:48 by Mike Price
In an effort to get more people signed up to its Prime subscription service, online retailer, Amazon,...
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Wimbledon influences online shopping searches
07 July 2015 at 14:00 by Mike Price
British shoppers are particularly susceptible to seasonal trends, as well as allowing impending ...
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John Lewis implements minimum spend for click and collect customers
06 July 2015 at 12:50 by Graham Miller
John Lewis customers who place orders via safe shopping online to collect in-store will now have to ...
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Commuters make for big online spenders
03 July 2015 at 10:43 by Paul Tissington
People travelling to and from work in the UK can get up to all sorts of things thanks to their ...
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Amazon trials one hour delivery service
02 July 2015 at 10:11 by Simon Crisp
Consumers based in the capital can now take advantage of Amazon’s one hour delivery service, ...
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eBay and PayPal will separate on July 20th
01 July 2015 at 10:29 by Mike Price
Online auction giant, eBay, and payments firm, PayPal, have been destined to separate for some time ...
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Typical e-commerce orders now worth £67 each
30 June 2015 at 11:22 by Graham Miller
The frequency with which people are shopping online is on the rise, as is the proportion of the UK ...
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UK becomes second biggest m-commerce market in the World
29 June 2015 at 12:26 by Paul Tissington
The UK is turning into a leading light when it comes to mobile shopping, with 46 per cent of all ...
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Consumers in Northern Ireland suffer online shopping issues
26 June 2015 at 10:38 by Sarah Collinson
When it comes to shopping online it seems that there are differing experiences to be had with this ...
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Fears raised after Royal Mail trials e-commerce integration
25 June 2015 at 09:09 by Simon Crisp
For many people across the UK, dealing with spam emails has become a daily chore, even if automatic ...
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Mobile shopping embraced by millennial parents
24 June 2015 at 09:39 by David Aiken
Although millennials are often talked about as the youngest generation of consumers on the block, ...
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Amazon addresses customer review system
23 June 2015 at 09:34 by Mike Price
Just days after a report criticising the state of online review services was published, e-commerce ...
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Fake online shopping reviews slammed in new study
22 June 2015 at 09:37 by Graham Miller
The world of online shopping is plagued by a raft of phoney reviews which can be very misleading for ...
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Amazon working on innovative new delivery scheme
19 June 2015 at 15:21 by Graham Miller
Barely a week passes without Amazon revealing details of a new way in which it plans to deliver ...
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eBay coupon sparks customer backlash
18 June 2015 at 09:15 by Mike Price
Discount coupons are immensely popular in the world of shopping online, since they allow people to ...
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Amazon may launch second generation of own-brand smartphone
17 June 2015 at 11:23 by Graham Miller
Online retail giant, Amazon, has had significant success entering the hardware market with its ...
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High street must court online shoppers to survive
16 June 2015 at 12:17 by Mike Price
The head of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), has outlined the ways in which towns and cities ...
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British consumers are online more than ever before
15 June 2015 at 09:50 by Graham Miller
The latest figures from Google reveal that people in the UK are more likely to own smartphones than ...
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Consumers buy groceries online for convenience above all else
12 June 2015 at 08:44 by Sarah Collinson
A survey of British consumers by analysts at Savvy has revealed that the main motivating factor ...
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Millennials embrace innovative online delivery services
11 June 2015 at 12:31 by Simon Crisp
Although the e-commerce industry has been around long enough to be embraced by people of all ages in ...
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Customers still suffer problems with online orders
10 June 2015 at 11:42 by Graham Miller
While many people make purchases online without incident, a new survey from YouGov, reveals that ...
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Online shopping industry predicted to double its value
09 June 2015 at 09:38 by Graham Miller
A new report into the international e-commerce market, conducted by OC&C Strategy Consultants, ...
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New Look reports impressive online sales growth
08 June 2015 at 12:05 by Sarah Collinson
Fashion chain, New Look, has been one of the beneficiaries of the rise in safe shopping online, with ...
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E-commerce and contactless technologies boost card payments to new high
05 June 2015 at 13:52 by Graham Miller
The amount of money spent by UK consumers using credit or debit cards over the course of 2014 was up ...
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Pinterest introduces e-commerce capabilities
04 June 2015 at 13:26 by Sarah Collinson
Social bulletin board site, Pinterest, has lived up to many commentator predictions and announced ...
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Bricks and mortar retailers attempt to echo online experience
03 June 2015 at 15:02 by Graham Miller
High street outlets are in the process of transforming themselves, in order to cope with consumer ...
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Summer festivals influence online shopping trends
02 June 2015 at 09:50 by Graham Miller
Online auction site, eBay, has revealed the seasonal shifts in British buying habits, with people ...
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Amazon voted most useful brand by Brits
01 June 2015 at 09:42 by Graham Miller
A new study to identify the most useful brands currently operating in the UK has seen online retail ...
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PayPal security expert suggests edible passwords will make e-commerce safer
29 May 2015 at 12:48 by Graham Miller
PayPal is a firm which relies entirely on its reputation for providing a secure platform for ...
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Pinterest could become powerful e-commerce player
28 May 2015 at 14:35 by David Aiken
A recent study of Pinterest users by BI Intelligence has revealed that the influential nature of ...
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Bing joins Google in pointing out mobile-friendly sites
27 May 2015 at 11:07 by Paul Tissington
For anyone who has ever tried to carry out safe shopping online from a smartphone or tablet, it may ...
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Security experts fight back against password thieves
26 May 2015 at 15:07 by Graham Miller
Having a strong password is an essential part of ensuring that it is possible to carry out safe ...
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Amazon eyeing London Underground for delivery service
22 May 2015 at 09:35 by Mike Price
A new delivery service already rolled out in New York could see Amazon harnessing the tube system in ...
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Online shopping boom gathers pace
21 May 2015 at 09:04 by Mike Price
There seems to be no stopping the expansion of the UK’s appetite for safe shopping online, ...
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Google plans to introduce buy button to mobile search results
20 May 2015 at 14:04 by Graham Miller
Google is hitting the headlines once again with a new scheme which could dramatically alter the way ...
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HMV plans online revival
19 May 2015 at 12:45 by Graham Miller
Two years ago, it looked like HMV was going to be wiped from the face of the UK retail market, with ...
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Brits spend twice as much time online
18 May 2015 at 10:23 by Simon Crisp
The amount of time people in the UK spend online over the course of a typical week has doubled in ...
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Global online shopping trends assessed
15 May 2015 at 10:17 by Graham Miller
The latest report from Nielsen has looked at the state of the international e-commerce market, ...
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Argos continues digital expansion
14 May 2015 at 16:14 by Mike Price
High street chain and catalogue shopping firm, Argos, is continuing its efforts to embrace the ...
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Amazon delivery drones explained in patent publication
13 May 2015 at 09:34 by Mike Price
When it was first announced that online retailer, Amazon, was in the process of developing drones ...
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Littlewoods catalogue killed off by online shopping
12 May 2015 at 09:41 by Sarah Collinson
Shop Direct, the company which is responsible for a number of major retail brands in the UK, has ...
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Amazon eliminates gender bias from search service
11 May 2015 at 14:54 by Graham Miller
Amazon has made a progressive step forward this week by getting rid of the search option which ...
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EC investigates cross-border e-commerce market
08 May 2015 at 12:16 by Simon Crisp
A new investigation into the European e-commerce market has been launched by the EC this week, in an ...
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Loopholes in Amazon’s new minimum spend for free delivery uncovered
07 May 2015 at 09:53 by David Aiken
Last week it was revealed that Amazon has raised the minimum amount that customers need to spend ...
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Visa launches digital wallet service in UK
06 May 2015 at 10:45 by Mike Price
Visa has become the latest company to enter the mobile payments market in earnest by launching its ...
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Young consumers love mobile shopping and hate checkout interactions
05 May 2015 at 13:45 by Sarah Collinson
A pair of studies published in the past week have painted an interesting view of the way that the ...
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Free delivery minimum spend raised by Amazon
01 May 2015 at 09:46 by Graham Miller
Although Amazon has offered customers the option to get free delivery on the products they purchase ...
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Amazon ranks amongst UK’s most meaningful brands
30 April 2015 at 11:15 by Mike Price
A report from Havas has looked at the top 1,000 brands in the UK and established that a number of ...
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Consumer shopping trends swayed by royal baby
29 April 2015 at 12:11 by Sarah Collinson
Online auction site, eBay, released a study this month which showed that people in the UK are ...
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Consumers cautious about storing payment card details in mobile apps
28 April 2015 at 09:31 by Paul Tissington
Many retailers now offer dedicated m-commerce apps that customers can use to carry out safe shopping ...
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Security flaw impacts 200,000 e-commerce sites
27 April 2015 at 10:34 by David Aiken
A new issue with popular online retail platform, Magento, has been unearthed, leaving an estimated ...
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Shopping robot released after drugs order
24 April 2015 at 11:33 by Graham Miller
In a bizarre story which shows the extent to which online shopping has evolved, a robot created as ...
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E-commerce site from Poundworld launched
23 April 2015 at 16:03 by David Aiken
The UK’s high streets have become a breeding ground for shops selling hundreds of items for a ...
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Amazon fights back against phoney reviews
23 April 2015 at 10:30 by Graham Miller
Whensafe shopping online, many consumers will scroll down to check out user reviews of a product or ...
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Expansion of mobile shopping habits predicted
21 April 2015 at 09:54 by Paul Tissington
The latest report from Barclays has found that the annual amount of money spent through m-commerce ...
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Consumers cagey over drone delivery
20 April 2015 at 10:57 by Mike Price
There has been much debate about drones in the past few years, with Amazon’s development of ...
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Online deliveries via underground pipes trialled
17 April 2015 at 09:32 by Graham Miller
One of the biggest problems associated with safe shopping online is the rise in the number of ...
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British consumers take more care when shopping online
16 April 2015 at 15:21 by Sarah Collinson
A study of browsing habits seen in various countries has revealed that people from the UK are a bit ...
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Impact of shopping apps studied
15 April 2015 at 20:09 by Graham Miller
Search giant, Google, recently published the results of a survey in which UK consumers were asked to ...
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E-commerce deliveries aid van sales
14 April 2015 at 16:10 by Paul Tissington
With more people placing orders online in the UK than ever before, the demand for delivery services ...
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Quality of customer experience is better online than in-store
13 April 2015 at 11:36 by Graham Miller
A new report has found that consumers are likely to get a better quality of customer service when ...
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UK takes third place in global e-commerce market
10 April 2015 at 10:39 by Graham Miller
The latest ranking of nations based on e-commerce growth over the past 12 months, by analysts at AT ...
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Report reveals expectations of free returns online
09 April 2015 at 14:18 by David Aiken
A new survey, conducted by the Royal Mail, has revealed that 73 per cent of consumers currently ...
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Online retailers encouraged to improve security
08 April 2015 at 10:17 by Graham Miller
The Payment Card Industry Security Standard Council (PCI SSC) has announced regulatory changes aimed ...
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eBay and Argos join forces for advanced click and collect service
07 April 2015 at 09:32 by Mike Price
Although online auction site, eBay, does not have a significant bricks and mortar presence in the UK,...
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Amazon Dash Offers New Way to Shop Online
02 April 2015 at 12:55 by Graham Miller
Although it was announced suspiciously close to April Fool’s Day, Amazon Dash is a new device ...
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EU E-Commerce Competition Investigation Announced
01 April 2015 at 14:23 by Simon Crisp
The EU is intending to launch an investigation into Europe’s e-commerce market in order to ...
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Brits embrace money-saving tech over wearables
31 March 2015 at 12:32 by Graham Miller
Smartwatches and other wearables are currently attempting to claw their way into the mainstream to ...
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Travel industry must adapt to mobile-driven market
30 March 2015 at 12:11 by Paul Tissington
Businesses that offer British consumers the functionality to book holidays and make other travel ...
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Amazon Fire TV Stick gets UK launch
27 March 2015 at 08:54 by Graham Miller
Amazon's answer to Google's Chromecast has finally arrived in the UK, giving buyers an affordable ...
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Click and collect services could become more prevalent
26 March 2015 at 09:57 by Paul Tissington
More and more high street stores could start offering customers the opportunity to place orders ...
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Online card payments continue to rise
25 March 2015 at 13:18 by Mike Price
The number of people making purchases online, using credit or debit cards, is having a marked impact ...
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Aldi may enter UK e-commerce market
24 March 2015 at 09:23 by Simon Crisp
Budget supermarket chain, Aldi, could upset its established rivals even further by offering ...
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ONS identifies new products as key to measuring inflation
23 March 2015 at 10:39 by Graham Miller
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has carried out its annual update to the theoretical ...
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Online shopping habits reshape UK high streets
20 March 2015 at 12:37 by Graham Miller
While certain types of bricks and mortar shops are disappearing from high streets across the UK, the ...
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Popularity of eBay's auction service in decline
19 March 2015 at 09:51 by Mike Price
A new report from ChannelAdvisor suggests that although eBay is still one of the world's biggest ...
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Voucher codes increasing in popularity
18 March 2015 at 09:42 by Simon Crisp
People in the UK are increasing the regularity with which they use voucher codes to get discounts ...
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Facebook snaps up shopping search company
17 March 2015 at 09:41 by Mike Price
Social networking giant, Facebook, has made its latest acquisition, this time purchasing a firm ...
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Amazon launches service to help people discover new brands
16 March 2015 at 14:30 by Mike Price
A new area of Amazon's online ecosystem is being launched to give shoppers easy access to products ...
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Start-up retailer addresses issues with online fashion shopping
13 March 2015 at 11:55 by Sarah Collinson
A new start-up, called Widerooms, is currently gearing up to launch a new approach to buying ...
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Consumers prefer online shopping to high street outings
12 March 2015 at 10:46 by Mike Price
A survey conducted by Rackspace has revealed that the majority of British consumers prefer to carry ...
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Consumers and e-commerce companies value different features
11 March 2015 at 09:16 by Paul Tissington
Although you might think that consumers and the companies that provide them with the opportunity to ...
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New survey considers where consumers look for online promotions
10 March 2015 at 09:26 by Graham Miller
A new report from RabidCampaign has assessed the ways in which people in the UK seek out deals and ...
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American retailers pioneering on-the-move sales
09 March 2015 at 15:33 by Mike Price
With the rise of shopping online and m-commerce services, consumers are now accustomed to carrying ...
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Amazon provides public tours of UK distribution centre
06 March 2015 at 09:30 by Graham Miller
Anyone who is interested in the inner workings of Amazon, one of the world’s biggest websites ...
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Sainsburys to offer click and collect service
05 March 2015 at 09:57 by Sarah Collinson
Sainsbury’s has become the latest UK supermarket to expand the number of delivery options that ...
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Consumers prefer free delivery when shopping online
04 March 2015 at 13:45 by Simon Crisp
The unsurprising conclusion of a new study from Walker Sands, has found that people are more likely ...
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Consumers embrace personalised shopping experiences
03 March 2015 at 10:57 by Graham Miller
People who regularly make purchases online are becoming more attuned to the idea of receiving ...
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Mobile apps stimulate online purchases
02 March 2015 at 14:26 by Paul Tissington
A new report from Conjure has predicted that 2015 will be a bumper year for British consumers ...
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Amazon develops idea of mobile 3D printing trucks
27 February 2015 at 10:15 by David Aiken
Online retailer, Amazon, could be adapting its business model to cope with the rise of 3D printing ...
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Mobile devices boost e-commerce market share
26 February 2015 at 11:10 by Paul Tissington
The latest report from IMRG has found that mobile phones were used to carry out 40 per cent of the ...
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Online clothes shopping enhanced through intelligent measuring tape
25 February 2015 at 13:51 by Sarah Collinson
While fashion is one of the biggest growth areas for safe shopping online, there is still a lot of ...
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First time parents most likely to take up online shopping
24 February 2015 at 15:14 by Graham Miller
A study of consumer habits from across the globe has found that the birth of a child is one of the ...
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E-commerce enables massive reduction in consumer travel
23 February 2015 at 10:08 by Graham Miller
A new report has estimated that the rise of online shopping in the UK now allows consumers to ...
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Click and collect may not be right for food outlets
20 February 2015 at 10:54 by Paul Tissington
A new study from PayPal has revealed that although click & collect services have risen to ...
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Online sales growth is sluggish
19 February 2015 at 12:57 by Graham Miller
The Christmas rush has subsided and now the latest figures from IMRG and Capgemini, show that even ...
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Amazon suffers service outages
18 February 2015 at 13:51 by Mike Price
In the digital age there is always the chance that an issue with connectivity can make it impossible ...
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Consumers critical of e-commerce experience
17 February 2015 at 10:07 by Paul Tissington
A new report, from Dyn, has found that just over a third of consumers from the UK believe that they ...
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Valentines Day gift giving on the rise
16 February 2015 at 11:45 by Graham Miller
The number of British consumers who bought their significant other or object of affection a present ...
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Continental e-commerce should be empowered through new regulations says BRC
13 February 2015 at 10:47 by Simon Crisp
Although people from the UK can currently carry out safe shopping online through sites operating in ...
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Security of mobile payments exceeds that of online shopping
12 February 2015 at 09:53 by Paul Tissington
Mobile payments service provider, Zapp, has argued that people are better able to carry out secure ...
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BRC figures show emerging e-commerce trends in the UK
11 February 2015 at 09:43 by Simon Crisp
The latest report from the British Retail Consortium (BCR), has revealed that January was another ...
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E-commerce growth is making consumers complain more regularly
10 February 2015 at 13:24 by David Aiken
The rise of safe shopping online is bringing with it a parallel increase in the number of complaints ...
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iOS users spend more than Android fans
09 February 2015 at 11:14 by Graham Miller
This has been proven in the past, but it seems that the gap between how much iOS users spend online, ...
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Amazon may open hundreds of bricks and mortar stores
06 February 2015 at 12:57 by David Aiken
Although Amazon has made a name for itself by offering safe shopping online, rather than relying on ...
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Ocado announces annual profit for first time
05 February 2015 at 09:42 by Simon Crisp
Online grocery delivery service, Ocado, has been operating for a decade and a half, but it is only ...
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Female shoppers spend more than male counterparts online
04 February 2015 at 09:41 by Sarah Collinson
The Office for National Statistics has reported that female consumers in the UK are both more likely ...
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2015 online shopping habits assessed
03 February 2015 at 10:14 by Graham Miller
The latest report from RetailMeNot has looked at how British consumers are expected to spend their ...
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Apple Pay experiences major growth
02 February 2015 at 08:41 by Mike Price
Apple Pay, the m-commerce payment service launched by iPhone maker Apple last October, is only a few ...
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Social media exerts growing influence over online shopping
30 January 2015 at 09:27 by Sarah Collinson
The latest report from Shopify has revealed the extent to which social media services are altering ...
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Amazons dominance of UK retail grows
29 January 2015 at 09:37 by Sarah Collinson
The latest figures reveal that e-commerce giant, Amazon, is taking a commanding position at the head ...
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UK consumers will spend over £52 billion online in 2015
28 January 2015 at 13:28 by Graham Miller
2015 will be a year in which British people splash out a combined total of £52.25 billion via ...
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PayPal reveals global online shopping cart abandonment costs
27 January 2015 at 10:43 by Mike Price
Last year, around $4 trillion (£2.7 trillion) in goods and services were left languishing in ...
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M-commerce clicks continue to grow
26 January 2015 at 11:41 by Paul Tissington
The number of people clicking on ads when using their mobile phones to browse the web and shop ...
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eBay and PayPal split necessitates job cuts
23 January 2015 at 09:32 by Simon Crisp
This week it was revealed that about 2,400 people will be losing their jobs as a result of the ...
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Logistic companies unable to cope with e-commerce expansion
22 January 2015 at 10:11 by David Aiken
Figures suggest that the weight of expectation placed on delivery companies in the age of ...
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2015 shopping trends to be driven by smartphones and social networking
21 January 2015 at 09:20 by Paul Tissington
Analysts at Monetate have predicted that 2015 will be the year in which retailers that offer ...
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2014 top online spending days revealed
20 January 2015 at 13:58 by Mike Price
The time at which people spend their money online is almost as important as where they spend it, ...
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Study finds that consumer intentions do not match shopping behaviour
19 January 2015 at 09:14 by Graham Miller
A new survey conducted by IBM has revealed that there is a degree of disconnection between the ...
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Web sales topped £100 billion in 2014
16 January 2015 at 09:20 by Graham Miller
Last year, British consumers spent over £100 billion online for the first time ever, according ...
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High cart abandonment rate found when consumers book holidays online
15 January 2015 at 09:42 by Sarah Collinson
A new report from SaleCycle has found that 81 per cent of people who are using sites that offer safe ...
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Sainsburys tops John Lewis in Christmas ad online showdown
14 January 2015 at 10:19 by Simon Crisp
Figures published by Google have revealed that the race to be the UK’s top retailer in the run-...
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Retailers let down mobile shoppers
13 January 2015 at 13:11 by Paul Tissington
A report from Somo published this month has found that a number of big retailers are still ignoring ...
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Last minute shopping habits enabled by e-commerce services
12 January 2015 at 12:04 by David Aiken
A new study from Retale has revealed that close to a fifth of consumers chose to leave their gift ...
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Shoppers still encountering problems with online delivery services
09 January 2015 at 11:22 by Simon Crisp
A new YouGov poll has revealed that 31 per cent of British consumers who carried out safe shopping ...
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M-commerce passes milestone on Boxing Day
08 January 2015 at 09:24 by Graham Miller
December 26th 2014 was a landmark date for m-commerce, since figures published by Affiliate Window ...
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Amazon seller marketplace accounted for 2 billion sales last year
07 January 2015 at 10:33 by Mike Price
E-commerce giant, Amazon, may be a major retailer in its own right, but according to the Wall Street ...
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John Lewis reports bumper Christmas trading period online
06 January 2015 at 09:29 by Graham Miller
December 25th was a big day for John Lewis, in spite of the fact that its high street stores across ...
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Online shopping growth will rely on innovative delivery options
05 January 2015 at 09:48 by Sarah Collinson
There are a number of factors that are helping to keep the growth of safe shopping online at ...
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Online shopping cart abandonment rate remains high
02 January 2015 at 11:36 by Mike Price
The latest figures from Listrak reveal that in the past six months an average of 74 per cent of all ...
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