With a week to go until Christmas Day, new data from eBay has revealed that shoppers are far from slowing down, giving retailers an extended opportunity to make the most of the festive period.
2017 was another big year for digital marketing, with the rise of Blockchain, voice search going mainstream and AI getting (scarily) smarter. This was the year that Facebook went VR, Android overtook Windows and a virtual cat craze nearly broke a cryptocurrency market. In this special report, we’ve identified 17 of the biggest trends of the year.
There is an enormous gap between omnichannel importance and adoption and its effective execution, according to new research.
Pinterest has unveiled its global trend forecast of the top ideas to try for the year ahead, including air fryers, Self-care staycations and weighted blankets.
Aldi has surpassed expectations and takes first place in the top 10 TV ads of Christmas 2017, according to new research.
Despite the digital demands connected consumers now expect in their omnichannel shopping journeys, the values of traditional customer service and human interaction prove key motivations for consumers choosing to shop in-store, a new report by PCMS, a global provider of unified commerce solutions, reveals.
Online retailers coped with 10,000 queries per second and enjoyed 100% service availability on retail’s most demanding day, according to new research.
Lidl UK is the first supermarket to launch a game played through the Facebook Camera app in the UK.
As we enter 2018, this new infographic outlines the most relevant and exciting trends in the e-commerce world.
Brands and sellers should prepare for the ‘December detox’ that’s set to sweep the nation this weekend, as partied-out Brits make an early switch from celebrating to self-improvement – with men leading the charge.
Retailers could see a 5% boost to annual revenues by driving emotional engagement with consumers, according to new research.
‘CryptoKitties’, a new virtual kittens game designed for blockchain technology has become so popular that it is slowing down trade in one of the world’s largest crypto-currencies.
The latest generation to hit the shops in earnest has very different expectations from their parents, according to new research.
The largest number of visits to Amazon were on Cyber Monday, not Black Friday, attracting 41 million UK visits over the biggest shopping weekend of the year, according to new research.
The amount spent on UK online retail sites on Black Friday 2017 was up +11.7% to £1.39bn, according to data from IMRG. This was ahead of the original forecast of +9% growth for the day.
Nearly half (48%) of shoppers would like to customise their contactless card transaction limit, or would like to the ability to do so, according to new research* from card machine provider Paymentsense.
The majority (92%) of consumers’ shopping purchases will be influenced by offers and promotions this Christmas, according to research from the 2017 Holiday Retail Outlook Report by Conversant, Epsilon and LoyaltyOne.
Online fashion firm ASOS has overtaken Marks & Spencer’s valuation this week as ecommerce continues to catch the high street.
Consumers plan to shop online this Christmas and are prepared to embrace new AI-powered technologies such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, according to new research.
The UK will generate £7.42bn in sales over the Black Friday peak period of 20–27 November 2017, up 15% up from £6.45bn in same period 2016 according to new research.
