Carrefour and Google team up for voice shopping in France
Carrefour and Google have partnered for three digital shopping initiatives, including voice search, cloud computing and AI.
Tencent partners Italian fashion TV commerce firm
A Television Commerce (T-Commerce) devoted to Italian fashion brands and addressed to the Chinese market has launched in Milan.
Ecommerce in Italy worth €24bn in 2017
Italy’s online retail industry is now worth about €24bn, doubling in size in the last four years, according to new research. The report, from Confcommercio, found that the Italian ecommerce market accounted for 6% of the total retail industry in this Southern European...Booking.com leads the big spenders for PPC in the travel sector
Booking.com was the biggest spending travel website for search advertising in Q1 this year, while TripAdvisor took the top spot for organic search, according to new research.
Amazon to stream 20 live Premier League matches from next year
Amazon has won the rights to stream Premiere Leagues games, amounting to 20 matches per season, from 2019 onwards.
Walmart to launch shopping via text service
Walmart is testing a new service that lets paid members shop and receive product recommendations via text message, going live in in Manhattan and part of Brooklyn before a national roll-out across the US.
Authentic reviews are three times as important for online shoppers as product imagery
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of UK shoppers believe that seeing reviews from other customers is an important part of their decision-making process when making a purchase online, according to new research.
HubSpot and Taboola turn on content discovery for 40,000 brands
Discovery platform Taboola has announced a partnership with HubSpot, a CRM, marketing, sales and customer service platform. Partners of Taboola and HubSpot will now be able to seamlessly start content marketing campaigns with Taboola through the HubSpot platform.
Mary Meeker’s Internet trends: the 2018 ‘privacy paradox’
There’s a “privacy paradox” surrounding data collection for profit, where data needs to be used to enrich people’s experiences without betraying their trust, according to the annual report from digital guru Mary Meeker.
Ecommerce trends: Average order value rises for 14th consecutive month
Online retail parcel delivery order volumes were up +13.9% year-on-year in April, according to the latest data from the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index.
Momondo, Skyscanner and Kiwi agree deal with TravelFree for commission free offers and error fares
TravelFree.info, the new website that lists the cheapest deals on budget flights, hotels, buses and cruises, has secured partnerships with Momondo, Skyscanner and Kiwi as it extends its portfolio of discounted offers to global travellers leaving from European destinations.
Bricks and mortar stores must adapt to the needs of the modern digital consumer
Bricks and mortar stores that fail to adapt to consumers’ desires for digital experiences will be left behind, according to new research by global provider of unified commerce solutions, PCMS.
Adobe buys ecommerce platform Magento Commerce
Adobe has bought Magento Commerce, a market-leading commerce platform, for $1.68 billion.
Zara opens first ‘digital store’ in London
Zara has unveiled a pioneering new digital store concept at Westfield Stratford city.
Online retail goes from strength to strength in April
Despite it reportedly being another difficult month for sales and footfall on the high street, UK online retail sales went from strength to strength in April, up +18.8% year-on-year (YoY) according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
Ocado partners US supermarket giant Kroger for online shopping deliveries
UK online grocer Ocado has signed an exclusive partnership with America’s second-biggest supermarket chain.
YouTube takes on Spotify with ad-funded music streaming service
YouTube is launching a ‘freemium’ music streaming service including both videos and audio tracks, in a bid to compete with Spotify and Apple Music.
Hospitality leads digital transformation of luxury category
Luxury advertising is rapidly shifting towards digital media, led by luxury hospitality brands. 50% of luxury hospitality advertising will be digital this year, up from 47% in 2017, according to new research.
Retailers are losing online sales due to unhelpful websites
Almost half of consumers would be more persuaded to make expensive purchases online if websites were more helpful and contained better in-depth product information, according to new research.
One in four people would open a bank account with Alexa
One in four consumers would be willing to open a bank account with a smart digital assistance such as Alexa and Siri.
