This week marks 10 years since Apple first put the iPhone on sale, a decade in which the device has wrought tremendous change in every sector from retail to banking. Derided on its launch, the device sold over 270,000 units
UK online retail sales were up +13% year-on-year (YoY) in March, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. This represents a solid performance as Easter (which traditionally brings heightened retail sales activity) fell in March
MK Electric, a leading UK manufacturer of wiring accessories, has integrated its USB charging capabilities into its iconic product portfolio. MK Electric was one of the first UK manufacturers to introduce a range of USB charging modules, and now this technology
More international consumers are searching for British retailers online and they are increasingly using mobile devices to search, according to the BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor Q4 2014. Helen Dickinson, director general, British Retail Consortium, said: “Today’s figures clearly demonstrate the appetite of
Akamai, a leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications, has announced the figures for retail traffic volumes on its intelligent platform at the end of November, and simultaneous research carried out with
The second annual John Lewis Retail Report launches today, exploring a year’s worth of shopping data to reveal why and what consumers bought, and how they bought it in the last 12 months. Never before have shoppers been so comfortable with browsing and buying on
Visits to retail websites via mobile devices have overtaken desktop traffic for the first time ever, the latest IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking Report has revealed. As well as 52% of visits coming from mobile, over a third (36%) of UK
One in three of all UK online sales are now made on a mobile device, according to the latest results from the IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking (Q4 2013/4). In the period November 2013 to January 2014, m-retail accounted for 32% of online
TXT MAPLE LAKE, an international leader in integrated and collaborative planning solutions and which counts Levi’s, adidas, Guess, DKNY, Tesco and Louis Vuitton as clients, is launching the new release of TXTPlanning 6.0, its integrated retail planning platform, and TXTPLM
Adobe has released its Adobe Digital Index 2013 Online Shopping Forecast, which focuses on predictions for this year’s holiday shopping season, defined as the entire months of November and December. In Europe, the company’s data analysis predicts 12.4% of total
Consumers want more choices when it comes to shopping online, more control over when and where their purchases will be delivered, and a convenient returns process. Those are the key findings of a European study of the 2013 UPS Pulse of
UK retailers are missing almost £1bn worth of sales every month due to poor stock management, according to a new report from digital commerce solutions provider, Venda. While the weak economy has previously been blamed for the administration of major
Leading consumer battery manufacturer Varta has secured promotional listings with major UK retailers and introduced new packaging, which compares its products with market-leading brands. The company, which is Germany’s top consumer battery manufacturer and number two in Europe, has also introduced
One third (32%) of smartphone shoppers are using their mobiles to make a purchase on a weekly basis, a number which has almost doubled in the past 12 months, with an additional 25% of smartphone shoppers now purchasing items every
IBM’s analysis of UK online retail traffic and sales in the week leading up to Valentine’s Day (3-9 February 2013) reveals online sales grew by 30%. The results show a strong growth in the use of mobile devices for shopping
Shoppers are diversifying the way they shop for and buy goods, becoming increasingly open to buying both online and in-store depending on their needs at time of purchase. That’s the key finding of a new IBM survey of 26,000 global
UK e-shoppers spend on average 25% (global average: 22%) of their annual outgoings on goods and services online, shop for six hours a month (global average: five), watch TV whilet shopping online (UK: 51%, global: 46%) and make the majority of
Bounce rates from mobile devices are currently 10% higher than on desktops, according to figures from search marketing agency, Mediarun. For retailers, this means over 5.6% of all mobile traffic, and potential sales, is currently being lost through lack of
Sales through mobile devices have broken through the 5% barrier of total e-retail sales for the first time, according to the IMRG Capgemini Quarter Benchmarking Index. In Q4 of 2011 mobile sales accounted for 5.3% of e-retail sales, up from 0.4%
UK consumers are not embracing tablets or mobiles as much as expected, according to a new nationwide study commissioned by website builder, Basekit.com. The company commissioned the research to help British retailers find out what is – and isn’t – important for
Research by Virgin Media Business shows employees increasingly want to bring their own gadgets into the office. Its survey of 5,000 businesses found 79% of retail employees suggested they have already brought gadgets from home into work and wouldn’t think
Shopping via mobile devices went mainstream in 2011, according to new research by IBM. Its study of 150 online retailers – pure play and multi-channel operators – found sales from mobile devices accounted for 12.9% of total online sales in
Web site hosting company, Hostway, has warned retailers risk losing significant revenue from missed Christmas and January sales if their IT infrastructure fails to cope with the sharp increases in traffic from mobile users downloading and using shopping applications. UK
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
Verizon Business, the IT, communications, security and network solutions provider, claims mobile devices are just as vulnerable to security breaches as unprotected computers on the internet. The company said it has reviewed Visa’s Mobile Acceptance Best Practices and wants to add
