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Christmas e-commerce sales flatline in UK, finds payment provider

Christmas e-commerce sales flatline in UK, finds payment provider

Payment services provider (PSP), Computop, has analysed payment patterns across its global network, which handles USD five billion annually in turnover for global retailers, for the final week of November 2011 to get an early indication of how consumer spending

09/12/2011 | Data Time, Research | Read More
UK retailers lose sales due to poor mobile web presence, claims report

UK retailers lose sales due to poor mobile web presence, claims report

  UK retailers are losing out on sales due to poor usability of their mobile web presence, according to a new report from e-commerce consultancy, dotCommerce.  The study – Hitting the Mobile Checkout – found only one third of retailers

21/11/2011 | Data Time, Reports | Read More
Marks & Spencer turns web site into global, multi-channel marketplace

Marks & Spencer turns web site into global, multi-channel marketplace

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is using new software to transform its web site into a global marketplace where customers can shop from any country, device or channel. The move is part of M&S’s aim to become the UK’s leading multi-channel

15/11/2011 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Global e-commerce survey reveals consumers’ online shopping habits

Software, hardware and mailstream supplier Pitney Bowes has released the findings of a study highlighting differences and similarities in online buying behaviour across developed economies and emerging markets. According to the company, the results are designed to help retailers expand

07/11/2011 | Data Time, Research, Retail News | Read More
Retail Times discovers the art of seasonal selling with eSellerPro

Retail Times discovers the art of seasonal selling with eSellerPro

It’s clear a thought through, well executed multi-channel strategy can have huge benefits for a retailer’s bottom-line – but how can sellers optimise their use of online channels when it comes to big seasonal shopping events? With Christmas fast-approaching, Keith

07/11/2011 | Comment, Opinion Time, Retail Technology, Services Time | Read More
Oxford Street retailers invest in technology to boost Christmas sales

Oxford Street retailers invest in technology to boost Christmas sales

Retailers on London’s Oxford street are investing in technology to improve the in-store and online experience in the run up to Christmas, according to research conducted by Virgin Media Business. It found Niketown has attendants taking payments on mobile devices

02/11/2011 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Predicting the next steps in the multi-channel evolution with eSellerPro

Predicting the next steps in the multi-channel evolution with eSellerPro

Keith Bird, CEO at eSellerPro, tells Retail Times readers what he expects to see next as online retail shakes off its growing pains and heads into adulthood Whilst the past 15 years have seen the birth and formative years of

13/10/2011 | Comment, Opinion Time, Retail Technology, Services Time | Read More
Armchair seller to powerseller: starting out in multi-channel retail

Armchair seller to powerseller: starting out in multi-channel retail

With the introduction of the internet and e-commerce aggregators such as eBay and Amazon, there has been an increase in SMEs and entrepreneurs setting up online and multi-channel retail businesses at home. However, despite tales of young entrepreneurs who have

13/09/2011 | Retail Technology, Services Time | Read More

Retailers look online to appeal to modern shoppers, claims Shopow

Online retail continues to position itself as a vital platform for modern shoppers, according to social shopping website Shopow.  At the same time, high street chains are increasingly looking to the web as a new avenue for sales, it says. 

18/08/2011 | Data Time, Online retailers, Research, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Retailers need to convert mobile browsers to customers, finds study

Retailers need to convert mobile browsers to customers, finds study

Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) users spend an average of 13 days a year browsing retail sites on their mobile devices versus an average of eight days by contract/iPhone users, according to a survey commissioned by global mobile marketing provider, Velti. The fact

16/08/2011 | Data Time, Research | Read More
BT to support fashion brands’ international e-commerce plans

BT to support fashion brands’ international e-commerce plans

BT’s retail e-commerce division, BT Fresca, has signed a five-year deal with Aurora Fashions and Karen Millen. Under the contract, BT will support Aurora and Karen Millen’s e-commerce plans to grow their brands and increase sales outside the UK, initially

15/08/2011 | Online retailers, Online retailing specialist, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Shopow: retailers look to online to boost high street sales

Retail sales figures issued today by the Office for National Statistics show a better than expected sales volume rise of 0.7% month-on-month.  The high street has bounced back from a painful month for consumer spending but the market remains fragile,

21/07/2011 | Retail News | Read More
BT Expedite: UK retailers prioritise mobile and e-commerce

BT Expedite: UK retailers prioritise mobile and e-commerce

Leading UK retailers are prioritising their IT investment in e-commerce and mobile commerce, according to the latest IT in Retail research by Martec International and sponsored by BT Expedite. The annual IT in Retail report researches 100 retailers with annual sales totalling more than

14/07/2011 | Data Time, Reports | Read More

Karen Millen hires All Saints e-commerce director to drive online sales

British fashion brand Karen Millen has poached All Saints e-commerce director Lynn Ritson. Ritson will join Karen Millen in July and will be the company’s first e-commerce director. Ritson has held her post at All Saints for a year with

10/06/2011 | People, Retail News | Read More
Tesco’s e-commerce distribution centre gets ready for business

Tesco’s e-commerce distribution centre gets ready for business

Work on Tesco’s new e-commerce distribution centre at G Park Enfield, North London, has been completed today by global provider of logistics warehouses, Gazeley. The 15,000sq m facility will act as a combined home deliveries and Tesco Express logistics centre,

07/06/2011 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

European retailers set to embrace more online channels, finds study

European retailers plan to increase the number of online channels they sell through as the industry looks to maximise revenues in an increasingly competitive economy. That’s one of the key findings of research, conducted by e-commerce specialist ChannelAdvisor at the ChannelAdvisor Catalyst

25/05/2011 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Hitachi report reveals 20 retailers’ 20 top technology challenges

Hitachi Consulting UK, part of the global electronics giant, has released a report ranking 20 top UK retailers’ 20 top technology challenges. The Retail Vision Report: 20 Technology Challenges from 20 Leading Retailers, shows managing multi-channel e-commerce, internationalisation and tailoring

20/05/2011 | Data Time, Reports | Read More
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