E-commerce Archives

Online retail growth stays strong in June as World Cup fever hits UK

July 23, 2018

UK online retail sales were up strongly again during June this year, as the hot weather and start of the FIFA World Cup spurred a 16.9% year-on-year (YoY) growth of retail sales, according to new research.

Amazon gets biggest Prime Day yet (but outage costs $100m in lost sales)

July 20, 2018

Amazon made an estimated $3.4bn in sales on Prime Day this week, but suffered from losses and server issues that may have cost the retailer huge amounts in lost sales.

Streaming 10 trends: Over 10% of world population will pay for web TV subscription this year

July 20, 2018

In 2018, nearly 765 million people worldwide will use a subscription over-the-top (OTT) video service, such as Netflix, or Amazon Prime at least once per month, according to new research.

Amazon Prime Day outage and strikes boosts rivals

July 19, 2018

Amazon may have stumbled on its sales day due to labour strikes and tech issues, but it provided a prime opportunity for other retailers to boost their own sales, especially for tech and sports.

Global video streaming trends: Amazon and Netflix aiming to be ‘local everywhere’

July 19, 2018

The two streaming-video giants Amazon and Netflix are building their presence in local country markets with a growing amount of original content, according to a new report.

Netflix stumbles as it misses subscriber targets

July 17, 2018

Netflix fell short of its subscriber target by more than one million for the second quarter of the year, losing 14% of its value in after-hours trading as a result.

Ecommerce search trends: 51% start their online shopping journey on Amazon

July 17, 2018

Consumers tend to purchase where they search with 51% of consumers starting their online shopping journey on Amazon, as the online retailer dominates over Google, according to new research.

Asos, New Look, Topshop and Boohoo top list of the UK’s most popular fashion brands

July 13, 2018

The Swedish clothing giant, H&M, tops the list of the world’s most popular brands, followed by Zara and Adidas according to internet search data.

Amazon Prime Day: A prime marketing opportunity?

July 12, 2018

With Amazon Prime Day less than week away, Marin offers five reasons to look to the ecommerce giant as a marketing channel, as well as a sales platform.

Ebay takes on Amazon Prime Day with own summer sale

July 11, 2018

eBay has launched its own ‘Sales Day’ to combat that of Amazon Prime Day which begins next week.