The IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index has revealed positive Q1 online sales growth of 15% (excluding travel) on the same period last year – when growth was up just 8%, the first time the Index had recorded a full quarter
Fujitsu has launched its STYLISTIC V535R Retail Tablet, the latest addition to Fujitsu’s tablet offering portfolio, designed to withstand a demanding retail environment, delivering improved customer service and boosted staff productivity. Unlike consumer tablets, the device is claimed to be
Today ARCHOS, a pioneer in Android devices, and Freshub, a connected-kitchen start-up, are launching an end-to-end pilot service that enables consumers to instantly add items to a digital shopping cart using a kitchen-tailored version of the ARCHOS Smart Home Tablet,
Tesco’s Hudl tablet has been designed to enable the supermarket to engage with its customers well away from the supermarket shelves, the retailer’s development partner has revealed. Open Reply, the Reply company that specialises in the delivery of creative and
With 10 weeks to go until Christmas Day, new research conducted by OnePoll for retail technology company, Retail Assist, reveals the shopping strategies that consumers plan to use to crack Christmas this year. With 34% of people having already bought
Matt Clark, director at UK management consultancy, Boxwood, explores the upsides and downsides of omni-channel retailing and provides pointers for those bricks and mortar retailers ready to take the plunge All you hear these days in the trade press and conference
The role of the smartphone in the shopper’s world has been put under the spotlight in Shoppercentric’s latest multi-channel report – WindowOn…Multichannel: Revisited. “Last year we looked at m-commerce whilst investigating social media and multichannel retail, but with smartphone ownership passing
Online retail sales exceeded expectations in December 2012, with the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index recording 17.5% year-on-year growth. This represents month-on-month growth of 12% on November 2012. Consumers spent an estimated £78bn at online retail stores in 2012. IMRG and Capgemini
Nearly a quarter (23%) of shoppers have bought goods online using their smart phone, while 19% have shopped online using a tablet computer, according to research by delivery company DPD. The research shows the m-commerce trend is set to continue with
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
