Amazon Echo Look judges your fashion selfies with AI camera
Amazon has unveiled its first Echo device with a built-in camera, capable of dispensing fashion device over your choice of clothing each day.
E-commerce
Top online retailers use only one image per product on mobile sites
Almost a quarter of the top 50 online retailers use only one photo per product on their mobile sites, according to new research from imaging and workflow specialist SpinMe.
Guest comment: Is Apple Pay about to kill the checkout?
As Apple Pay grows in popularity, could it spell the end of the checkout? Steve Borges, founder of Biglight, looks at the long lasting consequences that all online retailers need to take into account.
Mobile commerce trends: The smartphone’s rise as an online purchasing device
Smartphones are fast catching PCs as the online purchasing tool of choice around the world, according to new research from Global Web Index.
Global ecommerce trends: Asia Pacific soars ahead as Middle East lags behind
An impressive 82% of web users in Asia Pacific shopped online in the last month, while just 52% did so in the Middle East, according to new research from Global Web Index.
Debenhams goes on affiliate marketing drive with CJ Affiliate
British multi-national retailer Debenhams has picked CJ Affiliate to serve Debenham’s affiliate marketing activity in the UK and Ireland in an exclusive partnership.
Quicker than Agile: Is a thumb-friendly, voice-controlled t-shirt designer possible?
In 2013, Spreadshirt created a touch-optimised t-shirt design tool for tablets, but didn’t think it would catch on. But then it saw a 73% rise in smartphone orders. Tony Findeisen, the lead-developer at Spreadshirt, offers tips on how to create for the smartphone ecommerce experience.
Socialbakers debuts “Suite” all-in-one social media analytics tool
Socialbakers has launched ‘Socialbakers Suite’, an all-in-one social media analytics, management and performance solution.
Half of Brits thinking of switching banks amid customer service fears
A lack of faith in increasingly impersonal customer service and communication is causing UK consumers to consider switching banks, according to research from GMC Software.
Top tips: The implications of visual search 2.0 for businesses
Following recent updates to Pinterest’s chrome extension and Google’s new visual search API, Kay Brown, PR and Social Manager on behalf of Blueclaw, looks at how firms can make the most of search based on images rather than text.