Apr 19, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
An impressive 82% of web users in Asia Pacific shopped online in the last month, while just 52% did so in the Middle East, according to new research from Global Web Index. Amazon hit the headlines last week when it confirmed its acquisition of Middle Eastern...
Apr 18, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile, Online advertising
Mastercard has welcomed five new startups to its Start Path Global programme – the company’s global initiative to support innovative later-stage startups who are reshaping the future of commerce. The programme is open to startups who are rethinking banking and...
Apr 13, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Search engine marketing
The Google Image Search app for Android is getting a new “similar items” feature offering users a selection of products to buy related to their search. The feature is aimed at giving users a way to find products in photos via Image Search. For example, when a user...
Apr 13, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising
British multi-national retailer Debenhams has picked CJ Affiliate to serve Debenham’s affiliate marketing activity in the UK and Ireland in an exclusive partnership. The network will now serve Debenhams’ affiliate marketing activity in the UK and Ireland. This will be...
Apr 12, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Search engine marketing
Amazon still leads the way as the top advertiser on Google in the USW, but retail sites are making way for travel sites, according to new research. Searchmetrics has conducted an up-to-date analysis to identify the top 20 most visible brands in US paid and organic...
Apr 11, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
Google has updated its Assistant smart speaker with greater inegreation with its Home app, signalling a move away from its Keep note app. The move means that shopping lists made via Google Assistant will no longer be saved on Google Keep, and will instead port over to...
Apr 6, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Amazon has launched a new scheme aimed at attracting new customers without a credit or debit card, by getting high street retailers to “top up” their online account. “Amazon Cash” users can display their unique barcode at participating...
Apr 4, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Aldi and Lidl have not built well-rounded relationships with their customers even as they continue to grow, while Tesco and Sainsbury’s are seen as the most rewarding supermarkets by their regular shoppers, according to new research. Loyalty marketing agency,...
Mar 29, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
Amazon is exploring the possibility of appliance and furniture stores, as well as using AR and VR to help customers visualise what it would look like in their homes. The technology would give people the ability to see how the couch or refrigerator looks in their home...
Mar 28, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Bricks and mortar stores have to do more to satisfy tech savvy shoppers and improve the in-store experience, according to new research. A new retail report, by mobile technology solutions provider Apadmi, found that consumers would like to see retailers make better...
Mar 27, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Almost half of consumers end up liking a brand more after a bad experience – but only if that experience is handled quickly and in the right way, according to new research. The study, from experience management company Qualtrics, was carried out with 1,700 consumers....
Mar 24, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
According to research by Mintel, Brits spend more on Mother’s Day than Father’s Day – an estimated £510 million was spent in the UK on Mother’s Day in 2015 compared to £360 million on Father’s Day, with less than half (47 percent) of Brits spending money on their...
Mar 24, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
More than two thirds of retailers are now exploring secondary revenue options to boost their profitability, new research conducted by Webloyalty and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed. In a period of unprecedented pressure on retailers’ margins, the...
Mar 24, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Retailers who fail to provide consumers with a customer friendly and easy returns service risk losing a large proportion of their customer base, according to new data from leading European payments provider Klarna. A survey of 2,000 UK consumers reveals that 83% of...
Mar 24, 2017 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Social media
Visual marketing platform Olapic has been selected by P&G brand Aussie Hair to offer a content format, called Content in Motion. Aussie Content In Motion videos are currently being used in the brand’s Instagram feed and on the e-commerce consumer website. Early...
Mar 23, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
With Mother’s Day fast approaching, new research unearths some surprising results about online gift shopping habits, indicating that luxury items don’t top the search list and it turns out mums aren’t putting their feet up, even on Mother’s Day… The research,...
Mar 23, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
Pottery Barn is launching an augmented reality app, called 3D Room View, that lets customers visually try out living room furniture before they buy it. The 3D Room View app works with Google’s Project Tango, a platform that uses motion tracking, area learning, and...
Mar 22, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, UK
UK online retail sales were up +15% year-on-year (YoY) in February, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, building on solid growth in February 2016 (+16%). For the second month running, the average basket value was at a...
Mar 21, 2017 | Content marketing, CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video
Adidas is reportedly moving more of its ad budget away from TV and into digital channels, and is looking to quadruple its online sales by 2020, according to the company’s chief executive Kasper Rorsted. In an interview, Rorsted explained the sportswear company is...
Mar 16, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Social media, Viral and buyrals
Fashion brand Ted Baker is launching a new comedy sitcom, featuring a shoppable virtual reality film and an Instagram story. The sitcom tells the story of the Baker family who appear to be the picture of suburban utopia, yet beneath the airs and graces the family...
