The success of a joint venture between the Lake District’s Northern Fells community and network operator EE to provide 4G mobile Internet speeds in the one of the UK’s most remote rural areas points to the need to accelerate and expand the roll-out of next-generation infrastructure, says teliqo’s Russell Lux.
Just over one third (34%) of smartphone owners will be ‘very likely’ or ‘likely’ to purchase more items from their mobile device thanks to 4G technology and faster internet connections, according to the latest eCustomerServiceIndex (eCSI) survey of 2,000 consumers from eDigitalResearch and IMRG.
The total number of parcels and packages created by online purchases (excluding 2-man and groceries) is forecast to reach almost 2.2 billion by 2017, according to a report by IMRG and Manhattan Associates.
Toy retailer The Entertainer has partnered with Shutl,giving customers the option to select same-day deliveries for website purchases.
Nokia has launched a feature phone with a dedicated WhatsApp physical button, offering users a cross platform messaging tool as a free wi-fi-based alternative to texts.
This week’s BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor results showed that search volumes on tablet devices increased a staggering 198% and growth on smartphone devices was 66%. Adam Stewart, Marketing Director, Rakuten’s Play.com argues that this highlights the increasing importance of mobile in the online shopping journey, as well as how consumers are researching products online before … [Read more…]
UK search volumes on tablet devices outpaced those on any other device, increasing 198% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with growth on smartphone devices of 66%, according to new research.
Online shoppers were not put off from making purchase decisions by the freezing weather in March, as online retail sales rose 16% year-on-year, according to new data.
US women are spending more money that men spend, and also watched more video than men, according to a new report from Nielsen looking at US shopping habits.
Re-targeting customers who have abandoned online shopping baskets has proven lucrative in recent years- with mobile email offering a new channel for conversion. This case study, from Matt Swan, Client Strategist at Affiliate Window, looks at how email re-targeting sales are being generated by mobile handsets.