Amazon Key lets delivery drivers unlock customers’ doors
Amazon is launching a service that lets couriers open people’s front doors and put deliveries inside, provided they have the right equipment installed.
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Halloween shopper visits expected to increase 7%
UK shopper traffic on Halloween is expected to rise by 7% when compared to the daily average, according to global retail intelligence specialist, ShopperTrak, as UK consumers embrace the festival and it becomes an established retail event.
Global ecommerce trends: Chinese are biggest online shoppers
Chinese digital consumers are the most avid online shoppers, with 83% reporting purchasing a product online in the past month, according to new research.
How much is too much when it comes to discounts and customer loyalty?
With Black Friday coming up, how should retailers approach discounting in order to generate the best chance of a second purchase? Pini Yakuel, Chief Executive Officer at Optimove looks at why customer retention is often a science more than it is an art.
Fanta uses VR and Snapchat for Halloween campaign
Fanta has launched an outdoor virtual reality experience for Halloween, supported by a Snapchat campaign.
Target signs up to Google Voice shopping service
Target has joined other major US retailers Walmart and Home Depot in allowing customers to make purchases on Google Express, after a successful test on the platform in California and New York.
Ikea to sell furniture via third-party sites
Ikea will start experimenting with selling its famous flatpack furniture through third-party online retailers as part of a wider push to become more accessible to shoppers.
How much do you value personal data? Kaspersky puts customers to test
Last month Kaspersky set up a unique social experiment – looking at exactly what price people put on their personal mobile phone data in the modern day.
Top online retail tips: heads in the ecommerce cloud
Just how great is the need for speed when building an online business, and how can technology help or hinder the process? Terry Hunter UK MD at with Astound Commerce, looks at the benefits of a fully utilised cloud platform for online retailers.
Shoppers to splash out on spooky stock this Halloween
Having overtaken Valentine’s Day as the UK’s third biggest retail event, Brits made more than 2 million searches for “Halloween costume” on the site during September and October last year, according to new research.