July was a strong month for the online travel sector with a number of big brands moving up the list, including National Express, EasyJet, Thomson, Ryanair, Expedia, Lastminute.com and British Airways.
The newly privatised Royal Mail in the UK has bought a stake in Market Engine, an start-up that powers companies’ online store fronts.
The UK is now a nation of ‘Pleasure-Seeker spenders’, carving out an average of 15% of their monthly pay cheque to spend on living life to the full, according to a new study.
Black Friday will see the UK hit its first £1bn online shopping day, according to a new report.
Amazon has ditched the pay-per-click advertisements that previously appeared at the end of its search results.
The percentage of online sales completed through mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) may have reached a plateau, according to new research.
Sports Directs’ sister company Swimshop has seen a 41% customer participation rate with new promotions technology that gives shoppers the chance to win their purchases for free.
Retailers are failing to obtain potential insight from customer data, due to that fact that as little as one in three retailers have an information manage, according to new research.
Amazon shares have surged more than 18% in after-hours trading after it reported a surprise profit and better-than-expected sales figures that value the online retailer higher than Walmart for the first time.
A recent report found that retailers are missing out of £6.6bn a year by not going mobile. Alf Saggese, MD EMEA at Moxie, argues that the lack of technology uptake shows that the retail industry shows there is still huge room for improvement.