Online retail orders going to EU hit highest rate for four years
Online retail delivery order volumes were up 13.9% year-on-year in May, according to the latest data from the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index.
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Google fined record £2bn for shopping service search “bias”
The European Commission has forced Google to pay a record fine of £2.1bn (€2.42bn) for abusing its dominance as a search engine.
Case study: Sports brand boosts web revenues by 8% with AI
Online action sports retailer, FreestyleXtreme is using its artificial intelligence (AI) enabled cloud marketing platform to increase revenues and engage more effectively with customers.
Amazon Prime Day: A growing opportunity for third party retailers [INFOGRAPHIC]
Amazon Prime Day has become a major peak day for ecommerce market, but many think it’s all about Amazon Retail and Amazon Prime membership. However, the figures show that 3rd party retailers are also benefiting from this and are reporting massive sales volumes on the day.
Why mobile conversion rates are terrible: 7 user frustrations
Mobile is now the dominant device for online shopping, but conversion rates are roughly half what you typically see from desktop users. Steve Borges, co founder of Biglight looks at seven key barriers that prevent mobile browsers becoming buyers.
Online reviews boost sales (even if they’re negative)
The number of online reviews a product has directly correlates with its sales performance, even if some of the reviews are negative, according to new research.
Dune London boosts revenue with customer-created content on product pages
Dune London is introducing user generated content (UGC) on its product detail pages to inspire customers during the shopping journey, and has reported an 82% increase in sales where UGC played a part in the transaction over a two week period since the feature went live. The shoe retailer has partnered with marketing technology company … [Read more…]
Path to purchase: New study shows how brands can “beat Amazon at its own game”
Ecommerce businesses could add as much as 6% to their revenues, representing tens of billions of dollars globally, by focusing on the most effective optimization and personalization techniques, according to new research.
Fashion slump: UK online clothing sales see record low growth
Online retail growth is slowing in the UK, with the clothing sector taking the biggest hit as Brexit and a hung parliament take their toll on consumer confidence, according to new data.
Father’s Day spend up 65% as daughters spent 123% more than sons
Total revenue increased in shopping centres by 65% this Father’s Day, according to Coniq, a European CRM and marketing insight platform for shopping centres.