Rakuten, the world’s third largest e-commerce marketplace and owner of UK marketplace Rakuten’s Play.com, considers six key trends that will fuel e-commerce growth in 2013: 1) Bringing a personal touch to loyalty Some things in retail haven’t changed; the secret
Micros, the leading provider of technology for the retail and hospitality industries, has launched a multi-channel, pay-as-you-go, Software as a Service (SaaS) integrated Cloud POS and e-commerce platform where the application and entered data are held in a secure PCI compliant central environment,
According to recent research, the digital economy has grown at a faster rate in the UK than any other G20 nation in recent years, fundamentally changing the way Britons shop and do business. With the consumer shift towards e-commerce showing
Facebook commerce (f-commerce) stands to be a £3.1bn revenue opportunity for UK businesses over the next three years, according to research by TNS Omnibus for e-commerce widgit supplier, Ecwid. It found UK consumers spent £50.34bn on e-commerce purchases in 2011
An Post, Ireland’s national postal operator and one of the country’s largest employers, has completed a project with Zetes to enhance its customer delivery service levels. The contract, which involves supplying an electronic proof of delivery (ePOD) solution to equip
China tops AT Kearney’s inaugural retail e-commerce index of emerging markets. The study, Online Retail: The New Frontier for International Expansion, examines the top 30 countries in the 2012 AT Kearney Global Retail Development Index and ranks the top 10
Denmark’s leading retailer, Dansk Supermarked, is aiming to become the market’s leading e-commerce player by 2016. The retailer, which operates 1,300 stores across Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Poland under the Netto, Fotex and Bilka brands, has selected global technology and
WorldPay, a global leader in payment processing, risk and alternative payments, is hosting the inaugural [re]THINK [e]COMMERCE event in Budapest, joined by top payment and fraud experts to discuss the latest developments in the e-commerce industry. The conference, taking place on 11-13 June
E-commerce software solutions supplier, e2x, has won two of five awards presented at the Oracle Web Commerce Customer-Partner Conference in Lisbon. The company was named ATG Specialist Partner of the Year 2011 and awarded ATG Implementation of the Year 2011 for its work with toy
Visa Europe is launching a digital wallet service, V.me by Visa, to consumers in the UK, Spain and France in autumn 2012. The company has also announced payments processor WorldPay will be a key development partner in the delivery of
Aurora Fashions, the group behind women’s fashion brands Coast, Oasis and Warehouse, is spearheading the international roll-out of its multiple brand e-commerce site with launches in the US and Australia this month (May 2012). The move will be followed by four
Siobhán Géhin, associate partner at global management consultancy, Kurt Salmon, considers the prospects for Tesco’s new online marketplace, which will open its website to third-party retailers, and compares it with Amazon across four key criteria “Since Amazon launched its Marketplace on
New Look has awarded a five-year contract to Hermes to provide a home delivery solution for its fast-growing e-commerce operation. Under the multi-million pound deal, Hermes will handle more than 3m parcels per annum to households across the UK. New
Figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveal shoppers in the UK spent a total of £5.4bn (equivalent to £106 per person) online during February 2012; up 10% on the same time last year, but representing a growth rate of just half that
Angus McCarey, eBay’s UK retail director, will join the key note speaker line up for the 2012 Catalyst Europe Conference, organised by e-commerce platform provider, ChannelAdvisor. The company will also be a platinum sponsor at this year’s event, which is taking
WorldPay, a global leader in payment processing, and China UnionPay, claimed to be the fastest growing card scheme in the world, have announced a partnership which will see WorldPay become the biggest acquirer outside of China for e-commerce UnionPay transactions. Under the
EBS, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Ogone, a specialist in online payment services, has been awarded the Best eCommerce Payment Innovation Award at the Indian eRetail Show 2012. The Indian e-Retail awards were held to recognise the best industry experts who
Cotton Traders, the UK mail order clothing retailer, has selected ChannelAdvisor to manage its pay per click (PPC) programme with the company’s paid search solution. “With an extensive knowledge of the industry and history of success with paid search, ChannelAdvisor was
E-commerce platform provider, ChannelAdvisor, claims UK retailers will increasingly embrace e-commerce as a key sales channel. Commenting on news Britain is now eBay’s fastest growing market and the number of UK consumers using eBay is enjoying double-digit growth year-on-year, Seamus
Leading e-commerce software provider for multi-channel sellers, eSellerPro, has received a second round of funding from Notion Capital to support growth and entry into new markets. The latest tranche is for £1m and follows Notion’s initial investment of £1.8m in
Casino has reported a 14.5% rise in group sales for Q4 2011, driven by its international operations in emerging markets, but low growth in its home market in France. Domestic sales growth slowed to just 0.2%, compared to 1.2% growth in
ChannelAdvisor, the e-commerce platform provider, has appointed Seamus Whittingham as its new managing director for EMEA. Whittingham joins from a global e-commerce background won at ATG and GSI. “Seamus has proven his mettle repeatedly by spearheading international expansion at both
1. Social commerce – merchants will become more in-tune with consumer social media activity and harness this to target customers with special offers, rewarding them for loyalty. For example, if a customer ‘likes’ a page on Facebook, merchants can identify a
Online sales in November 2011 were worse than expected as the economic crisis continues to impact upon consumer confidence, new figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveal. The Index was up 11% on November 2010, just below IMRG
Online lifestyle store, Surfdome, has partnered with CollectPlus to offer customers the chance to return goods free of charge through CollectPlus’ network of 4,500 corner shops. CollectPlus is a joint venture between PayPoint, the UK’s leading retail payment network, and
