As consumers are urged to start Christmas shopping early this year to support retailers, new research examining seasonal shopping behaviour has found that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the vast majority of consumers are happy to shift to online when it comes to buying gifts this year.
Sweet brand Maoam is launching a family-focused, ‘zero contact’ Halloween haunted house style journey going live across UK shopping centres over the next week to coincide with Halloween.
Ahead of the 2020 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, AliExpress has invested in its overall customer service and delivery platforms to improve delivery times by up to 30% for shoppers across Europe.
Mark Jervis at dotdigital examines how as brands and retailers approach peak, what are the lessons we have learned in the pandemic on how to perfect personalised engagement
Amazon has launched a new payment system called Amazon One, that lets shopper pay by a wave of their hand rather than via cards or phone.
During the peak of lockdown, in-app shopping activity surpassed the 2019 Q4 Golden Quarter by 12, and the retail industry needs to prepare for the upcoming holiday season as Covid-19 continues to boost digital sales, according to a new report.
The first ever virtual freshers’ week fair is being piloted at eight leading universities next week, letting big brands get themselves in front of the hard-to-reach student audience as their participation in ‘The Digital Welcome’.
Twinings, McCain and Mars are among the top FMCG product innovators in the UK, with Brits proving they are more adventurous in sampling brand new products than the rest of Europe, according to new research.
Tesco is to start trialling home deliveries by drone, dispatching smaller grocery items to customers within 30 minutes of ordering.
Nearly half (45%) of the UK population shopped for groceries online at least once a week during lockdown, with 2.7 million more households shopping online almost exclusively compared to pre-lockdown, according to new research.